Panseraikos Uses Decisive Second Quarter to Beat Visiting Giannina
SERRES, Greece (Interstat) — Panseraikos used a decisive second quarter to defeat visiting Giannina 75-68 on Sunday in a women’s professional basketball game. Giannina opened with an 18-15 edge after the first quarter, but Panseraikos took control by scoring 25 points in the second while limiting Giannina to 14 and carried a 40-32 lead into halftime. Giannina responded with a 17-16 advantage in the third quarter, cutting into the margin, but Panseraikos matched Giannina’s 19 points in the fourth to secure the home victory. Panseraikos improved to 2-4 this season, while Giannina fell to 3-2. Giannina had won at Kavala in its previous outing, while Panseraikos had lost at home to Montpellier in its last game. Panseraikos next travels to Ensino, and Giannina hosts Amyntas. The visiting side could not close the gap in the final minutes. The result gave the home side a needed bounce-back performance after a difficult recent stretch.