Aris BSA 2003 rounded out its Eurocup regular season with a 91-70 victory over Hapoel Galil Gilboa in a game that was essentially for protocol only with Aris already locked into first place and Galil into fourth before the game began. Bobby Brown scored 19 points and dished 4 assists to lead the hosts, as he asserted control on the Aris offense. P.J. Tucker and Dejan Borovnjak added 13 points apiece, Kostas Sloukas scored 11 and dished 6 assists and Kostas Charalampidis came through with 10 points to help Aris finish with a 5-1 record. Aris will now face Le Mans, BG Goettingen and the team that finishes second in Group C in the next stage. Rodney Green and Anton Kazarnovski scored 14 points apiece for Gilboa and Dagan Yivzori and Gal Mekel tallied 10 each as Galil exited the competition with a 1-5 mark.

The visitors started strong with Mekel and Yivzori giving Galil a 6-12 lead. Tucker led Aris back and Brown gave the hosts a 19-17 lead only to see a pair of Yivzori triples lift Hapoel to a 21-25 lead after 10 minutes. Kazarnovski and Jack McClinton worked hard to keep the visitors ahead, though Brown and Borovnjak kept Aris close. A pair of baskets by Kazarnovski put Aris on alert at 33-43 and the home team responded through Brown to climb within 42-45 by halftime. The momentum remained with Aris in the third quarter and after a Yavzori score, the hosts scored the game’s next 16 points – 5 each from Borovnjak and Sloukas – to take control for good. Despite its best efforts, Galil trailed 68-55 after three quarters and when Chrisots Tapoutos scored half the points in a 10-0 blitz early in the fourth quarter, the outcome was clear.