Women’s basketball team was defeated by Hatay BB (71-55) in the fourth game of Euroleague group stage held in Turkey. Thomas had 14 points and Nikolopoulou added 9. 

Key action: 

 Olympiacos started the game well, was close to the score in the first period (16-15). The Turkish team ran a 6-0 and boosted the margin to +7 (24-17). Hatay kept the control of the score and increased the difference to +11 before Thomas reduced with a three-point shot (30-21). Paris hit to give the largest advantage to Hatay (37-21) but Mazic reduced to 41-28 at the end of the first half. 

The ‘’Reds’’ closed the difference in the first minutes of the third period with Thomas and Nikolopoulou scoring 5 consecutive points (41-33). The two players kept Olympiacos close to the score (46-37) before the Turkish team replied with two three-point shots (52-37). Stamati scored five consecutive points to reduce to 54-42 but the hosts did another shot for 56-42 which was the final score of the third period. The ‘’Legend’’ remained scoreless in the first minutes of the last period and Hatay boosted the margin to +18 (62-44). Nikolopoulou and Thomas reduced to 62-49 but the Turkish team did a 5-0 run 1:48 before the end. Finally, the match ended 71-55 and that was the fourth defeat for the ‘’Reds’’ in the Euroleague group stage. 

Key data: 

The quarters: 16-15, 41-28, 56-42, 71-55

Hatay BB (Chatzidaki): Aydin 2, Gajic 5, Jones 4, Paris 9, Snytsina 10, Basaran, Abdelkader 21, Johnson 17, Koksal 3.

Olympiacos (Pantelakis): Kosma 4, Thomas 14, Mazic 5, Stamati 5, Spyridopoulou 5, Pavlopoulou, Nikolopoulou 9, Sotiriou 6, Johnson 3, Stamolamprou 4

Statements:

Giorgos Panteleakis stated after the match: "We fought against Hatay which is a very qualitatice team. In the first period we followed our plan but in the second one, we weren’t good and were back with 13 points. Maybe we lost our concentration because of the injury of Spyridopoulou who was unable to return to the match while he was very good. In the third quarter, we tried to manage the score and quickly dropped it to eight points, but again some mistakes we made in our attack turned the situation in favor of Hatay BB and cost us. Now, we have to go on. It was a nice effort of the players and we need to be improved in the next games of the competition ”. 

Aggeliki Nikolopoulou said: "I think we lost the game in the second quarter mainly. Our opponent led to the score and we couldn’t go back. We have to correct our mistakes and focus on the games that follow in Greece and Europe ".