AEK suffered its first loss of the Stoiximan GBL season (79–66), falling to Peristeri on the road at “Andreas Papandreou” Indoor Hall.

The game was tightly contested for most of the night, with the “Queen” taking a 61–59 lead midway through the fourth quarter. However, Peristeri responded with a decisive 16-0 run that turned the game around and sealed the victory.

Next up for Dragan Šakota’s team is a home matchup against PAOK on Sunday (09/11, 13:00) at SUNEL Arena, for Round 6 of the Stoiximan GBL.

Quarters: 23-19, 43-40, 57-54, 79-66

Referees: Pitsilkas, Skandalakis, Milapidis

Peristeri (Xanthopoulos): Nichols 21, Cardenas 7, Van Tubergen 13, Petrakis, Payne 2, Mouratos, Abercrombie 10, Kaklamanakis 8, Harris 11, Jankovic 7.

AEK (Šakota): Gray 3, Skordilis, Katsivelis 8, Flionis 9, Lekavicius 9, Pecarski, Kuzminskas 11, Bartley 11, Arms 2, Silva 8, Charalampopoulos 5.