Round 17 was a hard one for Promitheas Patras as it suffered an 81-57 road loss at Umana Reyer Venice. Its young talents, however, made the most out of it.
Promitheas's young players stepped up
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Promitheas was already out of the playoff race before the game. And Kendrick Ray joined Isaiah Miles and Charis Giannopoulos on the team's injury list. Jerai Grant and Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos were registered for this game but didn't play. Dario Hunt was hurt early in the third quarter and did not return.
In that moment, Reyer led 64-29 and head coach Ilias Zouros opted to give more playing time to his young players. Georgios Tanoulis, 19, became his team's only big man and remained on the floor until the end of the game. He finished the game with 7 points and 4 rebounds.
Three Promitheas players scored their first-ever points in the 7DAYS EuroCup. Athanasios Basinas, 18, tallied 6 points and 5 assists. Tunde Fasasi, who will turn 18 in June, had 2 points. Angelos Lasios, a surprise starter at age 18, scored 1 point and pulled down 7 rebounds. Nikolaos Vasileous, born in 2005, also scored a couple of points. When the dust settled, Promitheas had outscored Reyer 17-29 in the remainder of the game.
"I am very happy for our young generation, for our program, because these kids, they try really hard," Promitheas head coach Ilias Zouros said after the game. "They had minutes and did a very good job."