Olympiacos hold off Darussafaka for important road win

Olympiacos Piraeus turned to its defense and its bench in holding off Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 71-77 on the road on Friday at Volkswagen Arena. Olympiacos improved its record to 6-4 ,while Darussafaka dropped its third straight game and fell to 5-5. The visitors took the lead for good in the second quarter behind Matt Lojeski and opened a 40-52 lead in the third. Darussafaka rallied with help from three-pointers by Dairis Bertans and Scottie Wilbekin, but Erick Green scored all of his 10 points late in the third and in the fourth quarter to help Olympiacos keep the lead and close out the game. Lojeski scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half and also collected 7 rebounds. Georgios Printezis also scored 15 points and Vassilis Spanoulis added 13 in victory. Will Clyburn paced the hosts with 21 points, Brad Wanamaker netted 11, and Furkan Aldemir collected 10 points and 6 rebounds in defeat.