PAOK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eleventh day

Kolossos Rodou hosted PAOK for Basket League eleventh day. Dominic Waters debuted in the Greek League and with 8 points gave his team and early lead, 10-8, but PAOK managed to finish the first quarter leading by 5 points, 19-24. The home balanced the game and the first half finished with equal score, 39-39. Dominic Waters and Jake Odum finished the first half with 10 points. The game was tight with Kolossos Rodou leading the score of the third quarter by one points but PAOK winning the game by two points. For Kolossos Rodou Angelos Tsamis was the top scorer and rebounder with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jamele Hagins had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Ernest Scott had 10 points and 4 assists. Dominic Waters finished the game with 10 points and 7 turnovers. For PAOK Jake Odum had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Kevin Langford had 8 rebounds and 8 rebounds, Vangelis Margaritis had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Apollon Tsochlas had 5 assists. JR Bremer had 1/7 three pointers and PAOK had 6/28 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 19-24, 39-39, 58-57, 67-69.

Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 4, Siologas, Waters 10, Manolopoulos 6, Smith, Stefanidis 2, Liden 6, Scott 10, Tsamis 18, Hagins 11, Daskalakis.
PAOK: Langford 14, Liapis, Carter 9, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 3, Dedas 5, Margaritis 12, Kottas, Odum 16, Vaughn 1, Bremer 5, Saloustros 2.

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eleventh day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eleventh day. Korivos started with 0/10 shots and Apollon Patras was leading the score, 11-0. Gaios Skordilis finished the first quarter with 6 points and 8 rebounds. Apollon Patras scored only 8 points in the second quarter and Korivos managed to finish the first half only 7 points behind in score. Dwayne Davis and Brandon Penn had 10 points each and Gaios Skordilis had 12 rebounds in the first half. Korivos made its counter attack in the last quarter with partial score 14-24 and the normal time finished with the two teams having scored 65 points each. In the extra time Apollon Patras won the game and remain undefeated in its home but Korivos returned from a game that was losing 21-9 in the first quarter. Double double for Gaios Skordilis who had 14 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks. For Apollon Muhammad El-Amin had 20 points, Kevin Galloway had 11 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. For Korivos Amaliadas Dwayne Davis had 28 points, Rawle Marshall had 12 points, Josh Magette had 7 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-9, 29-22, 51-41, 65-65. ET: 77-72

Apollon Patras: Skordilis 14, Argyropoulos 8, Galloway 11, Penn 10, Fitzpatrick 4, Antonakis, Batis, El-Amin 20, Molfetas 6, Niforas, Mastrogiannopoulos, Georgalis 4.
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette 7, Marshall 12, Giannakidis, Aggelopoulos 9, Papapetrou, Davis 28, Kanonidis 5, Filippakos, Garrett 6, Rubio 5, Archimandritis, Batis.

Panionios beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eleventh day

Panelefsiniakos hosted Panionios for Basket League eleventh day. Panionios seem to roll from game to game and against Panelefsiniakos started the game with 31 points in the first quarter. Yaroslav Korolev had 13 points and 5 rebounds in the first half and Vasilis Xanthopoulos 6 assists. Panelefsiniakos was lowering the difference in the second, third and fourth quarter but could not won the game and lost by two points. For Panionios two players made a double double, William Coleman had 12 points and 13 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Justin Tubbs and Dimitris Verginis had 12 points each and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 9 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Kurt Looby debuted with a double double, 12 points and 12 rebounds. Elijah Johnson had 10 points, Stelios Ioannou had 6 points and 6 rebounds, Nikola Markovic had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Great road victory for Panionios that seems to steadily improve.
Quarters' scores: 15-31, 38-46, 53-59, 68-70.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 3, Robinson 4, Tsakaleris 8, Vasilopoulos 1, Looby 12, Athanasoulas 9, Markovic 5, Dorkofikis 4, Ioannou 6, Johnson 10, Kalles, Avramidis 6.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 5, Petropoulos, Verginis 12, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 6, Motsenigos 2, Stamatis, Woods 2, Coleman 12, Korolev 19, Tubbs 12.

KAOD beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League eleventh day

Nea Kifisia hosted KAOD for Basket League eleventh day. In a tight game KAOD was looking for its first road victory and Nea Kifisia wanted to recover from cup elimination. Nea Kifisia was led the score of the first quarter but KAOD balanced the game. Cade Davis with 15 points and Rod Odom with 12 points were leading their teams in the first half. KAOD with 21-11 partial score in the third quarter took the lead of the game and made its first road victory against Nea Kifisia. Manolis Papamakarios was focused in the last minute and with his seven points in a row gave his team the victory. Papamakarios scored a crucial three pointer and had 4/4 free throws. The home team seemed affected by the recent cup elimination. For Nea Kifisia Cade Davis had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Giannis Psathas had 10 points and 8 rebounds. For KAOD Rod Odom had 20 points and 6 rebounds, Manolis Papamakarios had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Eric Atkins had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 35-35, 45-56, 78-79.

Nea Kifisia: Remecun, Kafkis 4, Liakopoulos 8, Popovic 6, Pesakovic 6, Mavroeidis 5, Psathas 10, Melissaratos 3, Kakiouzis 7, Tsaldaris 2, Duvnjak 10, Davis 17.
KAOD: Slaftsakis 6, Trotter 6, Johnson 3, Atkins 11, Odom 20, Spyridonidis, Michel 4, Zaras 7, Loe 4, Papamakarios 18.

Aris beat Aries Trikala for Basket League eleventh day

Aris hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League eleventh day. With Aleksandar Vezenkov scoring 12 points in a row Aris took an early lead by 20-11. Aris finished first half with a 14 points difference. Aleksandar Vezenkov had 22 points and Mario Matalon 9 points. With a 15-0 run in the third quarter Aris secured the victory. Aris smashed Aries Trikala by 31 points difference, with all of its players having scored more than two points. Aleksandar Vezenkov finished the game with 24 points (8/10 two pointers, 2/3 three pointers and 2/2 free throws) and 7 rebounds. Drew Naymick had 10 points and 8 rebounds, Nikos Gikas had 5 points and 5 assists. For Aries Trikala Slaven Cupkovic and Mario Matalon had 11 points each, Steve Panos 4 rebounds and Alex Harris 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 25-13, 44-30, 70-44, 91-60.

Aris: Pasalic 13, Gikas 5, Reed 6, Thomas 7, Poulianitis 2, Charisis 7, Karathanasis 7, Vezenkov 24, Naymick 10, Mourtos 4, Symtsak 4, Adegboye 2.
Aries Trikala: Ingram 8, Nikolopoulos 3, Tracey 4, Harris 9, Cupkovic 11, Panos 8, Spanos, Kamariotis, Matalon 11, Kadji 4, Houhoumis, Milutinovic 2.

AEK signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu

AEK signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu. The 31 years old British had penned a contract with Olympiacos in June but the team released him after he failed the medical exams. After this Mensah-Bonsu played in Israel for Hapoel Jerusalem where he averaged 5 and 2.5 rebounds in two league game and 7.5 points and 3 rebounds in four Eurocup games.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eleventh day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eleventh day fixtures.

Saturday 27th December 2014
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - PAOK
17:00 Aris - Aries Trikala
17:00 Apollon Patras - Korivos Amaliadas
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - Panionios
17:00 Nea Kifisia - KAOD
19:00 Olympiacos - Panathinaikos
Sunday 28th December 2014
17:00 AEK - Rethymno Aegean

Aries Trikala signed Ilija Milutinovic

Aries Trikala signed Ilija Milutinovic. The 26 years old Serbian center had played in Bosnia for Capljina Lasta, in Tunisia for US Monastir, in Japane for Tokyo Cinq Reves and in Georgia for Olimpi Tbilisi. Milutinovic started this season in Bulgaria with Chernomorets Burgas where he played nine games.

Kolossos Rodou signed Sotiris Manolopoulos

Kolossos Rodou signed Sotiris Manolopoulos. The 27 years old forward left Aris and Kolossos Rodou offered him more game time. Manolopoulos had played for Kolossos Rodou for two seasons in 2009-2011.

Aries Trikala and Adnan Hodžić part ways

Aries Trikala and Adnan Hodžić part ways. The 26 years old Bosnian player asked the team to terminate his contract and leave. Hodžić played four games with Trikala and averaged 8 points and 3.5 rebounds.

Panionios signed Justin Tubbs

Panionios signed Justin Tubbs. The 27 years old American guard graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School and played for the Alabama Crimson Tide and the East Tennessee State in the NCAA. Tubbs had played in Israel for Maccabi Kiryat Bialik, Canada for Ottawa SkyHawks, France for SPO Rouen Basket, Germany for Crailsheim Merlins and back in Canada for Halifax Rainmen.

PAOK Eurocup 2014-2015 round of 32 fixtures

PAOK Eurocup 2014-2015 round of 32 fixtures.

1st day (6-7/1/2015)
Limoges - PAOK
2nd day (13-14/1/2015)
PAOK- Foxtown Cantu
3rd day (20-21/1-2015)
PAOK- Khmki Moscow
4th day (27-28/1/2015)
Khimki Moscow - PAOK
5th day (3-4/2/2015)
PAOK - Limoges
6th day (10-11/2/2015)
Foxtown Cantu - PAOK

Panionios released Gabe Pruitt

Panionios released Gabe Pruitt. The 29 years old American guard played 7 games with Panionios, averaging 5.6 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1 block per game.

Aris and Sotiris Manolopoulos part ways

Aris and Sotiris Manolopoulos part ways. Manolopoulos had only played couple minutes in four games and wanted a team that will offer him a more important role and more game time.

Aries Trikala signed Alex Harris

Aries Trikala signed Alexander Cory "Alex" Harris. The 29 years old guard had played in Poland for PGE Turów Zgorzelec, Czarni Słupsk and in Germany for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, Eisbären Bremerhaven and Tigers Tübingen. With Tigers Tübingen he averaged 10.9 points and 4 rebounds. Harris will replace Nate Bowie.

Aries Trikala released Nate Bowie

Aries Trikala released Nate Bowie. The American guard averaged 10.2 points and 6 assists but his games was not stable and reliable. Bowie was leading the assists in the league but he also ranked fourth in the total turnovers made.

Kolossos Rodou released Zvonko Buljan

Kolossos Rodou released Zvonko Buljan. The Croatian forward played 10 games with Kolossos in the Basket League, averaging 9.2 points and 4.8 rebounds, but his act to punch the mascot of Rethymno Aegean set the player out of the team.

Panelefsiniakos signed Kurt Looby

Panelefsiniakos signed Kurt Looby. The 30 years old Antiguan player penned a contract until the end of season. Looby had played in Greece for Peristeri in 2010-2011 season averagingn 6.5 points and 7 rebounds in 28 games, being the fourth blocker of the League. He graduated from Iowa where he played for Iowa Hawkeyes and then continued in NBA D-League for Rio Grande Valley Vipers, in Poland for Trefl Sopot and in the previous season he played in Germany for Telekom Baskets Bonn.

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Cup semi finals

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Cup semi finals and qualified to the Greek Cup Final for the first time after 1997. Apollon Patras qualified to the final but its opponent is not known, since the game between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was cancelled upon sports judge's decision. The game started better for Nea Kifisia but Apollon Patras managed to counter attack and be more focused in the last crucial minute. For Apollon Patras Toarly Fitzpatrick scored 25 points with 6/8 three pointers and collected 7 rebounds. Brandon Penn had 11 points but 9 of them where in the third period where he helped his team to counter attack. Kevin Galloway had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. For Nea Kifisia Uros Duvnjak had 17 points, Petros Melissaratos had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Nikos Liakopoulos had 10 points and 6 assists. Nikos Barlos had 16 point against the team that had almost agreed terms a month ago. The referees wrote down in game sheet the bad behaviour of Nea Kifisia's coach Elias Papatheodorou after the final whistle.
Quarters' scores: 19-11, 34-30, 50-56, 73-75

Nea Kifisia: Kafkis, Ewing, Liakopoulos 10, Tsaldaris 5(1), Pesakovic, Duvnjak 17(2), Davis 10(2), Psathas 2, Melissaratos 13, Barlos 16(2),Kakiouzis.
Apollon Patras: Skoridlis 8(1), Argyropoulos 10(2), Galloway 8, Georgalis 2, Penn 11(7ρ), Fitzpatrick 25, Antonakis, El-Amn 9, Molfetas 2.

PAOK beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup tenth day

PAOK beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup tenth day. PAOK had 14 turnovers in the first half and scored only 6 points in the second quarter but the home team with 0/10 three pointers could not build a difference. Julian Vaughn had 14 points and 6 rebounds in the half time. PAOK got the lead in the third quarter but the home team balanced the game and the two teams went to extra time. Budućnost Voli had 4/26 three pointers but on the other hand PAOK made 22 turnovers. For the home team Omar Cook had 14 points and 10 assists, Reynolds JR had 9 points, 5 assists and 3 steals, Suad Sehovic had 10 points with 2/4 three pointers and 8 rebounds. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Vangelis Margaritis had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 points, JR Bremer had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. With this victory PAOK finished second in the Group F of Eurocup 2014-2015.
Quarters' scores: 17-23, 30-29, 48-53, 73-73. ET: 76-81

Budućnost Voli: Cook 14, Sehovic 10, Dasic 13, Planinic 5, Subotic 12, Carapic, Vitkovac 5, Bacovic, Popovic 4, Ivanovic 4, Reynolds 9, Rikic.
PAOK: Langford 13, Liapis, Carter 5, Kakaroudis 6, Tsochlas 12, Dedas, Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 17, Bremer 12, Saloustros 5.

Kolossos Rodou signed Dominic Waters

Kolossos Rodou signed Dominic Waters. The 28 years old American point guard graduated from Portland State and started his career in Belgium for VOO Verviers-Pepinster. Waters continued his career in Liège Basket, then in Slovenia for Union Olimpija. He had played for half season in Israel for Hapoel Holon, in Spain for Bàsquet Manresa and in Germany for s.Oliver Baskets. In the previous month he played in the NBA Development League for the Grand Rapids Drive.

Rob Loe named MVP of Basket League tenth day

Rob Loe named MVP of Basket League Greece 2014-2015 tenth day for his performance against Apollon Patras. Loe scored 18 πόντους with 4/4 two pointers, 3/4 three pointers, 1/1 free throw, collected 7 rebounds, served one assist, made one steal and had 5 fouls drawn.

Panathinaikos beat Aris for Basket League tenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Aris for Basket League tenth day. Panathinaikos played without Dimitris Diamantidis and Aris took advantage of it and was leading the score by 14-19 in the first quarter. Nikos Pappas entered the court and with a 10-0 run gave his team the scoring lead. Panathinaikos was keeping the lead from 15 points, 68-53, to 5 points, 74-69, and won the game. For Panathinaikos Nikos Pappas had 23 points, Jānis Blūms had 14 points, Vlantimir Giankovits had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Esteban Batista made another double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 19 points and 6 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 12 points and 6 assists, LeMarcus Reed had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 5 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 24-19, 46-35, 61-51, 76-69

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 6, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 9, Fotsis 3, Pappas 23, Mavrokefalidis, Gist 4, Batista 12 (10ρ), Blums 14, Wright.
Aris: Pasalic 12, Gikas, Reed 13, Thomas 10, Vezzenkov 19, Naymick 5, Mourtos 2, Symtsak 2, Adegboye 6.

Eric Michael left Panelefsiniakos for Brindisi

Panelefsiniakos signed Michael Eric on December 4th and he debuted against Korivos Amaliadas helping his team win the game with 19 points and 7 rebounds but the player got an offer from Enel Brindisi and penned the contract. Eric had a special contract term and in Brindisi will replace Cedric Simmons who is injured for the whole season.

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Basket League tenth day

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Basket League tenth day. Olympiacos with a massive defence allowed Panionios to score only 5 points in the first and 13 points in the second quarter. Easy victory for the reds that had 12 players with score. For Panionios only Luke Hancock had two digits score with 17 points and 3 steals. Dimitris Verginis had 7 points and 4 assists, Tony Woods had 6 points and 4 rebounds. For the winners Bryant Dunston had 18 points with 9/11 shots, Vangelis Mantzaris served 7 assists and made 3 steals, Kostas Sloukas had 7 points and 5 assists. Brent Petway made a double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Yaroslav Korolev had 0/7 field goals and scored only 3 points with 3 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 4-12, 17-31, 35-53, 56-73

Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos, Verginis 7(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnand 6(2), Motsenigos 1, Stamatis 5, Woods 6, Coleman 9(4ρ), Korolev 3, Pruitt 2, Hancock 17(2).
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 13(3), Hunter 4, Dunston 18, Spanoulis 5(1), Darden 4, Sloukas 7, Lafayette 3(1), Lojeski 5, Agravanis 6, Mantzaris 3(1), Kavvadas 2, Katsivelis 3(1).

Panelefsiniakos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League tenth day

Panelefsiniakos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League tenth day. Panelefsiniakos started the game better and was leading the score in the first quarter. The home team counter attacked and led the second and third quarters but Panelefsiniakos managed to steal the victory in the last seconds. Seven seconds before the end Eric Michael scored two points and gave his team the lead. Saša Vasiljević missed the last shot and Panelefsiniakos won Korivos in Amaliada in a tight game. For Korivos Amaliadas Dwayne Davis had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Nikos Angelopoulos had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Eric Michael had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Frank Robinson had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Elijah Johnson had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
Quarters' scores:16-19, 40-32, 60-53, 73-74

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Maggete 6(1), Marshall 5, Giannakidis, Angelopoulos 13(3), Papapetrou, Davis 18(2), Vasiljevic 7(1), Kanonidis, Garrett 14, Rubio 10.
Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Robinson 17(1), Tsakaleris 2, Vasilopoulos, Eric 19, Athanasoulas 5(1), Markovic 2, Dorkofikis 3(1), Ioannou 4, Johnson 18(2), Kalles 4, Avramidis.

Rethymno Aegean beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League tenth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League tenth day. Rethymno Aegean was third before the game and stayed in the top of the table. Kolossos Rodou had only nine players available but all of them scored and the team was leading the game in the first half. In the second half Rethymno Aegean with an 8-0 run started its counter attack until the final victory. Rethymno Aegean won a game that had 19/33 two pointers and 14/29 free throws but on the other hand Kolossos Rodou made 20 turnovers. For the winners Trevis Simpson had 12 points, Fahro Alihodzic had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Mouhammad Faye had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Vincent Council had 8 assists, 5 points and 4 rebounds. For Kolossos Rodou Jamelle Hagins had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks, Ernest Scott had 8 points and 7 rebounds, Angelos Tsamis had 7 points and 8 assists.
Quarters' scores: 16-20, 30-44, 47-55, 70-66.

Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 12, Schizas 11 (2), Koumpouras 5, Council 5, Allen 9 (3), Faye 11 (1), Sinis, Kravic 5, Alihodzic 12.
Kolossos Rodou (Lykogiannis): Toliopoulos 6 (2), Larentzakis 6, Smith 6, Stefanidis 3 (1), Linden 6 (2), Scott 8 (2), Tsamis 7, Haggins 15, Buljan 9 (1).

Aries Trikala beat AEK for Basket League tenth day

Aries Trikala hosted and beat AEK for Basket League tenth day. Aries Trikala was in the bottom of the League table but AEK had only one road victory. The game started with a 25 minutes delay due to fights between the police and AEK fans, with the police throwing tear gas inside the closed court which created problems in the breathing. AEK with Car English was leading the score by 11 points, 19-30, but the home team managed to counter attack and celebrated a great victory. The game was a fight between Aries Trikala's Kenny Kadji and AEK's Carl English, both of them finished the game with a double double, 33 points and 11 rebounds for English, 21 points and 11 rebounds for Kadji. For the winners Ntinos Nikolopoulos had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Justin Ingram had 14 points but with 3/9 field goals. For AEK Dusan Sakota had 15 points, 6 rebounsd and 5 assists, Ziris Sarikopoulos had 8 points and 5 rebounds, Giannis Athinaiou had 11 points and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores:19-24, 44-40, 60-64, 87-83

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 14, Nikolopoulos 13, Tracey 3, Bowie 5, Cupkovic 13, Panos 3, Spanos 7, Matalon 5, Kadji 21, Hodzic 3.
AEK (Sakota): Papantoniou, Delininkaitis 8, Sakota 15, Kaselakis 2, Williamson 6, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 8, Athinaiou 11, Milosevic, English 33.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day

PAOK hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day. PAOK was low in the League table but the team improves steadily. Nea Kifisia started better the game and was leading the score in the first quarter but PAOK counter attacked and controlled the rest of the game. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Kostas Kakaroudis and Apollon Tsochlas had 13 points each, with Kakaroudis and Marc Carter having 4 assists each. JR Bremer had 11 points in 24 minutes. For Nea Kifisia Nikola Pesakovic had 15 points, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. Nikos Liakopoulos had 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn. Great victory for PAOK after the qualification in Eurocup's round of 32.
Quarters' scores: 12-13, 37-31, 59-42, 78-67

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 5, Liapis, Carter 8 (1), Kakaroudis 13, Tsochlas 13 (3), Dedas 2, Margaritis 2, Odum 9 (1), Vaughn 15, Bremer 11 (2), Saloustros.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Remecun, Kafkis 2, Liakopoulos 7, Popovic 3, Pesakovic 15 (3), Mavroeidis 11, Melisaratos  7, Kakiouzis 2, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 6 (1), Davis 6, Barlos 8 (2)

KAOD beat Apollon Patras for Basket League tenth day

KAOD hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League tenth day. Before the game KAOD was in the bottom of the table and both teams did not have a road victory. KAOD was leading the game with a small difference for three quarters. In the last quarter Apollon Patras made an 11-0 run and the score became 68-69 from 68-58. KAOD replied and balanced the partial score of the last quarter and won a crucial game. Apollon Patras continued without an away victory. For KAOD Thodoris Zaras had 21 points, Rob Loe had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Manolis Papamakarios had his great come back in the Greek League with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 23 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 6 points and 8 rebounds, Brandon Penn had 14 points and 4 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 16-14, 42-35, 64-58, 82-76.

KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 11, Johnson 4, Georgakis, Atkins 4, Odom 6, Spyridonidis, Michel 5, Zaras 21, Loe 18, Kolovis, Papamakarios 13.
Apollon Patras: Skordilis, Argyropoulos 11, Galloway 8, Penn 14, Fitzpatrick 6, Antonakis, Batis 8, El-Amin 23, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Georgalis 6.

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague

Olympiacos hosted and beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague. With this victory Olympiacos secured the first place of its group and there will be no Greek fight in Euroleague's Top 16 round. Crvena Zvezda was competitive when Boban Marjanovic was playing. Marjanovic had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Luka Mitrovic had 11 points and 7 rebounds. For the winners Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points, Kostas Sloukas had 9 points and 5 assists, Brent Petway had 7 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-16, 27-28, 42-48, 64-59

Olympiacos: Petway 7(1), Hunter 6(5ρ), Dunston 4, Spanoulis 15(2), Sloukas 9, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 2, Lafayette 11(3), Darden 4, Lojeski 2
Crvena Zvezda: Williams 2, Dangubic 8(2), Mitrovic 11(1), Lazic 3(1), Blazic 5(1), Kalinic 10(2), Marjanovic 17, Tejic, Jenkins, Jovic, Zirbes 3.

Armani Milano beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague

Armani Milano hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague. Panathinaikos made 21 turnovers and lost another away game, counting only one road victory in Euroleague 2014-2015. Panathinaikos had the chance to win the game 0.6 seconds before the end but Diamantidis missed a free throw. For the winners Daniel Hackett had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Panathinaikos Diamantidis had 12 points and 11 assists, James Gist had 8 points and 10 rebounds and Janis Blums had 13 points with 4/6 three pointers. AJ Slaughter had 17 points but also made 5 turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 18-11, 32-28, 52-51, 66-64
Armani Milano: Ragland 7 (1), Brooks 6, Gentile 9, Cerella 2, Melli 4 (1), Mitsam, Kleiza 2, James 4, Hackett 21 (3), Samuels 8 (1), Moss 3 (1).
Panathinaikos: Slaughter 17 (3), Giankovits, Fotsis 6 (2), Pappas, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 12 (2), Gist 8, Batista 4, Blums 13 (4), Wright 2.

Rob Lowery left Korivos Amaliadas

Rob Lowery left Korivos Amaliadas for VEF Riga. The player did not notified the club in advance and the club could have blocked the transfer by denying the letter of clearance but it did not. Lowery left Korivos as the fourth scorer and the leader in steals of the Basket League, a great loss for the team.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 tenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 tenth day fixtures

Saturday 13th December 2014
17.00 KAOD - Apollon Patras 82-76
17.00 Rethymno Aegean - Kolossos Rodou 70-66
17.00 PAOK - Nea Kifisia 78-67
17.00 Aries Trikala - AEK 87-83
17.00 Korivos Amaliadas - Panelefsiniakos 73-74
Monday 15th December 2014
17:00 Panionios - Olympiacos 56-73
Tuesday 16th December 2014
18:00 Panathinaikos - Aris 76-69

Korivos signed Rawle Marshall

Korivos signed Rawle Junior Kalomo Marshall. The 32 years old Guyanese-American started his career with Dallas Mavericks and then played for Fort Worth Flyers in the NBA Development League before returning to NBA for Indiana Pacers. After USA Marshall moved to Serbia for KK Hemofarm, then Croatia for Cibona Zagreb and in 2010 he played for PAOK in Greece where he was named member of the Greek League Best Five Team. In the previous seasons Marshall played in Russia for Astana and Romania for CSU Asesoft Ploiești. Marshall will replace Rob Lowery who moved to Latvia for Riga.

PAOK beat Ventspils for Eurocup ninth day

PAOK hosted and beat Ventspils for Eurocup 2014-2015 ninth day. With its fifth victory and the first after three consecutive defeats PAOK qualified to Eurocup round of 32. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 15 points, Marc Carter had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Kostas Kakaroudis and Apollon Tsochlas had 10 points each. JR Bremer scored two points. For Ventspils Davis Lajesmeiers had 17 points with 3/3 three pointers, Akselis Vairogs had 10 points and Mire Chatman had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 14-12, 34-31, 49-47, 76-62

PAOK: Langford 15(3), Liapis 3(1), Carter 13(3), Kakaroudis 10(1), Tsochlas 10(1), Dedas, Margaritis 8, Odum 9(1), Vaughn 6, Bremer 2, Saloustros.
Ventspils: Barnies 4, Lajesmeiers 17(3), Vairogs 10(2), Ate 3, Gulbis 7, Graziulis 2, Chatman 10(2), Meiers 7, Grant 2.

Vincent Council named MVP of Basket League ninth day

Vincent Council named MVP of Basket League 2014-2015 ninth day for his performance against Nea Kifisia. Council scored 22 points with 9/12 free throws, 5/9 two pointers, 1/3 three pointers, collected 4 rebounds, served 10 assists and had 11 fouls drawn in 34 minutes.

Olympiacos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League ninth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League ninth day. This was the first game of Korivos Amalidas against Olympiacos and the visitors troubled the home team for the whole game. The six points lead of the first quarter became three points in the half time and have been eliminated by the third quarter. In the 34th minute the score was 64-64 and Korivos was still in the game but have already made 5 team fouls while Olympiacos had only two. Then Aggelopoulos was charged with a unsportsman-like foul and Olympiacos made a 6-0 run and created a safe difference. With six consecutive points by Vasilis Spanoulis Olympiacos was leading the score by 8 points, with only 3 minutes remaining. Korivos tried to steal the victory and with a three pointers by Aggelopoulos and two free throws by Magette made the score 74-71 with two minutes remaining. Vangelis Mantzaris scored, Vasiljevic missed a three pointer, Petway missed two shots and Spanoulis one and Rubio made the score 76-73. 34 seconds before the end Lafayette missed a three pointer but Petway collected the offensive rebound and Davis committed a foul. Vasilis Spanoulis missed two free throws but Vangelis Mantzaris with a three pointer made the score 79-73, which was the final score since both Vasiljevic and Davis failed to score. Victory for Olympiacos but a tough one against the very competitive Korivos Amaliadas. For Olympiacos Spanoulis had 21 points and 6 assists, Brent Petway had 9 points and 12 rebounds, Vangelis Mantzaris had 9 points and 7 assists. For Korivos Amaliadas Dwayne Davis had 22 points, Nikos Angelopolos and Guille Rubio had 10 points each, Josh Magette had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Giorgos Galiotos had 2 points and 10 rebounds. In a great game Olympiacos finished the game with 7 team turnovers while Korivos Amaliadas with 8 team turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 27-21, 43-40, 57-57, 79-73.

Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 9, Hunter 6, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 21, Darden 7, Sloukas 11, Lafayette 8, Mouratos, Christodoulou 2, Agravanis, Mantzaris 9, Kavvadas.
Korivos Amaliadas: (H. Markopoulos): Magette 8, Giannakidis 6, Aggelopoulos 10, Papapetrou, Davis 22, Vasiljevic 6, Kanonidis 9, Filippakos, Rubio 10, Fournodavlos, Galiotos 2, Batis.

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League ninth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League ninth day. In a game with 12.000 attendance, due to 1€ enctrance fee, Panathinaikos did not face any problems against Panionios. All players of Panathinaikos played and scored from Papagiannis to Charalampopoulos and Diamantakos. James Gist scored 19 points, Vlantimir Giankovits had 18 points and 7 rebounds, Janis Blums with 4 three pointers scored 12 points and Dimitris Diamantidis served 5 assists in 22 minutes. For Panionios only Tony Woods had 12 points, Yaroslav Korolev had 8 rebounds and 7 points, Luke Hancock had 8 points and 3 assists.
Quarter's scores: 30-18, 49-33, 74-47, 92-61

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 10(2), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 18(2), Fotsis 8(1), Pappas 5(1), Diamantidis 6(1), Gist 19(1), Wright 5, Diamantakos 2, Blums 12(4), Papagiannis 2
Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos 2, Verginis 6, Koukoulas 4, Spyropoulos 6, Strnad, Bilis, Stamatis, Woods 12, Coleman 9, Korolev 7(1), Pruitt 5(1), Hancock 8.

Panelefsiniakos beat KAOD for Basket League ninth day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League ninth day. After a balanced first quarter the home team finished the first half with a small lead of five points. Giannis Athanasoulas and Elijah Johnson from Panelefsiniakos and Rod Odom from KAOD finished first half with two digits score. KAOD had 2/10 three pointers in first half, with Rod Odom having 2/2. KAOD could not counter attack in the second half and Panelefsiniakos celebrated a victory after three games. For the winners Elijah Johnson had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Giannis Athanasoulas had 15 points and Frank Robinson had 9 points. Nikola Markovic made a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. For KAOD Eric Atkins and Rod Odom had 12 points each, Rob Loe had 8 rebounds and Thodoros Zaras had 4 assists. KAOD had only 3/12 three pointers, 2/2 for Rod Odom and 1/3 for Obie Trotter. Manolis Papamakarios in his debut with KAOD played 18 minutes did not score having 0/4 three pointers, but served 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 20-19, 45-39, 67-57, 83-69

Panelefsiniakos (Koutesnis): Cox 1, Robinson 9 (1), Tsakaleris 2, Vasilopoulos 4, Athanasoulas 15 (1), Markovic 16 (1), Dorkofikis 14 (2), Ioannou 2, Johnson 17 (2), Kalles 3, Avramidis.
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 4, Trotter 9(1), Johnson 8, Georgakis 6, Atkins 12, Odom 12(2), Spyridonidis, Michel, Zaras 10, Loe 8, Papamakarios.

Kolossos Rodou beat Aries Trikala for Basket League ninth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League ninth day. In the first game without the first scorer of the League Mike James, Kolossos Rodou faced problems but won Aries Trikala. Ernest Scott proved from his debut that can help Kolossos replace James. Kolossos Rodou was leading the score without problems until Trikala's coach Flevarakis turned the defence to zone. Jamele Hagins solved the problem with six consecutive points and Kolossos Rodou won by 8 points difference. For the winners Jamele Hagins had 20 points and 9 rebounds, Angelos Tsamis had 8 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, Giannoulis Larentzakis had 11 points. Ernest Scott in his debut had 12 points with 3/12 three pointers, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks. For Aries Trikala Nate Bowie had 22 points, Justin Ingram had 17 points and 7 assists, Adnan Hodžić had 8 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-13, 41-31, 50-46, 77-69

Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 4, Larentzakis 11(1), Smith 6, Stefanidis 7(1), Linden 3(1), Scott 12(3), Tsamis 8, Hagins 20, Buljan 6(2)
Aries Trikala: Ingram 17(1), Nikolopoulos, Tracey 2, Bowie 22(4), Cupkovic 8(2), Panos, Spanos, Matalon 5, Kadji 7(1), Hodzic 8.

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League ninth day

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League ninth day. Rethymno Aegean took early the lead with 8-19 and kept it until the end. Nea Kifisia's defence faced problems against Vincent council and Trevis Simpson. Rethymno Aegean made its sixth victory in nine games and have a great season until now. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Mavroeidis had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Nikola Pešaković had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Nikos Liakopoulos, Dimitris Tsaldaris and Michalis Kakiouzis had 8 points each. For Rethymno Aegean Vincent Council made a double double with 22 points and 10 assists! Trevis Simpson had 14 points, Mouhammad Faye had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Dejan Kravic had 14 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 15-22, 33-40, 47-58, 64-74

Nea Kifisia: Kafkis, Ewing 3, Liakopouls 8(2), Pesakovc 9, Mavroeidis 16, Psathas, Kakiouzis 8(1), Tsaldaris 8, Duvnjak 2, Davis 4(1), Barlos 6.
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 14(2), Schizas, Koumpouras 2, Council 22(1), Allen 8(1), Kalampokis, Faye 12, Sinis, Chilaris, Kravic 14, Alihodzic 2.

Apollon Patras beat PAOK for Basket League ninth day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League ninth day. Apollon has only one away victory but is undefeated in home. Kevin Galloway returned to good games and PAOK was affected from constant games and the injury of its captain Charalampidis. Apollon Patras dominated the first three quarters and PAOK managed only to lower the difference in the last quarter. Toarlyn Fitzpatrick finished the game with a double double, 23 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Galloway returned to good games with 17 points and 6 assists. Muhammad El-Amin continue the good games with 15 points. Gaios Skordilis had 12 points and 8 rebounds. For PAOK Kevin Langford and Apollon Tsochlas had 16 points each, Vangelis Margaritis had 13 points. Apollon Patras made only 8 turnovers while PAOK had 14.
Quarters' scores: 21-12, 34-25, 62-44, 80-70.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 12, Argyropoulos 1, Galloway 17, Penn, Fitzpatrick 23, Antonakis, Batis, El-Amin 15, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 5, Niforas, Georgalis 7.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 16, Liapis 3, Carter 7, Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 16, Dedas 2, Margaritis 13, Kottas, Odum 6, Vaughn 5, Saloustros 2.

Aris beat AEK for Basket League ninth day

Aris hosted AEK for Basket League ninth day. Aris started better than AEK and finished the first quarter with a double score lead. In the second quarter AEK improved and the first half finished with the visitors only five behind in score. Milosevic was leading AEK in the first half with the team having poor accuracy in three pointers. Aris broadened its lead in the third quarter and won the game by 11 points. For Aris Muhamed Pašalić had 19 points, Torey Thomas had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Aleksandras Vezenkov had 15 points and 3 assists. For AEK Milan Milošević had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Garett Williamson had 15 points and 3 assists. Carl English made a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Aris had 14/30 three pointers while AEK had 5/21.
Quarters' scores: 23-11, 41-36, 67-52, 86-75.

Aris: Pasalic 19, Manolopoulos, Gikas 4, Reed 5, Thomas 17, Charisis 4, Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 15, Naymick 6, Mourtos 4, Simtsak, Adegboye 10.
AEK: Delininkaitis 7, Sakota 11, Kaselakis, Polytarchou, Kamperidis, Williamson 15, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos, Athinaiou 8, Milosevic 19, English 15, Nikolic.

Basket League Greece ninth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 ninth day fixtures

Saturday 6th December 2014
17:00 Aris - AEK 86-75
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - Aries Trikala 77-69
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Rethymno Aegean 64-74
17:00 Apollon Patras - PAOK 80-70
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - KAOD 83-69
18:30 Panathinaikos - Panionios 92-61
Sunday 7th December 2014
12:30 Olympiacos - Korivos Amaliadas 79-73

PAOK signed JR Bremer

PAOK announced the return of Ernest Lenell "J. R." Bremer. The American born and naturalized Bosnian player graduated from St. Bonaventure University where he played for the  St. Bonaventure Bonnies. In the NBA he had played for Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. In Europe he had played in Spain for Malaga, Italy for Lauretana Biella and then in Greece for PAOK. After PAOK Bremer played for many teams in Russia and Italy and in the previous season he played in Turkey for Gaziantep. The 34 years old player will help PAOK to recover from the injury of its captain Charalampidis.

Olympiacos beat Neptūnas for Euroleague eighth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Neptūnas for Euroleague eighth day. Neptūnas had 2/9 three pointers, 2/6 free throws and 10 turnovers in the first half so the 11 points of difference was a normal result. Vasilis Spanoulis with 10 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds was leading Olympiacos against Keith Benson who had 7 points and 6 rebounds. Spanoulis surpassed Jaka Lakovic in Euroleague all time scorers and he is now in the third position. For Olympiacos Brent Petway had 20 20 points, Bryant Dunston had 15 points, Vasilis Spanoulis finished with 13 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds. For Neptūnas Donatas Zavackas had 15 points, Keith Benson and Arnas Butkevičius had 11 points each.
Quarters' scores: 24-19, 47-36, 69-53, 89-79.

Olympiacos: Petway 20, Hunter 8, Dunston 15, Spanoulis 13, Sloukas 7, Christodoulou, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris, Kavvadas, Lafayette 12, Darden 9.
Neptūnas: Girdziunas 2, Sinica 6, Dimsa, Gailius 9, Galdikas 8, Shakur 9, Benson 11, Zavackas 15, Vasylius 8, Butkevicius 11.

Panathinaikos lost from Fenerbahce for Euroleague

Panathinaikos lost from Fenerbahçe Ülker in Istanbul for Euroleague. Panathinaikos went to Istanbul without Esteban Batista nor Loukas Mavrokefalidis and on the first quarter Dimitris Diamantidis got a light ankle injury. Withouth center nor Diamantidis the Greek champions could not play for victory and lost by Fenerbahçe. Andrew Goudelock had 18 points with 4/5 three pointers, Semih Erden had 14 points and 7 rebounds and Jan Vesely had 12 points with 6/7 two pointers. For Panathinaikos AJ Slaughter had 20 points with 4/11 three pointers, James Gist had 9 points and 5 assists, Vasilis Charalampoulos had 7 points and 3 rebounds. Janis Blums had 0/4 three pointers and did not score any points.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 36-32, 67-48, 84-62.

Fenerbahçe Ülker (Obradović): Goudelock 18, Hickman 10, Bjelica 6, Erden 14, Mahmutoglu 6, Bogdanovic 5, Savas 4, Zoric 6, Vesely 12, Sipahi, Preldzic 3.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 7, Slaughter 20, Bochoridis 5, Giankovits 3, Fotsis 6, Pappas 4, Diamantidis 2, Gist 9, Diamantakos, Blums, Wright 6.

PAOK lost from Lokomotiv Kuban for Eurocup eihth round

PAOK lost from Lokomotiv Kuban in Thessaloniki for Eurocup. PAOK troubled Lokomotiv more than the first game in Russia, but did not win the game and will have to beat Ventspils in order to qualify. For PAOK Jake Odum had 14 points, Julian Vaughn had 8 rebounds and Marc Carter had 9 points and 4 assists. For Lokomotiv Kuban Anthony Randolph and Nikita Kurbanov had 13 points each.
Quarters' scores: 10-17, 29-35, 44-50, 54-68

PAOK: Langford 6, Liapis, Carter 9 (1), Kakarodis 5, Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas 9 (2), Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 14 (1), Vaughn 3, Saloustros 1
Lokomotiv Kuban: Delaney 10 (1), Randolph 13 (1), Grigoryev 3, Brown 12, Hendrix 2, Miles 2, Kolyuskhin, Boronov 8 (1), Zubkov 5 (1), Kurbanov 13.

Mouhammad Faye renews with Rethymno Aegean

Mouhammad Faye renewed his contract with Rethymno Aegean until the end of the season 2015-2016. Faye and contract renewal was made just one day after the player was named MVP of Basket League eighth day.

KAOD signed Manolis Papamakarios

KAOD signed Manolis Papamakarios. The 34 years old guard signed a contract with the team from Drama until the end of the season. Papamakarios played for Panelefsiniakos in the previous season and was the fourth in steals in Basket League Greece 2013-2014 but parted ways with the team in August and continued his career in Spain for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. He will debut against Panelefsiniakos.

Kolossos Rodou signed Ernest Scott

Kolossos Rodou signed Ernest Scott. The 32 years old forward has previously played in Greece for Peristeri and Ilisiakos. In the previous season Scott played in New Zealand for PJ Saints where he averaged 9.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. The American Antiguan player had also played in NBA D-League for Reno Bighorns, in Argentina for Villa Angela and in Venezuela for Gaiteros de Zulia and Guaiqueries de Margarita.

Panelefsiniakos signed Eric Michael

Panelefsiniakos signed Eric Michael. The 26 years old Nigerian center graduated from Temple University where he played in the NCAA. In the previous season Michael played for Texas Legends in NBA D-League and has also played for Canton Charge. He participated in Summer League 2012 with Cleveland Cavaliers. During the summer Michael signed a pro contract with Milwaukee Bucks but due to roster limitations the team released him on October 27th 2014. 

Mike James left Kolossos Rodou for Laboral Kutxa

The 24 years old American left Kolossos Rodou after eight games in the Basket League Greece and will continue in Spain and Euroleague for Laboral Kutxa. James is the top scorer of the Basket League, averaging 21 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He was named MVP of the first day for his performance against Panionios and of the fourth day for his performance against Panelefsiniakos. James had signed one year contract with Kolossos Rodou on August 2014. James will debute in Euroleague.

Mike James performance in Basket League Greece 2014-2015
1st day 26 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds against Panionios
2nd day 21 points against Panathinaikos
3rd day 28 points against Olympiacos
4th day 22 points and 6 rebounds against Panelefsiniakos
5th day 9 points against Apollon Patras
6th day 11 points and 5 rebounds against Nea Kifisia
7th day 28 points and 7 rebounds against Aris
8th day: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists against AEK

AEK signed Giannis Athinaiou

AEK signed Giannis Athinaiou. The Greek player returns to Basket League Greece since last March when he left Aris for Italy and Olimpia Milano and four months ago he signed with Olin Edirne. In Turkey with Edirne Athinaiou averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 assists and 1.8 rebounds. Athinaiou was voted as the fourth most improved player of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014.

Mouhammad Faye named MVP of Basket League eighth day

Mouhammad Faye named MVP of Basket League eighth day for his performance against Apollon Patras. The Senegalese player scored 20 points with 3/5 free throws, 7/10 two pointers and 1/2 three pointers, collected 13 rebounds, served one assist, made four blocks and only one turnover in 38 minutes. 

Panathinaikos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eighth day

Panathinaikos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eighth day. Korivos scored first with Josh Magette but Panathinaikos made a 7-0 run and took early the lead of the game. In the first quarter James Gist had 0/3 field goals but also had 5 rebounds. Panathinaikos starter the second quarter like the first, with a 6-0 run and broadened the difference to 18 points. Darrius Garrett and Julian Wright finished first half with 10 points each, while Guille Rubio and James Gist had 5 rebounds each. Korivos made 9 turnovers in the first half while Panathinaikos had 15 assists and Diamantidis made 5 of them. Korivos improved in the third quarter and allowed Panathinaikos to score only 10 points, lowering the difference to one digit score. In the last quarter Jānis Blūms with his crucial three pointers did not let the home team hope for the victory. For Panathinaikos Blūms had 16 points with 4/7 three pointers, Julian Wright had 12 points and 9 rebounds, James Gist collected 10 rebounds and Dimitris Diamantidis served 8 assists. For Korivos Darrius Garrett had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block, Josh Magette had 11 points and 8 assists. All players of Korivos played gaining experience against the Greek champions.
Quarters' scores: 10-17, 23-41, 42-51, 59-72.

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 11, Lowery 11, Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis, Filippakos, Garrett 25, Rubio 4, Galiotos, Archimandritis, Vardakastanis.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 5, Bochoridis, Giankovits 11, Fotsis 11, Pappas 7, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 3, Gist 7, Diamantakos, Blums 16, Wright 12.

Kolossos Rodou released Kareem Jamar

Kolossos Rodou announced the release of Kareem Jamar. The American stayed three months with Kolossos and played eight games in Basket League Greece, averaging 4.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1 assist per game.