Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahçe Ülker for Euroleague third day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Fenerbahçe Ülker for Euroleague third day. Panathinaikos players probably felt good with  Želimir Obradović in the court even as the opponent coach and had a great day. With 31 points in the first quarter and 59 in the half time Panathinaikos was unstopable. Panathinaikos finished first half with 2 team turnovers, 10/12 three pointers and 16 assists. AJ Slaughter had 17 points with 5/7 three pointers, Esteban Batista had 14 points with 6/7 field goals and Dimitris Diamantidis with his 6 assists reached 1005 total assists in Euroleague. In the second half it was natural that Panathinaikos would not continue in such high level but still broadened the difference in the third quarter. Only in the last quarter Fenerbahce with partial score 9-16 lowered the difference to 18 points. Panathinaikos had 18/26 three pointers, 25 assists and 16 turnovers (14 in the second half). Fenerbahce Ulker with 4/21 three pointers could not compete but with only 7 turnovers didn't let the score reach record levels. AJ Slaughter had 23 points with 7/10 three pointers, Antonis Fotsis had 4/4 three pointers, Janis Blums had 3/3 three pointers and Dimitris Diamantidis had 10 assists. Dimitris Diamantis needed one assist to break the 1.000 assists milestone and is now counting 1.009 assists in Euroleague.
Quarters' scores: 31-19, 59-36, 82-57, 91-73

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 23, Bochoridis 3, Giankovits 7, Fotsis 13, Pappas 9, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 5, Gist 8, Batista 14, Blums 9, Wright.
Fenerbahçe Ülker (Obradović): Goudelock 9, Hickman 5, Bjelica 16, Erden, Turkyilmaz, Bogdanovic 10, Altintig, Savas 2, Zoric 9, Vesely 13, Sipahi 4, Preldzic 5.

Panelefsiniakos and coach Skarafigas part ways

Panelefsiniakos and coach Giorgos Skarafigas part ways. The Greek coach announced his resignation to the team board which accepted it and agreed on mutual termination of his contract. Skarafigas, who had served Panelefsiniakos for years and promoted the team to the Basket League, took the blame for the bad beginning of the team in Basket League 2014-2015 that counts three defeats in three games. All technical stuff resigned except Lefteris Tsaousidis who the board chose to coach the team in the fortcoming game against Kolossos Rodou.

Vangelis Alexandris is Panionios' new coach

Panionios counts three defeats in three games and after the release of Thanasis Papachatzis the team was searching for an experienced coach. Vangelis Alexandris had coached Larisa, PAOK, Apollon Patras, Irakleio, Marousi, Olympia Larisas, AEK, Kolossos Rodou, Kavala and the National Team of Jordan.

AEK and Vernon Goodridge part ways

AEK and Vernon Goodridge part ways after only three games in the Basket League Greece 2014-2015. Goodridge averaged 2.67 points and 2 rebounds in 10 minutes per game.

Aris - PAOK 0-20 (interrupted) for Basket League second day

Aris hosted PAOK for Basket League second day. In the previous season PAOK beat Aris in Alexandreion but needed an extra time to do it and since then both teams changed a lot. The game started 25 minutes after it was scheduled since one referee was hit by an object thrown by fans. First quarter was tight, PAOK was constantly leading the score by 1-2 points. In the second quarter Aris took the lead with a three pointer by Gikas, 20-18. PAOK with a 7-0 run took back the lead, 20-25, and Aris with replied with an 8-0 run, 28-20. The game was interrupted again as another object hit a referee 42 seconds before half time and the referees left the court. The referees asked the fans to evacuate the court in order for the game to continue, the fans didn't evacuate within an hour and the referees left the court. The game was won by PAOK 20-0 after Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association's decision. 
Quarters' scores: 17-18,

Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic, Manolopoulos, Dimas, Gikas, Reed, Poulianitis, Charisis, Vezenkov, Naymick, Mourtos, Simtsak, Adegboye.
PAOK BC (S. Markopoulos): Langford, Liapis, Charalampidis, Carter, Kakaroudis, Tsochlas, Dedas, Margaritis, Kottas, Odum, Vaughn, Saloustros.

AEK signed Carl English

AEK signed Carl Jerome English. The 33 years old Canadian guard has played in NBA D-League with Florida Flame, in Italy for Virtus Bologna, in Croatia for KK Zadar and in Spain for several teams. English is a member of the national team of Canada.

Lokomotiv Kuban beat PAOK for Eurocup third round

Lokomotiv Kuban beat PAOK for Eurocup third round. This was the first defeat of PAOK for Eurocup 2014-2015 which left Kuban alone in the first place of the group F. PAOK started with a 8-2 run but that was all. Kuban managed to take the lead and build a secure difference since all its players scored. Maxim Grigoryev and Krunoslav Simon had 15 points each, Derrick Brown had 14 points, Richard Hendrix had 9 rebounds and 6 points. For PAOK only Julian Vaughn with 12 points, Kostas Kakaroudis with 11 points and Christos Saloustros with 8 points and 5 rebounds were a threat for the home team.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 45-26, 62-33, 87-46

Lokomotiv Kuban (Bazarevich): Randolph 11 (1), Grigoryev 15 (3), Brown 14 (1), Hendrix 6, Miles 6,Kolyuskhin 2, Balashov 4, Zubkov 9 (1), Zukanenko 2, Kurbanov 3 (1), Simon 15 (2)
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 1, Liapis 4, Charalampidis, Carter 6 (1), Kakaroudis 11 (2), Tsochlas 2, Dedas, Margaritis, Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 12, Saloustros 8.

AEK agreed terms with Kevinn Pinkney

AEK agreed terms with Kevinn Pinkney. The 31 years old American forward will replace Vernon Goodridge. Pinkney is an experienced player who has played in many teams and countries around Europe but also in the Puerto Rico and the USA.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fourth day

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fourth day

Saturday 1st November 2014
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - Panelefsiniakos 83-68
17:00 Rethymno Aegean - Panionios 75-65
17:00 PAOK - Korivos Amaliadas 84-71
17:00 KAOD - Aris 70-74
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Apollon Patras 63-54
Sunday 2nd November 2014
17:00 Aries Trikala - Panathinaikos 70-92
Monday 3rd November 2014
19:00 AEK - Olympiacos 62-81

Dimitris Mavroeidis named MVP of the third day

Dimitris Mavroeidis named MVP of the Basket League Greece 2014-2015 third day. The 29 years old center scored 20 points with 5/10 field goals and 10/12 free throws, collected 12 rebounds, served 1 assist, made one block and one foul against Panelefsiniakos.

Panionios signed Gabe Pruitt

Panionios signed Gabe Pruitt. The 28 years old American guard played five games with Rethymno Aegean in the Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and he was named MVP of the first day. Pruitt will help Panionios to avoid relegation with his experience.

PAOK beat KAOD for Basket League third day

PAOK beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League third day. KAOD is usually troubling PAOK in Drama but this time the team of Soulis Markopoulos managed to win a tough game in the end. Carter who had 18 points made a crucial block in the end on Diamantis Slaftsakis and secured the victory. For KAOD Thodoris Zaras had 18 points and Rod Odom had 8 points and 8 rebounds. For PAOK, besides Carter, Kostas Charalampidis had 16 points, Apollon Tsochlas had 14 points and Christos Saloustros had 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 33-35, 45-47, 64-68

KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 4, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 2, Georgakis 4, Atkins 8, Odom 8, Spyridonidis, Michel 6, Zaras 18(2), Loe 7(1), Chrysikopoulos 4.
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis, Charalampidis 16 (2), Carter 18 (1), Kakaroudis 6, Tsochlas 14 (2), Dedas 1, Margaritis 2, Vaughn 4, Saloustros.

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League third day

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League third day. With Dimitris Mavroeidis making a double double with 20 points and 12 rebounds and the 38 years old Michalis Kakiouzis scoring 16 points and collecting 6 rebounds Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos in Elefsina and continued its winning streak. For Panelefsiniakos only Frank Robinson with 18 points and 6 rebounds and Nikola Markovic with 13 points were a threat for Nea Kifisia's defense. For Nea Kifisia besides Mavroeidis and Kakiouzis, Nikos Liakopoulos with 11 points, Dimitris Tsaldaris with 10 points and Cade Davis with 7 rebounds were in a good day.
Quarters' scores: 17-27, 38-42, 47-65, 68-79

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 2, Robinson 18(1), Vasilopoulos 3(1), Marrey 8, Athanasoulas 6(1), Markovic 13(2), Dorkofikis 8(2), Ioannou 7, Johnson 3, Kalles. 
Nea Kifisia: Remekoun 2, Kafkis 4, Ewing 1, Liakopoulos 11(1), Popovic, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 20(12r), Psathas 4, Kakiouzis 16(2), Tsaldaris 10(3), Duvnjak 8(1), Davis 3(1).

Rethymno Aegean beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League third day

Rethymno Aegean beat Korivos Amaliadas in Amaliada for Basket League third day. For Rethymno Aegean Roeland Schaftenaar scored 15 points, Trevis Simpson scored 14 points, Fanis Koumpouras served 8 assists, Mouhammad Faye scored 15 points and collected 9 rebounds, Dejan Kravic scored 11 points and collected 8 rebounds. For Korivos Amaliadas Saša Vasiljević scored 8 points but missed the last shot, Josh Magette scored 16 points and served 4 assists, Darrius Garrett scored 9 points and collected 7 rebounds. Great victory for Rethymno Aegean in Amaliada against a tough team.
Quarters' scores:19-20, 38-34, 61-58, 72-75

Korivos Amaliadas: Magette 16(4), Lowery 8, Giannakidis 13(3), Angelopoulos 9(1), Papapetrou 2, Davis 3, Vasiljevic 8(2), Kanonidis 2, Filippakos, Garrett 9, Dmitriev, Galiotos 2
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 14(3), Schizas 4, Koumpouras 6(8ασ), Schaftenaar 15(1), Council 4, Allen, Kalampokis 6, Faye 15(1), Sinis, Kravic 11(8ρ)

Trikala beat Panionios for Basket League third day

Aries Trikala beat Panionios in Nea Smyrni for Basket League third day. Panionios young and new players could only trouble Trikala for less than half quarter. The difference between two teams skyrocketed the difference to 38 points in the end. For Panionios only Yaroslav Korolev had two digits score with 10 points. For Aries Trikala Justin Ingram had 21 points, Nate Bowie had 16 points and 11 assists, Brian Tracey had 15 points and 9 rebounds, Steve Panos had 14 points. Panionios lost by 38 points from an opponent that would fight for relegation, which means that the historic team is almost certain for relegation.
Quarters' scores: 17-28, 28-52, 42-76, 60-98

Panionios (Degaitas): Xanthopoulos 4, Petropoulos, Verginis 7 (1), Koukoulas 2, Spyropoulos 4, Strnand 3 (1), Motsenigos 6 (2), Billis 4, Stamatis 7 (1), Woods 6, Fitzpatrick 7 (1), Korolev 10.
Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 21 (3), Tracey 15 (3), Bowie 16 (2), Cupkovic 6 (2), Panos 14, Spanos 9 (3), Kamariotis 2, Deligiannis 1, Matalon 3, Kadji 11, Houhouis.

Aris beat Apollon Patras for Basket League third day

Aris hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League third day. Apollon Patras troubled Aris and was following close in score but Aris never lost the lead and with nine players with score won the game by five points. For Aleksandar Vezenkov had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Ogo Adegboye had 12 points and Muhamed Pasalic had 10 points. For Apollon Patras Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 21 points and 10 rebounds while Marios Batis had 15 points.
Quarters' scores: 20-17, 39-32, 51-41, 69-64

Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 10, Gikas 3, Reed 8, Charisis 4, Vezenkov 13, Naymick 8, Mourtos 4, Simtsak 7, Adegboye 12.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Argyropoulos 3, Galloway 8, Penn 6, Fitzpatrick 21, Antonakis, Batis 15, El-Amin 4, Pelekoudas 7, Molfetas.

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League third day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League third day. Kolossos made a good start and was leading the score in the first quarter, 21-23, but in the second quarter Olympiacos took the lead and in the end the visitors collapsed which let the home team create a difference of 28 points. Vasilis Spanoulis had 16 points and 7 assists and Dimitris Agravanis had 16 points and 6 rebounds. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 28 points and Zvonko Buljan had 11 points.
Quarters' scores: 21-23, 48-34, 63-52, 93-65

Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 13, Hunter 7, Dunston 4, Spanoulis 16, Sloukas 6, Lafayette 4, Lojeski 14, Christodoulou, Agravanis 16, Mantzaris 4, Kavvadas 9, Katsivelis.
Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Larentzakis, Siologkas, Kareem 6, White 28, Smith 2, Stefanidis 2, Linden 3, Tsamis 7, Hagins 6, Kanichis, Buljan 11.

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League third day

Panathinaikos hosted beat AEK for Basket League third day. Panathinaikos didn't let AEK hope with a 15-3 run in the first minutes and won the game by 34 points difference. The new players of Panathinaikos dominated the game with Lefteris Bochoridis serving 13 assists (missed double double for one point), Nikos Pappas scored 18 points and AJ Slaughter and Vlantimir Giankovits scored 16 points each. For AEK only Dusan Sakota scored more than 10 points and Zisis Sarikopoulos scored 9 points and collected 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 25-11, 54-24, 74-44, 92-58

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 16(2), Bochoridis 9(3), Giankovits 16(4), Fotsis 3, Pappas 18(4), Mavrokefalidis 1, Diamantidis 1, Gist 15(1), Batista 6, Blums 5(1), Wright 2
AEK: Papantoniou 8(1), Kyles 8(1), Sakota 12(2), Kaselakis 5(1), Polytarchou 4, Papadionysiou, Wright, Kamperidis  2, Sarikopoulos 9, Milosevic 2, Goodridge 8.

A2 Basket Greece third day results

A2 Basket Greece third day results

OFI - Kavala 69-63
Ermis Lagada - Ethnikos 57-65
Aetos - Arkadikos 97-88
Lavrio - Iraklis 66-55
Doxa Lefkadas - Pagrati 93-84
Livadia - Psyhiko 64-71
Filippos Veroias - Ilisiakos 73-63

Olympiacos beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague second day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague 2014-2015 second day. Olympiacos doubled its victories for Euroleague with Milan Tomic as coach. Laboral Kutxa was poor at field goals with 10/35 but troubled Olympiacos for 40 minutes. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 15 points, Bryant Dunston had 10 points and 6 rebounds, Vasilis Spanoulis and Othello Hunter had 9 points each. For Laboral Kutxa Fernando San Emeterio had 14 points, Tornike Shengelia had 11 points and Colton Iverson had 8 points and 7 rebounds. Davis Bertans had 8 points with 1/7 field goals and 2/9 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 17-10, 30-26, 48-45, 63-57.

Olympiacos: Petway 1, Hunter 9, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 9, Sloukas 3, Christodoulou, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas, Katsivelis, Lafayette 7, Lojeski 15.
Laboral Kutxa: White, Iverson 8, Causeur 5, Gomes, Shengelia 11, Perkins 7, Hamilton, Tillie 4, San Emeterio 14, Heurtel, Johnson, Bertans 8.

Panathinaikos lost by Bayern Munich for Euroleague

Bayern Munich hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague. Panathinaikos started with a 6-0 in Bayern but the home team replied with a 9-0 and took the lead. In the second quarter Bayern created a difference of five pointe, 32-27, but Panathinaikos with an 8-0 run managed to finish the half time leading the score, 32-35. Esteban Batista had 12 points in the first half and Dusko Savanovic had 11 points. In the third quarter Panathinaikos improved in three pointers and created a difference of six points, 49-55, but the home team replied once more with an 8-1 run and made the score 57-56. Vlantimir Giankovits took back the lead for his team with 57-59 at the end of the third quarter. In the last quarter Panathinaikos was missing three pointers and Bayern built a difference, 68-61. AJ Slaughter with two assists and one shot helped his team to make a 5-0 run and approach to two points before Nihad Djedovic and Dusko Savanovic with a three pointer each made the score 76-68. Panathinaikos was trying to score with three pointers and was wasting its chances to win the game. With 8/32 three pointers Panathinaikos wasted a lot of shots and chances to win. For Bayern Munich Dusko Savanovic had 20 points, 6 rebounds and Nihad Djedovic had 14 points, 6 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 18 points, 7 rebounds and Vlantimir Giankovits had 17 points. Dimitris Diamantidis had 7 assists and reached 999 assists in Euroleague but didn't score since he had 0/6 three pointers and 0/2 field goals. Antonis Fotsis had 15 points with 4/5 three pointers, 1/1 field goals and 1/1 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 17-16, 32-35, 57-59, 81-75.

Bayern Munich: Schaffartzik 3, Misic 4, Staiger, Benzing, Djedovic 14, Stimac 11, Savanovic 20, Gavel 13, Idbihi, Taylor, Jagla 10, Bryant 6.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 13, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 17, Fotsis 15, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis, Gist 2, Batista 18, Blums 6, Wright 2.

PAOK beat Zielona Góra for Eurocup second day

PAOK hosted and beat Stelmet Zielona Góra for Eurocup second day. PAOK doubled its victories for Group F of the Eurocup 2014-2015. PAOK didn't face problems against Zielona Gora since the Greek team had 13/27 three pointers and 22 assists. For the home team Christos Saloustros had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Julian Vaughn and Kevin Langford had 12 points each. For Zielona Gora Steven Burtt and Daniel Johnson had 11 points each and Lukasz Koszarek had 14 points and 8 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-20, 45-33, 64-53, 85-66

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 12 (1), Liapis 4, Charalampidis 8 (2), Carter 7 (1), Kakaroudis 6 (1), Tsochlas 7 (1), Dedas 9 (3), Margaritis 3 (1), Kottas, Odum, Vaughn 12 (2), Saloustros 17 (3).
Stelmet Zielona Góra (Adamek): Cel 2, Troutman 8, Burtt 11 (1), Hosley 8, Kucharek, Johnson 11, Hrycaniuk 2, Zamojski 10 (2), Koszarek 14 (2).

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals

Saturday 20th December 
Nea Kifisia - Apollon Patras

Monday 22nd December
PAOK - Panathinaikos

Panionios and Thanasis Papachatzis part ways

Panionios and Thanasis Papachatzis part ways. After only two games Panionios announced the release of the coach Papachatzis. The team and the Greek coach could not agree on the plan of the team.

Drapetsona Youth team: the basketball we love

More than a team.
......Today as a form of complain for the unfair release of the coach of Drapetsona Youth team Mr. Petalas, the team went on court against Eleftheria Moschatou but didn't play.
Coach Petalas, who has years of experience as coach in many teams in Greece, was forced to resign so the players of the team reacted like this. The players say that you cannot sack a coach that was trying to make you not only a better player but a better person in general and with this action they proved that he made them better people.

The players of Drapetsona Youth team:

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League second day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Panathinaikos for Basket League second day. In the first quarter Panathinaikos made an 8-0 run from 10-8 to 10-16 but Kolossos with its own run managed to finish first quarter with equal score, 17-17. Zvonko Buljan scored 10 points out of his team's 17 points, with 3/3 three pointers, in the first quarter. Panathinaikos started second quarter with a 5-0 run. Panathinaikos created an 18 points difference in the second quarter which kept until the end. Kolossos Rodou had 3/20 field goald in the first half and Zvonko Buljan didn't score any more points after the first quarter. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 21 points and Taylor Smith had 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Vlantimir Giankovits had 12 points and 6 assists. Antonis Fotsis and Janis Blums scored 9 points each with 3 three pointers each.
Quarters' scores: 17-17, 30-48, 48-61, 61-81.

Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologas, Kareem 3, James 21, Smith 9, Stefanidis 9, Liden, Tsamis 7, Hagins, Kanichis, Buljan 10.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 11, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 12, Fotsis 9, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 7, Gist 8, Batista 12, Blums 9, Wright 9.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 third day

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 third day

Saturday 25th October 2014
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - Nea Kifisia 68-79
17:00 Panionios - Aries Trikala 60-98
17:00 Korivos Amaliadas - Rethymno Aegean72-75
17:00 KAOD - PAOK 64-68
17:00 Aris - Apollon Patras 69-64
Sunday 26th October 2014
12:30 Olympiacos - Kolossos Rodou 93-65
17:00 Panathinaikos - AEK 92-58

Nea Kifisia beat Olympiacos for Basket League second day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Basket League second day. Nea Kifisia was not an easy team to beat since Olympiacos was following the score for more than half the game and although three minuted before the end managed to took the lead by 58-61, AENK made a 7-0 run and made the score 65-61 with one minute left. In the last crucial minute Nea Kifisia's players were focused and didn't lose the lead, winning Olympiacos by one point, 68-67. For the winners Dimitris Mavroeidis had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Michalis Kakiouzis had 11 points and 5 rebounds, Panagiotis Kafkis served 5 assists and Remekun who came to Kifisia this week had 6 points and 7 rebounds. For Olympiacos Vasilis Spanoulis had 13 points and 6 assists but also 1/5 three pointers. Brent Petway had 6 points and 9 rebounds and Othello Hunter had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-24, 34-35, 49-46, 68-67.

Nea Kifisia (Papapetrou): Remekun 6, Kafkis 7, Ewing, Liakopoulos 9, Popovic, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 14, Psathas 2, Kakiouzis 11, Tsaldaris 12, Duvnjak 7, Davis.
Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 6, Hunter 11, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 13, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 9, Lojeski 4, Christodoulou, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris 3, Kavvadas, Katsivelis 1.

AEK beat Panionios for Basket League second day

AEK hosted and defeated Panionios for Basket League second day. Both teams faced financial and management problems this summer but AEK solved them earlier than Panionios who is still forming its roster. This was the first Basket League home game for AEK after the team was relegated to A2 division and the fans were waiting for it. AEK dominated the first quarter and finished it with double score plus one point, 27-13, and continued like this in the second quarter. In the first half AEK had 7/11 three pointers with David Kyles having 11 points while for Panionios only Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points. Panionios started second half with a 7-0 run and lowered the difference up to 8 points, 50-42, AEK expanded it back to two digits but with four free throws in the end Panionios finished the third quarter only seven points behing the home team. In the last quarter AEK made a 7-0 run and restored the difference to two digits score up to the end. AEK made its first victory for the Basket League 2014-2015 and Panionios doubled its defeats. For AEK Dusan Sakota scored 18 points, David Kyles and Leonidas Kaselakis scored 11 points each while Zisis Sarikopoulos collected 10 rebounds and scored 8 points. For Panionios Vasilis Xanthopoulos scored 16 points, Yaroslav Korolev scored 15 points and collected 9 rebounds, Tony Woods scored 14 points and collected 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 27-13, 47-27, 60-53, 77-64.

AEK: Papantoniou 9, Kyles 11, Sakota 18, Kaselakis 11, Polytarchou 6, Wright 9, Kamperidis, Williamson 2, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 8, Milosevic 3, Goodrigde.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 16, Verginis 8, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 3, Motsenigos, Bilis, Stamatis, Woods 14, Fitzpatrick 8, Korolev 15, Moraitis.

A2 Basket Greece second day results

A2 Basket Greece second day results

18th October 2014
Ilisiakos - OFI 77-88
Kavala - Ermis Lagada 79-62
Ethnikos - Aetos 83-66
Arkadikos - Lavrio 50-61
Iraklis - Doxa Lefkadas 77-78
Pagrati - Livadia 92-86
Filippos Veroias - Psyhiko 62-59

Aries Tirkala beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League second day

Aries Tirkala hosted and defeated Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League second day. Trikala started the season with a defeat and Korivos with a victory but Trikala was playing its first home game against the newly promoted team of Korivos. Aries Trikala started better the game and was leading by 16-7 but Korivos made a 10-0 run and first quarter finished with the home team one point ahead. Second quarter was also tough with Robert Lowery being charged with a technical foul for complaining while his team was leading the score. The home team finished first half with 2/10 thre pointers. In the third quarter both teams improved and in the most productive quarter Aries Trikala took the lead. Korivos Amaliadas was better in the last quarter and balanced the game. In the last minute Angelopoulos with a three pointer and Robert Lowery with a goal-foul made the score from 67-61 to 67-67! Mario Matalon missed the next shot for Trikala and Josh Magette for Korivos so the game went to overtime. In the extra time Trikala was leading the score before Korivos started scoring three pointers. Magette, Kanonidis, Giannakidis scored three consecutive three pointers in the last minute and the score from 77-73 became 79-82! Matalon with four points in a row made the score 83-83 with six seconds left. In the last attack of Korivos the players of Trikala didn't make a foul on Magette with coach Flevarakis screaming but Mario Matalon stole the ball and equalized the score. Rob Lowery missed the last shot and the game went to second extra time. First extra time five minutes were most productive for both teams than the fourth quarter! In the second extra time Kadji, Matalon and Ingram helped their team to win a tight game after two extra times and 50 minutes. Kenny Kadji made a double double with 26 points and 13 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Justin Ingram had 17 points, Cupkovic had 15 points and 9 rebounds, Mario Matalon had 13 points and Nate Bowie had 12 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 23 points and 7 rebounds, Michalis Giannakidis had 17 points, Nikos Angelopoulos had 14 points, Darrius Garrett had 11 points and Josh Magette served 8 assists.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 31-31, 56-52, 67-67. ET1: 83-83 ET2: 102-93

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 17, Tracey 3, Bowie 12, Cupkovic 15, Panos 6, Spanos, Kamariotis, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 13, Varytimiadis, Kadji 26, Houhoumis 3.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 6, Robert 23, Giannakidis 17, Angelopoulos 14, Papapetrou, Davis 1, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis 4, Filippakos, Garrett 11, Dmitriev 2, Galliotos.

Apollon Patras beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League second day

Apollon Patras hosted and defeated Panelefsiniakos for Basket League second day. Apollon Patras made a 9-0 run in the first quarter and took the lead of the game. Brandon Penn finished the first quarter with 10 points! In the second quarter Apolon Patras created an 11 points difference, 33-22, but Panelefsiniakos made its own 6-0 run and one minute before half time the home team was charged with a technical foul. But Apollon Patras finished the first half with a 5-0 run so the half time score was 53-43. In the half time Brandon Penn had 18 points, Kevin Galloway had 12 points and Toarly Fitzpatrick had 10 points! In the second half Tskaleris was charged with a technical foul but his team made a 9-1 run and approached Apollon to 2 points, 54-52. Panelfsiniakos with Robinson was pressing Apollon, 68-67, but Batis with a three pointer made the score of the third quarter 71-67. Panelefsiniakos could not follow Apollon till the end and lost by 9 points, 91-82. For Apollon Patras Penn had 29 points and 6 rebounds, Toarly Fitzpatrick had 17 points and 9 rebounds, Gaios Skordilis had 17 points and Kevin Galloway 15 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Frank Robinson had 18 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. Terone Johnson 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 28-19, 53-43, 71-67, 91-82.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 17, Argyropoulos 4, Galloway 15, Penn 29, Fitzpatrick 17, Antonakis, Batis 3, El-Amin, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 6, Niforas, Mastrogiannopoulos.
Panelefsiniakos (): Cox 2, Robinson 18, Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 6, Murray 10, Athanasoulas 5, Markovic 8, Dorkofikis 8, Ioannou 11, Johnson 12, Kalles 2, Avramidis.

Rethymno Aegean beat KAOD for Basket League second day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated KAOD for Basket League second day. First quarter was bad for both team with many missed shots (4/16 field goald for each team) and low score, 9-11. The second quarter was slightly beter but still tight and in the end Rethymno Aegean with Faye and Schaftenaar created a difference of 6 points, 35-29. Allen and Schaftenaar for Rethymno finished the first half with 9 points each. The home team improved at third quarter and with Simpson and Schaftenaar expanded the difference to 9 points, 50-41. KAOD was pressing Rethymno but the home team dominated rebounds and won the game. Mouhammad Faye finished the game with a double double, 19 points and 11 rebounds. Roeland Schaftenaar had 11 points, 6 rebounds and Trevis Simpson had 13 points. For KAOD Eric Atkins had 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds. Rob Loe had 13 points, Thororis Zaras had 12 points and Terone Johnson 7 points and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 9-11, 35-29, 50-41, 72-66.

Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 13, Schizas 2, Koumpouras 4, Schaftenaar 11, Council 4, Allen 9, Kalampokis 6, Faye 19, Sinis, Chilaris, Kravic 4, Doulgerakis.
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 5, Vasojevic, Johnson 7, Georgalis 2, Atkins 16, Odom 4, Spyridonidis 2, Michel 1, Zaras 12, Loe 13, Chrysikopoulos.

Panathinaikos beat Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague first day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague 2014-2015 first day. Panathinaikos is an experienced Euroleague team but this season started with fresh players. With Dimitris Diamantidis playing only for 15 minutes and scoring two points Panathinaikos would have faced problems in the previous years but now A.J. Slaughter and Nikos Pappas scored 16 points each and Esteban Batista, Jānis Blūms and Vlantimir Giankovits scored more than 10 points each. Julian Wright who debuted with Panathinaikos scored 4 points. For Turow Zgorzelec Mardy Collins, who had played many games against Panathinaikos in the previous season with Olympiacos, scored 23 points and Damian Kulig scored 17 points. Panathinaikos starts Euroleague 2014-2015 with a home victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 42-35, 68-59, 84-77

Panathinaikos (Ivanonic): Slaughter 16 (2), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 13, Fotsis 3 (1), Pappas 16 (2), Diamantidis 2, Gist 7 (6ρ.), Batista 10 (7ρ.), Blums 11 (2), Wright 4.
Turow Zgorzelec (Rajkovic): Collins 23 (2), Kulig 17 (1), Chylinski 10(2), Jamaraz 3, Wisniewski, Moldoveanu 5, Taylor 9 (2), Zigeranovic 10.

Panionios signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos

Panionios signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 30 years old player returns to Panionios for third time after 2011-2012 and 2007-2009 seasons. Xanthopoulos started his career in Olympiacos and had played for Near East, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Panellinios in Greece and for Obradoiro in the Spanish League.

Panionios signed Brian Fitzpatrick

Panionios signed Brian Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick came to Greece for Rethymno Aegean and was released by the team few weeks ago but will continue his career in Basket League Greece with Panionios.

Panionios signed Yaroslav Igorevich Korolev

Yaroslav Igorevich Korolev is 2.08m high and plays as forward. He was picked in No 12 of 2005 NBA Draft by Los Angeles Clippers and has played for Avtodor Saratov, CSKA Moscow, Los Angeles Clippers, Dynamo Moscow, Albuquerque Thunderbirds, Reno Bighorns, Granada, Lagun Aro and Spartak Saint Petersburg.

Nea Kifisia signed Cory Remekun

Nea Kifisia signed Cory Remekun. The 23 years old American forward came to Greece for Panionios but due to transfers ban of the team he was training with Nea Kifisia. Nea Kifisia's coach Elias Papatheodorou liked the player and signed him to replace Justin Jackson who was released by the team. Remekun graduated from Saint Louis and in the previous season he played in Germany for Dragons Rhöndorf. The player will debut against Olympiacos in the forthcoming game.

Greek teams in Euroleague 2014-2015

Greek teams in Euroleague 2014-2015

Regural Season

Olympiacos (8-2)

Valencia Basket - Olympiacos 68-71
Olympiacos - Laboral Kutxa 63-57
Neptūnas - Olympiacos 81-85 (76-76)
Crvena Zvezda - Olympiacos 57-62
Olympiacos - Galatasaray 93-66
Olympiacos - Valencia Basket 77-76
Laboral Kutxa - Olympiacos 89-70
Olympiacos - Neptūnas 89-79
Olympiacos - Crvena Zvezda 64-59
Galatasaray - Olympiacos 79-74 

Panathinaikos (5-5)

Panathinaikos - Turow Zgorzelec 84-77
Bayern Munich - Panathinaikos 81-75
Panathinaikos - Fenerbahçe Ülker 91-73
Panathinaikos - Armani Milano 90-63
Barcelona - Panathinaikos 78-69 
Turow Zgorzeleg - Panathinaikos 69-79
Panathinaikos - Bayern Munich 87-72
Fenerbahçe Ülker - Panathinaikos 84-62
Armani Milano - Panathinaikos 66-64
Panathinaikos - Barcelona 67-80

TOP 16

Olympiacos (5-1)

Unijaca Malaga - Olympiacos 61-69

Olympiacos - Armani Milano 81-58
Fenerbahçe Ülker - Olympiacos 68-74
Olympiacos - Laboral Kutxa 76-64
Anadolu Efes - Olympiacos 84-70
Olympiacos - CSKA Moscow 84-76
 

Panathinaikos (3-2)

Panathinaikos - Maccabi Tel Aviv 83-76

Barcelona - Panathinaikos  80-76
Panathinaikos - Zalgiris Kaunas 77-58 
Real Madrid - Panathinaikos 83-65
Panathinaikos - Galatasaray 86-77

Olympiacos beat Valencia for Euroleague first day

Valencia hosted Olympiacos for Euroleague 2014-2015 first day. The game was balanced and Olympiacos managed to win as its players were more focused in the end. For Olympiacos the captain Spanoulis had 12 points with 3/5 three pointers in the first half and finished the game with 21 points and 5 assists. Brent Petway didn't score but had 8 rebounds and 3 assists. For Valencia Luke Harangody had 14 points while Dwight Buycks and Romain Sato had 11 points each. Great tactical play by Milan Tomic who used four short players in the last minutes and stole the victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-20, 36-38, 54-56, 68-71.

Valencia Basket: Ribas 2, Van Rossom 10, Sato 11, Lishchuk 3, Lucic 6, Vives, Martinez, Buykcs 11, Loncar 8, Aguilar 3, Harangody 14, Guardia.
Olympiacos Piraeus: Petway, Hunter 9, Dunston, Spanoulis 21, Sloukas 14, Simmons, Christodoulou, Agravanis, Mantzaris 9, Katsivelis, Lafayette 4, Lojeski 14.

Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright

Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright (Julian Emil-Jamaal Wright). The 27 years old American forward graduated from Kansas where he played for Kansas Jayhawks and was selected as the number 13 of the first round 2007 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. He played three years for the Hornets and in his rookie season he averaged 3.9 points a game and 2.1 rebounds a game. In 2010 he was traded to the Toronto Raptors and a year later he signed with the NBA Development League for Austin Toros. In 2012 he moved to Israel for Maccabi Rishon LeZion and a year later to Russia for BC Krasnye Krylia. Wright was approached by Panathinaikos a month ago but he was cut in medical exams and the player went to a physio on his own costs in order to meet the standards of the team. He is registered for the Euroleague.

Η ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός ανακοινώνει την έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Τζούλιαν Ράιτ! http://t.co/p3CN75DyNG pic.twitter.com/mPEJ21cEJm
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) October 16, 2014

Euroleague pre-season interviews: the Greeks of Unics Kazan

Euroleague pre-season interviews: the Greeks of Unics Kazan. Coach Argyris Pedoulakis and his player Nikos Zisis talked in Euroleague pre-season interviews for Unics Kazan.

 

PAOK beat Pınar Karşıyaka for Eurocup

Pınar Karşıyaka hosted and lost by PAOK for Eurocup 2014-2015 day one. Jake Odum was the key player of the first quarter with one unsportsmanlike foul and five consecutive points. In the second quarter PAOK scored only 7 points and Karşıyaka took the lead in score. The home team managed to keep the difference in the third quarter and in the fourth PAOK started to attack only with three pointers which let Karşıyaka expand the difference to nine points, 60-51. PAOK counter attacked in the end and tried to steal the game. Kostas Charalampidis with two free throws and Julian Vaughn with a steal and lay up made the score 65-64 with only 15 seconds remaining. Bobby Dixon missed two free throws but took the rebound and Jake Odum made his fifth foul. Dixon scored only one out of two free throws, Marc Carter took the rebound and with two free throws equalized the score, 66-66. Pınar Karşıyaka got a time out with 2.9 second remaining. Dixon could not score and the game went to extra time. Juan Palacios and Bobby Dixon had 21 points each at the normal time. For PAOK Jake Odum had 22 points but could not play in the extra time due to five commited fouls. In the extra time Kevin Langford missed two free throws and Kostas Charalampidis a three pointer which gave the home team the lead in score. One minute before the end of extra time PAOK with Marc Carter took the lead in score with 71-73. Hersek Baris equalized the score, 73-73 with 18 seconds left for PAOK. Langford didn't score and the game went to second extra time! In the second extra time Julian Vaughn, Kostas Charalampidis and Keving Langford led PAOK to a great and tough victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-19, 30-26, 49-44, 66-66. ET1: 73-73 ET2: 81-87

Pınar Karşıyaka: Demir, Palacios 29, Hersek 2, Strawberry 9, Guven, Koc, Dixon 25, Sonsirma, Gabriel 6, Altay 2, Diebler 8, Senturk.
PAOK: Langford 9, Liapis, Charalampidis 19, Carter 14, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 2, Dedas, Margaritis 10, Kottas, Odum 22, Vaughn 6, Saloustros 3.

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup. All players and the stuff of Olympiacos will have a 50% salary cut for a month as a result of the defeat by Panathinaikos in a game that the opponent was playing without many players and the team was leading the score one minute before the end.

Aris signed Ogo Adegboye

Aris signed Ogo Adegboye. Adegboye played for Nea Kifisia in the previous season and averaged 4 points and 0.9 assists per game. The British guard will replace Torey Thomas who is injured, so his contract is for one month.

A2 Basket Greece 2014-2015 results

A2 Basket Greece 2014-2015 results

First day

OFI - Filippos Veroias 67-70
Ermis Lagada - Ilisiakos 87-89
Lavrio - Ethnikos 67-58
Doxa Lefkadas - Arkadikos 72-73
Livadia - Iraklis 71-79
Psyhiko - Pagrati 89-81
Aetos - Kavala 63-65

Second day

Ilisiakos - OFI 77-88
Kavala - Ermis Lagada 79-62
Ethnikos - Aetos 83-66
Arkadikos - Lavrio 50-61
Iraklis - Doxa Lefkadas 77-78
Pagrati - Livadia 92-86
Filippos Veroias - Psyhiko 62-59 

Third day

OFI - Kavala 69-63
Ermis Lagada - Ethnikos 57-65
Aetos - Arkadikos 97-88
Lavrio - Iraklis 66-55
Doxa Lefkadas - Pagrati 93-84
Livadia - Psyhiko 64-71
Filippos Veroias - Ilisiakos 73-63

Fourth day

Iraklis - Aetos 76-66
Psyhiko - Doxa Lefkadas 77-62
Ethinikos - OFI 68-63
Arkadikos - Ermis Lagada 84-60
Pagrati - Lavrio 73-71
Livadia - Filippos Veroias 75-48
Kavala - Ilisiakos 86-56

Fifth day

OFI  - Arkadikos 67-75
Ermis Lagada - Iraklis 25-16 (Interrupted on 12)
Aetos - Pagrati 96-67
Lavrio - Psyhiko 83-70
Doxa Lefkadas - Livadia 77-68
Filippos Veroias - Kavala 60-76
Ilisiakos - Ethnikos 67-69 

Sixth day

Iralkis - OFI 90-88
Psyhiko - Aetos 77-61
Doxa Lefkadas - Fililppos Veroias 83-71
Livadia - Lavrio 64-67
Arkadikos - Ilisiakos 87-65
Ethnikos - Kavala 67-66
Pagrati - Ermis Lagada 75-68

Seventh day

OFI - Pagrati 86-87
Ermis Lagada - Psyhiko 63-72
Aetos - Livadia 78-79
Lavrio - Doxa Lefkadas 72-55
Filippos Veroias - Ethnikos 69-74
Ilisiakos - Iraklis (postponed)
Kavala - Arkadikos 70-60

Eight day

Psyhiko - OFI 78-58
Livadia - Ermis Lagadas 81-61
Doxa Lefkadas - Aetos 80-71
Lavrio - Filippos Veroias 90-75
Pagrati - Ilisiakos 94-91
Iraklis - Kavala 61-88
Arkadikos - Ethnikos 79-60

Ninth day

OFI - Livadia 76-70
Ermis Lagada - Doxa Lefkadas 79-76
Filippos Veroias - Arkadikos 61-57
Ilisiakos - Psyhiko 10-9 (interrupted on 6')
Kavala - Pagrati 83-53
Ethnikos - Iraklis 86-76 Aetos - Lavrio 90-76

Tenth day

Doxa Lefkadas - OFI 69-65
Lavrio - Ermis Lagada 69-65
Aetos - Filippos Veroias 82-60
Livadia - Ilisiakos 79-71
Psyhiko - Kavala 64-75
Pagrati - Ethnikos 89-83
Iraklis - Arkadikos 81-85

Eleventh day

OFI - Lavrio 74-66 

Ermis Lagada - Aetos 84-86 (ET)
Filippos Veroias - Iraklis 63-65
Kavala - Livadia 88-58
Ethnikos - Psyhiko 63-67
Arkadikos - Pagrati 85-71
Ilisiakos - Doxa Lefkadas (postponed)

Twelfth day

Aetos - OFI 61-74
Ermis Lagada - Filippos Veroias 69-74
Lavrio - Ilisiakos 83-62
Doxa Lefkadas - Kavala 60-62
Livadia - Ethnikos 70-69
Psyhiko - Arkadikos 58-70
Pagrati - Iraklis 91-83

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 results

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 results

First day results - 12th October 2014

Panelefsiniakos - Aris 70-78
Panionios - Kolossos Rodou 76-92
Korivos Amaliadas - AEK 80-67
KAOD - Aries Trikala 62-57
PAOK - Rethymno Aegean 88-79 (69-69)
Olympiacos - Apollon Patras 82-56 (without fans)
Panathinaikos - Nea Kifisia 76-66
 

Second day results - 18-20 October 2014

Apollon Patras - Panelefsiniakos 91-82
Aries Trikala - Korivos Amaliadas 102-93 (83-83, 67-67)
Rethymno Aegean - KAOD 72-66
Aris - PAOK (interrupted on 29') 0-20
AEK - Panionios 77-64
Nea Kifisia - Olympiacos 68-67
Kolossos Rodou - Panathinaikos 61-81
 

Third day results - 25-26 October 2014

Panelefsiniakos - Nea Kifisia 68-79
Panionios - Aries Trikala 60-98
Korivos Amaliadas - Rethymno Aegean72-75
KAOD - PAOK 64-68
Aris - Apollon Patras 69-64
Olympiacos - Kolossos Rodou 93-65
Panathinaikos - AEK 92-58

Fourth day results - 1-3 November 2014

Kolossos Rodou - Panelefsiniakos 83-68
Rethymno Aegean - Panionios 75-65
PAOK - Korivos Amaliadas 84-71
KAOD - Aris 70-74
Nea Kifisia - Apollon Patras 63-54
Aries Trikala - Panathinaikos 70-92
AEK - Olympiacos 62-81

Fifth day results - 8-10 November 2014

Panelefsiniakos - AEK 81-72
Panionios - PAOK 61-65
Korivos Amaliadas - KAOD 71-69
Aris - Nea Kifisia 83-80
Apollon Patras - Kolossos Rodou 71-55

Panathinaikos - Rethymno Aegean 79-70
Olympiacos - Aries Trikala

Sixth day results - 15-17 November 2014

Aries Trikala - Panelefsiniakos 65-70
KAOD - Panionios 80-69
Kolossos Rodou - Nea Kifisia 64-73
Korivos Amaliadas - Aris 73-69
AEK - Apollon Patras 67-64
Rethymno Aegean - Olympiacos 54-64
PAOK - Panathinaikos (POSTPONED)

Seventh day results - 22-23 November 2014

Panelefsiniakos - Rethymno Aegean 70-80
Aris - Kolossos Rodou 65-77
Nea Kifisia - AEK 75-80
Apollon Patras - Aries Trikala 83-70
Panionios - Korivos Amaliadas 74-69
Olympiacos - PAOK 80-55
Panathinaikos - KAOD 86-55

Eighth day results - 29 November - 1 December 2014 

Rethymno Aegean - Apollon Patras 81-81
Panionios - Aris 71-65
Aries Trikala - Nea Kifisia 89-96
PAOK - Panelefsiniakos 69-59
AEK - Kolossos Rodou 96-73
KAOD - Olympiacos 62-82
Korivos Amaliadas - Panathinaikos 59-72

Ninth day results - 6-7 December 2014

Aris - AEK 86-75
Kolossos Rodou - Aries Trikala 77-69
Nea Kifisia - Rethymno Aegean 64-74
Apollon Patras - PAOK 80-70
Panelefsiniakos - KAOD 83-69
Panathinaikos - Panionios 92-61
Olympiacos - Korivos Amaliadas 79-73

Tenth day results - 13-16 December 2014

KAOD - Apollon Patras 82-76
Rethymno Aegean - Kolossos Rodou 70-66
PAOK - Nea Kifisia 78-67
Aries Trikala - AEK 87-83
Korivos Amaliadas - Panelefsiniakos 73-74
Panionios - Olympiacos 56-73
Panathinaikos - Aris 76-69

Mike James named MVP of Basket League first day

Mike James named MVP of Basket League first day. James played 35 minutes against Panionios and scored 26 points, collected 8 rebounds, served 9 assists and made two blocks. His ranking reached 37 points that was enough to name him MVP of the first day.

MVPs and double doubles of Basket League Greece 2014-2015

MVPs and double doubles of Basket League Greece 2014-2015

1st day
MVP - Mike James (Kolossos Rodou) vs Panionios
Zvoko Buljan (Kolossos Rodou) vs Panionios, 17 points and 10 rebounds
Milan Milošević (AEK) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 16 points and 11 rebounds
Ziris Sarikopoulos (AEK) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 14 points and 10 rebounds
Esteban Batista (Panathinaikos) vs Nea Kifisia, 14 points and 10 rebounds
Spyros Mourtos (Aris) vs Panelefsiniakos, 12 points and 10 rebounds

2nd day
MVP
Kenny Kadji (Aries Trikala) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 26 points and 13 rebounds
Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) vs KAOD, 19 points and 11 rebounds

3rd day
MVP Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) vs Panelefsiniakos
Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) vs Panelefsiniakos, 20 points and 12 rebounds

4th day
MVP Aggelos Tsamis and Mike James (Kolossos Rodou) vs Panelefsiniakos
Michalis Kakiouzis (Nea Kifisia) vs Apollon Patras, 12 points and 13 rebounds
Roeland Schaftenaar (Rethymno Aegean) vs Panionios, 25 points and 10 rebounds
Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) vs KAOD, 13 points and 12 rebounds

5th day
MVP Giannis Athanasoulas (Panelefsiniakos) vs AEK
Esteban Batista (Panathinaikos) vs Rethymno Aegean, 13 points and 12 rebounds
Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) vs Panathinaikos, 21 points and 13 rebounds
Julian Vaughn (PAOK) vs Panionios, 17 points and 11 rebounds
Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (Apollon Patras) vs Kolossos Rodou, 15 points and 11 rebounds

6th day
MVP Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) vs Kolossos Rodou
Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 23 points and 13 rebounds
Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) vs Kolossos Rodou, 15 points and 13 rebounds

7th day
MVP Vincent Council (Rethymno Aegean) vs Panelefsiniakos
Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) vs Kolossos Rodou, 21 points and 12 rebounds
Jamelle Hagins (Kolossos Rodou) vs Aris, 19 points and 11 rebounds
Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) vs AEK, 29 points and 10 rebounds
Guille Rubio (Korivos Amaliadas) vs Panionios, 21 points and 13 rebounds
Dejan Kravic (Rethymno Aegean) vs Panelefsiniakos, 10 points and 10 rebounds

8th day
MVP Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) vs Apollon Patras
Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) vs Panionios, 14 points and 13 rebounds
Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) vs Apollon Patras, 20 points and 13 rebounds
Julian Vauhgn (PAOK) vs Panelefsiniakos 19 points and 10 rebounds

9th day
MVP Vincent Council (Rethymno Aegean) vs Nea Kifisia
Carl English (AEK) vs Aris, 15 points and 10 rebounds
Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (Apollon Patras) vs PAOK, 23 points and 12 rebounds
Vincent Council (Rethymno Aegean) vs Nea Kifisia, 22 points and 10 assists
Nikola Markovic (Panelefsiniakos) vs KAOD, 16 points and 11 rebounds

10th day
MVP Rob Loe (KAOD) vs Apollon Patras
Carl English (AEK) vs Aries Trikala, 33 points and 11 rebounds
Kenny Kadji (Aries Trikala) vs AEK, 21 points and 11 rebounds
Brent Petway (Olympiacos) vs Panionios, 13 points and 12 rebounds
Esteban Batista (Panathinaikos) vs Aris, 12 points and 10 rebounds

11th day
MVP
Gaios Skordilis (Apollon Patras) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 14 points and 15 rebounds
William Coleman (Panionios) vs Panelefsiniakos, 12 points and 13 rebounds
Yaroslav Korolev (Panionios) vs Panelefsiniakos, 19 points and 13 rebounds

12th day
MVP
Ernest Scott (Kolossos Rodou) vs KAOD,17 points and 10 rebounds 
Gaios Skordilis (Apollon Patras) vs Panionios, 13 points and 12 rebounds 

13th day
MVP

14th day
MVP

15th day
MVP
Nikola Markovic (Panelefsiniakos) vs Apollon Patras, 16 points and 12 rebounds
Guille Rubio (Korivos Amaliadas) vs Aries Trikala, 17 points and 10 rebounds
Dwayne Davis (Korivos Amaliadas) vs Aries Trikala, 12 points and 10 rebounds
Julian Vaughn (PAOK) vs Aris, 18 points and 10 rebounds
Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) vs PAOK, 29 points and 14 rebounds

16th day
MVP
Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) vs Korivos Amaliadas, 14 points and 10 rebounds
Vasilis Xanthopoulos (Panionios) vs Aries Trikala, 10 points and 11 assists
Nikola Markovic (Panelefsiniakos) vs Nea Kifisia, 12 points and 11 rebounds

Panathinaikos beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League first day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League first day. Panathinaikos had only 8 players available due to injuries but faced no problems against Nea Kifisia. Esteban Batista made his first double double for the Basket League with 14 points and 10 rebounds, AJ Slaughter scored 18 points and Vlantimis Giankovits had 10 points and 9 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Mavroeidis had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Dimitris Tsaldaris scored 14 points and the experienced Michalis Kakiouzis scored 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 15-11, 39-24, 58-45, 76-66.

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Slaughter 18, Bochoridis 6, Giankovits 10, Fotsis 1, Diamantidis 9, Gist 9, Batista 14, Blums 9.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Kafkis 6, Ewing 2, Liakopoulos 1, Popovic 4, Pesakovic 7, Mavroeidis 9, Psathas 10, Kakiouzis 10, Tsaldaris 14, Duvnjak 3, Davis.

PAOK beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League first day

PAOK hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Basket League first day. In a very tight game, that needed an extra time in order to have a winner, PAOK beat Rethymno Aegean with its new players Marc Carter and Julian Vaughn. Marc Carter had 19 points, Julian Vaughn had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Christos Saloustros had 11 points. For Rethymno Aegean Chaisson Allen had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Trevis Simpson had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Roeland Schaftenaar had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Mouhammad Faye had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-10, 41-31, 54-52, 69-69 ET: 88-79.

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 2, Liapis, Charalampidis 12, Carter 19, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 7, Dedas 4, Margaritis 7, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 15, Saloustros 11.
Rethymno Aegean (): Simpson 15, Schizas, Koumpouras 5, Schaftenaar 15, Council 2, Allen 16, Kalampokis 3, Faye 12, Sinis, Cheilaris 5, Kravic 6, Doulgerakis.

KAOD beat Aries Trikala for Basket League first day

KAOD hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League first day. In tight game KAOD managed to start the season with a victory. Terone Johnson scored 12 points, while Rob Loe and Linos Chrysikopoulos score 10 points each. Diamantis Slaftsakis scored 3 points but collected 13 rebounds. For Aries Trikala only Justin Ingram scored more than 10 points and served 6 assists while Cupkovic scored 9 points and collected 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 15-11, 29-23, 42-39, 62-57.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 3, Vasojevic 4, Johnson 12, Georgakis 3, Atkins 4, Odom 7, Spyridonidis, Michel 4, Zaras 5, Loe 10, Chrysikopoulos 10.
Aries Trikala: Ingram 13, Tracey 6, Bowie 4, Cupkovic 9, Panos 2, Spanos, Kamariotis, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 4, Varytimiadis, Kadji 7, Houhoumis 5.

Korivos Amaliadas beat AEK for Basket League first day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and defeated AEK for Basket League first day. It was the game between the two newly promoted teams from A2 League but Korivos Amaliadas was playing home and AEK was most experienced team in A1 League. For Korivos Amaliadas, who celebrated its first victory in the Basket League, Rob Lowery scored 18 points, Darrius Garett had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Josh Maggete 10 points and 5 assists. Milan Milošević who recently signed with AEK started the new season with a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, also Ziris Sarikopoulos made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 22-10, 41-37, 55-55, 80-67.

Korivos Amaliadas: Maggette 10, Robert 18, Giannakidis 10, Angelopoulos 6, Papapetrou, Davis 3, Vasiljevic 11, Kanonidis 9, Filippakos, Garrett 9, Dmitriev, Galliotos 4.
AEK: Papantoniou 6, Kyles 1, Sakota 13, Kaselakis 2, Polytarchou 8, Papadionysiou, Wright 5, Kamperidis, Williamson 2, Sarikopoulos 14, Milosevic 16, Goodridge.

Aris beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League first day

Aris beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League first day. Panelefsiniakos hosted Aris but could not take advantage of its home in the second half. Panelefsiniakos had 5 players with two digits score but six players without any points. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 19 points and 8 rebounds while Spyros Mourtos made a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Torey Thomas had 18 points and Drew Naymick had 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 42-40, 54-65,70-78.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 15, Robinson 12, Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 4, Murray 14, Athanasoulas 11, Markovic 14, Dorkofikis, Ioannou, Kalles, Avramidis, Sotirakis.
Aris: Pasalic, Manolopoulos 9, Gikas, Reed 3, Thomas 18, Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 19, Naymick 6, Mourtos 12, Symtsak 2.

Olympiacos defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day

Olympiacos hosted without fans and defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day. Apollon Patras could not follow Olympiacos who wanted a great victory with its new coach Milan Tomic to begin the Basket League. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis scored 17 points and served 8 assists. Kostas Sloukas scored 9 points, collected 9 rebounds and served 8 assists approaching a rare triple double. For Apollon Patras Brandon Penn had 22 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 9 rebounds and 5 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-15, 41-29, 65-39, 82-56.

Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 4, Hunter 11, Dunston 13, Spanoulis 17, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 9, Mouratos 2, Christodoulou 7, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 6, Kavvadas, Katsivelis.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 4, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 4, Pen 22, Fitzpatrick 5, Antonakis 1, Batis 7, El-Amin 5, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Gorgonis 2.

Kolossos Rodou beat Panionios for Basket League first day

Kolossos Rodou beat Panionios for Basket League first day. Panionios hosted Kolossos Rodou but the team from Nea Smyrni was playing with young players and could not expect to win the game. For Panionios Moraitis, Petropoulos, Billis and Stamatis scored more than 15 points but the whole team earned the respect of their fans for their effort. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 26 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds while Zvoko Buljan made a double double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-26, 40-50, 49-71, 76-92.

Panionios (Papachatzis): Moraitis 15, Petropoulos 14, Oikonomopoulos 7, Koukoulas 7, Spyropoulos 2, Melisourgos, Motsenigos, Billis 15, Stamatis 16, Doukas.
Kolossos Rodou (): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologkas, Kareem 5, James 26, Smith 8, Stefanidis 7, Liden 6, Tsamis 12, Haggins 9, Buljan 17.

Panionios signed Tony Woods

Panionios signed Tony Woods. Woods will continue in Greece for second year after one year he played for Nea Kifisia. With Nea Kifisia he averaged 6.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in 26 games.

Panionios signed Strnad Nejc

Panionios signed Strnad Nejc. The Slovenian guard played two years for Ikaros Chalkidas (previously Ikaros Kallitheas) and previously he had played for Kavala. In the season 2013-2014 he averaged 6.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.

A2 Greece first day results

A2 Greece first day results

Saturday 11th October

OFI - Filippos Veroias 67-70
Ermis Lagada - Ilisiakos 87-89
Lavrio - Ethnikos 67-58
Doxa Lefkadas - Arkadikos 72-73
Livadia - Iraklis 71-79
Psyhiko - Pagrati 89-81
Aetos - Kavala 63-65

PAOK BC 2014-2015 media day

PAOK BC 2014-2015 media day

Giorgos Bartzokas resigned from Olympiacos

Giorgos Bartzokas resigned from Olympiacos. The Greek coach decided to resign after the defeat by Panathinaikos for the Greek Cup which led to complains by the team fans. Milan Tomic will be the head coach while Olympiacos will be searching for its next coach with Sasa Djordjevic, Fotis Katsikaris and Giannis Sferopoulos names to be on the team's list. The team officially thanked the Greek coach for the two Euroleague wins and accepted his resign.

Post by Olympiacos B.C. - Official Page.

Rethymno Aegean signed Roeland Schaftenaar

Rethymno Aegean signed Roeland Schaftenaar. The 26 years old Dutch will replace Brian Fitzpatrick. Schaftenaar is 2.11m high and graduated from Oregon State. After graduation the Dutch center played four years in the second division of Spain, two years for UB La Palma and two years for CB Breogán. Schaftenaar is member of the National basketball team of Netherlands.

Panionios BC roster 2014-2015

Panionios BC roster 2014-2015

Luke Hancock
Strnad Nejc
Tony Woods
Vasilis Xanthopoulos
Brian Fitzpatrick
Yaroslav Korolev
Koukoulas Manolis
Stamatis Dimitris
Motsenigos Spyros
Spyropoulos Anastasis
Billis Sotiris
Giorgos Diamantopoulos
Justin Tubbs

Head coach: Chris Hugaz
 
*Thanasis Papachatzis started the season with Panionios but left the club on October 21st 2014.
*On November 22nd Panionios signed Giorgos Diamantopoulos.
*On December 22nd Panionios released Gabe Pruitt.
*On December 22nd Panionios signed Justin Tubbs. 
*In January 2015 Panionios released Vangelis Alexandris.
*In January 2015 Panionios signed Chris Hugaz as its head coach.

Psyhiko BC roster 2014-2015

Psyhiko BC roster 2014-2015 (A2 division)

Thomas Nikou
Ntinos Ahis
Nikos Persidis
Nikolas Papanikolaou
Giorgos Skandalos
Antonis Mantzaris
Aris Koronidis
Apostolos Naoumis
Damir Latovic
Nikos Matzioris
Spyros Panou
Kyriakos Techlikidis
Giannis Dimakos

Coach: Giorgos Rementelas

Arkadikos BC roster 2014-2015

Arkadikos BC roster 2014-2015 (A2 division)

Giannis Karamolegos
Giannis Thanopoulos
Petros Noeas
Giorgos Konstantinou
Sakis Karydas
Giorgos Kopsaftis
Nikos Chatzis
Konstantinos Mallios
Stamatis Anastasakis
Kostas Ezomo
Avraam Kallinikidis
Stefan Djordjevic

Coach: Giannis Kastritis

AEK signed Milan Milošević

AEK signed Milan Milošević. The 29 years old Bosnian forward started his career from Hercegovac, then played for Sloboda Tuzla, Red Star Belgrade, Bosna, Keravnos in Cyprus, Budućnost Podgorica and Zlatorog Laško. With Zlatorog Laško he averaged 14.1 points and 8.6 rebounds in the previous season. Earlier this season the player had agreed terms with Panionios.

Nea Kifisia released Justin Jackson

Justin Jackson did not meet the standards of Nea Kifisia's coach Elias Papatheodorou so the team announced the release of the player just two months after he signed a contract.

Panathinaikos defeat Olympiacos for Greek Cup

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Greek Cup without fans attending the game. Panathinaikos started better and took the lead with 14-4 but Olympiacos balanced the game in the first quarter. In the second quarter the game was more balanced and the half time finished with score 33-32. Esteban Batista had 10 points and 6 rebounds in the first half. Olympiacos started the second half with a 13-0 run and took a lead of 12 points, 33-45. Antonis Fotsis scored after 4:50 without score for Panathinaikos and lowered the difference to 10 points, 35-45. The last quarter started with two three pointers for Panathinaikos and the difference down to five points, 55-60. Olympiacos replied with its own 6-0 run and the difference went back to ten points, 58-68. Panathinaikos with two free throws of Diamantidis approached to four points, 68-72, but Matt Lojeski with a three pointer and a turnover by Panathinaikos made the score 68-75 two minutes before the end. Panathinaikos tightened its defense and with a three pointer by Dimitris Diamantidis equalized the score 75-75 with 16 second remaining. Esteban Batista made a foul to Kostas Sloukas 8 seconds before the end but Sloukas scored only ony and made the score 75-76. In the last offense three players of Olympiacos played defense on Dimitris Diamantidis who passed the ball to Esteban Batista and dunked making the score 77-76 and giving his team a great victory!
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 33-32, 49-60, 77-76.

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Diamantakos, Slaughter 7, Bochoridis 5 (1), Giankovits 11, Fotsis 7 (1), Pappas 19 (3), Blums 8 (2), Diamantidis 8 (2), Batista 12.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 6 (2), Hunter 6, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 12 (2), Mantzaris 3 (1), Sloukas 3, Lafayette 7 (1), Lojeski 16 (4), Printezis 13.

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Greek Cup

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Greek Cup. Panionios played with young players and even the team lost the game by 18 points the fans cheered the players for their effort. With the 22 years old Spyros Motsenigos being the most experienced player of Panionios the team managed to lead the score in the first half by 30-29 but in the second half the team of Patras got the expected victory.
Quarters' scores: 19-20, 30-29, 62-49, 63-81

Panionios (Degaitas): Georgiadis, Moraitis 3, Stamatis 14, Motsenigos 22, Biris, Melissourgos 2, Billis 2, Karampelas, Doukas, Spyropoulos 8, Petropoulos 12.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Mastrogiannopoulos, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 15, Skordilis 13, Penn 11, Fitzpatrick 3, Antonakis, Batis 4, El-Amin 29, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas.

Nea Kifisia beat Aris for Greek Cup

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Aris for Greek Cup round three. The home team based on the experience of Michalis Kakiouzis and Dimitris Mavroeidis won Aris who got score by Muhamed Pašalić, Reed and Thomas but not from Vezenkov as expected. Torey Thomas lost the last shot and the chance for an extra time and Nea Kifisia qualified to the quarter finals of the Greek Basketball Cup.
Quarters' scores: 21-22, 40-38, 54-55, 73-69

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Tsaldaris 5 (1), Kafkis 2, Ewing 7, Liakopoulos, Duvnjak 11 (1), Pesakovic 10 (2), Mavroeidis 12 (8 rebs), Psathas 4, Davis 5, Kakiouzis 17 (9 rebs).
Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 14 (4), Manolopoulos 2, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 4, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 16, Charisis, Vezenkov 9, Naymick 5.

PAOK beat KAOD for Greek Cup

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Greek Cup. Without facing problems PAOK won KAOD and qualified to the next round of the Greek Cup. For the winners Marc Carter had 17 points, Julian Vaughn 13 points and Jake Odum and Christos Saloustros 10 points each.
Quarters' scores 19-12, 44-28, 68-49, 88-63

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 4, Liapis 7, Charalampidis 8, Carter 17, Kakaroudis 5, Tsochlas 2, Dedas 8, Margaritis 4, Kottas, Odum 10, Saloustros 10, Vaughn 13
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 3, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 10, Georgakis 9, Atkins 8, Odom 3, Spyridonidis 6, Michel 8, Zaras 5, Loe 7, Chrysikopoulos 1

Korivos Amaliadas signed Giorgos Papapetrou

Korivos Amaliadas signed Giorgos Papapetrou. The 23 years old Greek guard started his career in Panionios' academies and Ilisiakos youth team before moving to USA for Franklin Pierce University. This summer he participated in Olympiacos' preparation and he signed his first pro contract with the newly promoted Korivos Amaliadas.

Thanasis Papachatzis is Panionios' new coach

Panionios announced that the head coach of the team is Thanasis Papachatzis. Only few days before the League starts Papachatzis left Peristeri where he was the head coach and is now in charge of Panionios. The coach was the assistant coach of Giannis Sfairopoulos in the previous season, so he knows the team and the players. Before Panionios Papachatzis had worked for Maroussi academies, Dafni, Panathinaikos (as assistant of Božidar Maljković, Slobodan Subotic, Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou and Kostas Politis), AEK, Aris, and Lokomotiv Kuban (again as assistant of Božidar  Maljković). Papachatzis had studied in North Carolina and had worked with Dean Smith.

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup second round third day. Apollon started the game with a 7-0 run but Korivos made its own 6-18 run and finish the first quarter leading the score. Early in the second quarter Apollon got back the lead and kept it until the end. Korivos tried to counter attack in the last quarter and lowered the difference to three points, 52-49, but the home team made a 5-0 run and secured the victory. Apollon Patras had 1/12 three pointers in the first half in a tight game which was the first home game for the team. Apollon Patras had Brandon Penn, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, Gaios Skordilis and Muhammad El-Amin with two digits points scored while for Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery scored 23 points, Josh Magette 9 points and Darrius Garrett 8 points.
Quarters' scores: 13-18, 28-21, 45-35, 65-54.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Penn 12 (2), Fitzpatrick 11, El-Amin 10, Mpatis 8 (1), Molfetas, Argyropoulos 3 (1), Antonakis 2, Galloway 9, Skordilis 10, Niforas.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Maggett 9 (1), Aggelopoulos 2, Kanonidis 1, Garrett 8, Vasiljevic 2, Lowery 23 (2), Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Dmitriev 3 (1).

Aris beat AEK for Greek Cup

Aris beat AEK in Thessaloniki for Greek Basketball Cup. The home team was leading the game in the whole game. Dusan Sakota and Nontas Papantoniou of AEK did their best to win the game but in the end the home team scored all crucial free throws and secured the victory. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 22 points and 10 rebounds and LeMarcus Reed had 17 points, 6 steals and 4 steals. Besides Papantoniou and Sakota, Zisis Sarikopoulos made a double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds against his former team. Aris qualified to the next round where will play against Nea Kifisia in Athens.
Quarters' scores: 20-11, 35-31, 52-48, 63-57.

Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic 7, Manolopoulos, Mourtos, Simtsak, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 9, Charisis 1, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 22 (10 reb), Naymick 7.
AEK BC (Ziagkos): Papantoniou 17, Kyles 3, Sakota 13, Kaselakis 8 (9 reb), Polytarchou 1, Papadionysiou, Goodridge, Kamperidis, Williamson 3, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 12 (13 reb)

Panathinaikos results at Gomelsky Cup

Panathinaikos participated at Gomelsky Cup and finished second with one victory against Nizhny Novgorod and one defeat against CSKA Moscow. For Panathinaikos Mavrokefalidis, Bochoridis, Fotsis were not available due to injuries and Blums debuted for his new team.

Panathinaikos - Nizhny Novgorod 63-55

Quarters' scores: 17-13, 26-21, 43-38, 63-55
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 16, Giankovits 5, Blums 4, Pappas 6, Diamantidis 2, Gist 11, Batista 19.
Nizhny Novgorod (Bagacic): Baburin 3 , Daniels 2, Papakhouski 6, Antonov 2, Khvostov 3, Kinsey 12, Rochestie 16, Savelyev, Krivosheev, Tompkins 11.

CSKA Moscow - Panathinaikos 75-46

Quarters' scores: 22-12, 41-29, 52-40, 75-46
CSKA Moscow (Itoudis): Astapkovich 8, Teodosic 8, Fridzon  8, Nichols 6, Jackson 7, Markoishvili 10, Korobkov 8, Zozulin, Strebkov 3, Vorontsevic 2, Kaun 9, Hines  6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 4, Slaughter  5, Giankovits 11, Blums 3, Pappas 11, Diamantidis 5, Batista 3 (11 rebounds), Diamantakos 4, Koniaris.

Olympiacos beat Rethymno for Petros Oikonomakis tournament

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Petros Oikonomakis friendly tournament. Olympiacos had a great day with 64% accuracy in three pointers. Rethymno Aegean had a great Faye with 15 points (4/5 three pointers), Council with 16 points and Koumpouras with 13 points (5/5 field goals). For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 21 points, Kostas Sloukas had 7 points and 9 assists, while Petway and Hunter dominated the rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-22, 33-39, 51-67, 72-81

Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 6, Schizas, Koumpouras 13(1), Fitzpatrick 1, Council 16(3), Allen 10(2), Kalampokis 1, Faye 15(4), Sinis, Cheilaris, Kravic 10
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 9(1), Hunter 6, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas 3, Katsivelis 7(1), Lafayette 8(2), Sloukas 7(1), Simmons 4, Lojeski 21(4), Christodoulou, Printezis 7 (1), Agravanis 5 (1).