Greek Team Karditsa Makes History with Thrilling Overtime Victory

Karditsa wrote a aureate leafage successful its hoops history, claiming a melodramatic 95–93 overtime triumph implicit Oostende successful Belgium, marking the club’s first-ever European triumph successful its debut quality abroad.

The Greek side, coached by Nikos Papanikolopoulos, triumphed successful the opening crippled of Group 7 successful the Basketball Champions League, aft an electrifying contention that went down to the wire.

Brandon Jefferson delivered a stunning performance, starring Karditsa with 23 points and 5 three-pointers, portion Oostende’s Noam Yaacov fought hard with 27 points and 4 triples.

After a balanced archetypal 4th (21–21), Karditsa recovered its bushed successful the second, taking power of the crippled and going into halftime with a six-point pb (39–45). Oostende roared backmost successful the 3rd quarter, intensifying its defence and overturning the people to pb by 7 (63–56), but Karditsa refused to surrender.

In the last minutes, Jefferson’s clutch shooting and the team’s composure brought the crippled level again (66–66) earlier the Greek broadside reclaimed the pb (69–71). The last moments were breathtaking—Yaacov tied it (78–78), Jefferson struck again from heavy (78–81), and though Oostende forced overtime with a buzzer-beating three-pointer (83–83), Karditsa remained calm and ascendant successful the other play to unafraid the 95–93 win.

With this landmark victory, Karditsa celebrates its archetypal triumph successful European competition — a historical “away double” that cements its accomplishment connected the continental stage.

Quarter Scores: 21–21, 39–45, 63–58, 83–83 (reg.), 95–93 (OT)
Referees: Salins, Straube, Ceccarelli