Panathinaikos stays unbeaten with rout of Maccabi Tel Aviv

MAROUSI, Greece (Interstat) — Panathinaikos defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 90-67 on Friday at Olympic Indoor Hall, remaining unbeaten and handing the visitors their third straight loss. Panathinaikos improved to 3-0, while Maccabi Tel Aviv dropped to 0-3. Panathinaikos outscored Maccabi Tel Aviv 47-34 after halftime. Roman Sorkin paced Maccabi with 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and one block. Guerschon Yabusele led Panathinaikos with 17 points, one rebound, one assist and one block. Nigel Hayes added 13 points, four rebounds and four assists. Konstantinos Mitoglou contributed eight points and eight rebounds, Sylvain Francisco scored 11 points, and Keaton Wallace had nine points, three rebounds, five assists and two blocks. Lefteris Mantzoukas had 11 points, Isaac Bonga added 10, Jimmy Clark scored seven, and Oshae Brissett added eight. Panathinaikos led 43-33 at halftime and 65-57 after three quarters before using a 25-10 fourth-quarter advantage to pull away.