{"id":27368,"date":"2025-10-07T23:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/?p=27368"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:28:07","slug":"vef-riga-aek-bc-53-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/vef-riga-aek-bc-53-69\/","title":{"rendered":"VEF Riga &#8211; AEK BC 53-69"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AEK started the 2025-2026 BCL campaign with a victory, defeating VEF Riga 69-53 at the Xiaomi Arena, in the opening game of Group F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cQueen\u201d built a 17-point lead by halftime (24-41), with the Latvians responding in the third quarter and cutting the margin to nine (40-49 at 27\u2019). However, AEK stayed focused on defense, quickly restored a double-digit advantage (40-53) and maintained it until the final buzzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next game for Dragan Sakota\u2019s team is on Sunday (12\/10, 13:00) against Panionios at SUNEL Arena (behind closed doors), for Round 2 of the Stoiximan GBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Referees<\/strong>: Rosso (France), Prok (Poland), Yilmaz (Turkey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quarters<\/strong>: 12-26, 24-41, 40-57, 53-69<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VEF Riga (Gulbis):<\/strong> Porter 16, Bumeisters, Anzevs 5, Aleksandrovs, Bertans 4, Vanags 2, Toro 6, Nowitzki 10, Nientra, Kilps 2, Leimanis 7, Sidorov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AEK BC (Sakota):<\/strong> Gray 6 (8 ast., 3 stl.), Skordilis, Katsivelis 13(2), Flionis 8, Lekavicius 3, Arsenopoulos 3, Pecarski 2, Kuzminskas 9(2), Bartley 7(1), Arms 5(1), Silva 7, Charalampopoulos 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AEK started the 2025-2026 BCL campaign with a victory, defeating VEF Riga 69-53 at the Xiaomi Arena, in the opening game of Group F. 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