Aries Trikala signed Kwame Alexander

Aries Trikala signed Alexander Kwame. The American forward returns to the Greek League, since he played 10 games with Rethymno Aegean in the previous season. Alexander will replace Ilija Milutinovic.

Greece Women's National Team in Eurobasket 2015

Greece Women's National Team in Eurobasket 2015. The Eurobasket Women 2015 will be hosted in Hungary and Romania. Greece participates in group B (hosted in Oradea, Romania) with Poland, Turkey, Italy and Belarus.

11th June 2015
18.00 Poland - Turkey
20.30 Italy - Belarus

12th June 2015
18.00 Greece - Italy
20.30 Belarus - Poland

13th June 2015
18.00 Poland - Greece
20.30 Turkey - Belarus

14th June 2015
18.00 Italy - Poland
20.30 Greece - Turkey

15th June 2015
18.00 Belarus - Greece
20.30 Turkey - Italy

Aries Trikala signed Mike Hall

Aries Trikala signed Mike Hall. The 30 years old American forward graduated from George Washington where he played for Colonials and continued in the NBA D-League for Tulsa 66ers. Then he moved to Italy for Armani Milano, Bancatercas Teramo, back to USA for Dakota Wizards, in Turkey for Erdemir, back to Italy for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and in Israel for Maccabi Ashdod. In 2014 he played in Venezuela for Toros de Aragua, in Spain for La Bruixa d'Or Manresa and in Argentina for Juventud Sionista.

Panelefsiniakos signed Reeves Nelson

Panelefsiniakos signed Reeves Nelson. The 24 years old American forward started his career with the UCLA Bruins and then moved to Europe. He played in Lithuania for Žalgiris Kaunas, then he returned to USA and the NBA D-League for Los Angeles D-Fenders and Delaware 87ers. After a short break in Mexico for the Fuerza Guinda de Nogales and in Belgium for the Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek he played in Israel for Maccabi Raanana.

Volos: U18 European Championship Men 2015 fixtures

U18 European Championship Men 2015 will be hosted in Volos, Greece between 23rd July and 2nd August 2015. The groups and fixtures:

23 July 2015
Nea Ionia
14.30 Finland - Russia
16.45 Italy - Turkey
19.00 Greece - Croatia
21.15 Bosnia Herzegovina - Lithuania
Portaria
14.30 Spain - France
16.45 Montenegro - Latvia
19.00 Germany - Montenegro
21.15 Serbia - Germany

Kolossos Rodou signed Justin Robinson

Kolossos Rodou signed Justin Robinson. The 27 years old British guard began his professional career in Greece with Maroussi BC and has also played in Cyprus, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary. With his last team Apollon Limassol he averaged 14.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. Robinson is a member of the Great Britain national basketball team.

Volos U18 European Championship Men 2015 logo

U18 European Championship Men 2015 will be hosted in Volos, Greece from 23rd of July 2015 until 2nd of August 2015. This is the official logo of the games:

Greece U18 Men's National Team training camp

The U18 Men's National Team of Greece gathered for a weekend training camp in OAKA Athens. The players called were the following:

Nikos Diplaros (Esperos Patras)
Elias Theodoridis (Iraklio)
Stratos Iordanoglou (Ikaros)
Thodoris Karras (Doukas)
Antonis Koniaris (Panathinaikos)
Michalis Lountzis (Panathinaikos)
Iakovos Miledijevic (Egaleo)
Vasilis Mouratos (Olympiacos)
Sotiris Billis (Panionios)
Thanasis Douzidis (Ikaros)
Kostas Oikonomopoulos (Panionios)
George Papagiannis (Panathinaikos)
Antonis Pefanis (Proteas Voulas)
Pantelis Skordas (Ikaros)
Dionysis Skoulidas (Peristeri)
Andreas Skoufis (Ikaros)
Dimitris Stamatis (Panionios)
Vasilis Toliopoulos (Kolossos Rodou)
Vasilis Charalampopoulos (Panathinaikos)
Anastasios Chondrogiannis (PAOK)
Vasilis Christidis (Mantoulidis)

Bolds and Ewing meet in Al Rayyan Doha

Two of the best foreign players of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014, Demarius Bolds and Patrick Ewing Jr. are now teammates in Al Rayyan Doha of Qatar. Bolds had a great season with Apollon Patras (1st in steals) and started this season in Iraq for Nift Al-Janoub. Ewing had a great season in Aries Trikala (5th in rebounds and 4th in rating) and continued this season in Greece for Nea Kifisia.

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Cup semi finals

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals. Panathinaikos will play in the Greek Cup Final for eleventh consecutive year! The game was tight and PAOK equalized the score in the last minute but with four seconds remaining Panathinaikos managed to make the winning shot with Vlanto Giankovits. Giankovits scored a great buzzer beater and gave his team the ticket to the Cup Final. For the winners Giankovits and Gist scored 13 points each, Slaughter socred 12 points, Batista 11. Gist and Batista collected 7 rebounds each, while Diamantidis served 7 assists. For PAOK Kevin Langford scored 18 points, Christos Saloustros collected 9 rebounds, Margaritis scored 9 points and collected 8 rebounds. Jake Odume missed the last crucial free throws but had 9 points and 7 rebounds. Panathinaikos will probably keep its crown against Apollon Patras in the final but PAOK and Soulis Markopoulos build a great team step by step.
Quarters' scores: 12-17, 27-33, 44-50, 68-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 18, Liapis, Charitopoulos 9, Carter 5(1), Saloustros 4, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 9(1), Odum 9, Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic 6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Blums 1, Slaughter 12(1), Giankovits 13(2), Fotsis 3(1), Nelson, Pappas 8, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 8(1), Gist 13(1), Batista 11.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighteenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighteenth day fixtures.

Saturday 28th February 2015
17:00 PAOK - Panionios
17:00 KAOD- Korivos Amaliadas
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Aris
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - Apollon Patras
Sunday 1st March 2015
16:30 Rethymno Aegean - Panathinaikos
18:30 AEK - Panelefsiniakos
Monday 2nd March 2015
16:30 Aries Trikala - Olympiacos

Panathinaikos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League seventeenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day. Dusko Ivanovic gave the chance to young players and they did their best. Giorgos Papagiannis made his first double double with 10 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals in 23 minutes. Michalis Lountzis scored 11 points, Antonis Koniaris scored 5 points and served 5 assists, Nikos Pappas scored 13 points, Vasilis Charalampopoulos collected 7 rebounds and Lefteris Bochoridis served 6 assists. Panathinaikos counted 32 assists, 11 steals, 7 blocks, 15/33 three pointers and 16 turnovers. For Aries Trikala Alex Harris scored 21 points, Justin Ingram had 14 points and 8 assists, Slaven Cupkovic had 11 points and 5 rebounds, Alex Varytimiadis had 5 points and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 23-26, 56-40, 85-62, 107-76

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 7, Slaughter 5, Bochoridis 11, Giankovits 5, Fotsis 7, Pappas 13, Mavrokefalidis 16, Diamantidis 11, Gist 6, Koniaris 5, Papagiannis 10 , Lountzis 11.
Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 14, Nikolopoulos 2, Tracey 8, Harris 21, Cupkovic 11, Panos 9, Spanos, Kamariotis, Thodos, Varytimiadis 5, Houhoumis, Milutinovic 6.

Korivos Amaliadas beat PAOK for Basket League seventeenth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day. The second fight between father and son, Soulis and Harris Markopoulos. The first half was a game between Rawle Marshall and Jake Odum, who scored 12 and 11points respectively. In the second quarter Langford and Angelopoulos took the lead in scoring. The game was tight and the two teams could not create a secure difference. In the last minute Korivos Amaliadas was more focused and took advantage of its home and fans. Great victory for Korivos in its fight to avoid relegation and first official victory for Haris Markopoulos against his father Soulis Markopoulos. For the winners Tim Bowers finished the game with a double double, 15 points and 15 rebounds. Rawle Marshall had 14 points (12 in the first quarter), Nikos Angelopoulos had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Sasa Vasiljevic had 10 points.  For PAOK Apollon Tsochlas had 14 points, Jake Odum and Kevin Langford had 12 points each, with Odum having 7 rebounds and 4 assists too. PAOK made 17 turnovers and had 4/20 three pointers and 9/15 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 19-19, 38-40, 52-51, 65-61.

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 2, Marshall 14, Giannakidis 3, Angelopoulos 11, Bowers 15, Vasiljevic 10, Kanonidis, Filippakos, Turner 3, Rubio 7, Galiotos, Archimandritis.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 12, Liapis, Carter 4, Tsochlas 14, Dedas 2, Margaritis, Kottas 1, Odum 12, Vaughn 8, Sinadinovic 2, Charitopoulos, Saloustros 6.

Rethymno Aegean beat Panionios for Basket League seventeenth day

Panionios hosted Rethymno Aegean for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day. Panionios wanted the victory but Rethymno Aegean had Giannis Kalampokis on fire! Kalampokis scored 28 points (5/9 3p, 7/8 ft), served 5 assists, collected 3 rebounds and had 6 fouls drawn. The game was tight in the first half but in the second Rethymno was keeping a secure difference. In the end Panionios tried but the visitors did not let the home team complete its counter attack. For the winners, besides Kalampokis, Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 12 points and 14 rebounds, Roeland Schaftenaar had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Dejan Kravic had 8 points and 7 rebounds. For Panionios Vasilis Xanthopoulos made his second double double with 11 points and 10 assists! William Coleman had 24 points and 5 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 18 points, Dimitris Verginis had 16 points before being fouled out and Mackey McKnight in his debut scored one free throw and had 0/4 field goals. Bad result for Panionios that needs home wins in order to avoid relegation.
Quarters' scores: 17-15, 36-38, 52-60, 79-84.

Panionios (Hugaz): Xantopoulos 11, Verginis 16 (3), Spyropoulos, Strnand, McKnight 1, Stamatis, Woods 3, Coleman 24, Korolev 18 (2), Tubbs 6.
Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 6 (2), Schizas, Koumpouras 2, Schaftenaar 9, Council 4, Allen 9 (1), Kalampokis 28 (5), Faye 12, Cheilaris 6, Kravic 8.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day fixtures.

Wednesday 18th February 2015
17:00 Korivos Amaliadas - PAOK
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - Kolossos Rodou
17:00 Apollon Patras - Nea Kifisia
17:00 Aris - KAOD
17:00 Panionios - Rethymno Aegean
19:00 Panathinaikos - Aries Trikala
Thursday 19th February 2015
17:30 Olympiacos - AEK

Olympiacos signed Michalis Tsairelis

Olympiacos signed Michalis Tsairelis. The 26 years old Greek forward returns to Greek League after playing for half season in Spain for Iberostar Tenerife. Tsairelis had a great season with PAOK in 2013-2014 which gave him the chance to play in Spain.

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League sixteenth day

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. AEK started with 7-1 run, Panathinaikos balanced the game but the first half finished with AEK leading the score. AEK was bad in three pointers, 2/14, and Panathinaikos took the lead and created a secure difference. For AEK Pops Mensah-Bonsu made a double double with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. Malik Hairston and Dusan Sakota scored 12 points each and Zisis Sarikopoulos collected 8 rebounds. Carl English had 1/8 three pointers and made 6 turnovers. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista made a double double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. James Gist scored 13 points, Antonis Fotsis collected 7 rebounds, Dimitris Diamantidis served 6 assists. AJ Slaughter had 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. DeMarcus Nelson made 5 turnovers out of 19 team turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 11-15, 28-27, 39-50, 62-70  

AEK (Sakota): Papantoniou 1, Delininkaitis 2, Sakota 12 (2), Kaselakis 5 (1), Hairston 12 (1), Sarikopoulos 4, Athinaiou 5 (1), Milosevic, Bonsu 18, English 3(1)
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 3(1), Slaughter 12 (1), Bochoridis, Giankovits 7 (1), Fotsis 3, Nelson 6, Pappas 2, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 8 (2), Gist 13 (1), Batista 16, Papagiannis.

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League sixteenth day

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Olympiacos remained undefeated in Rhodes island with its captain Vasilis Spanoulis in a good day. Spanoulis scored 20 points, Darden added 14 points, Sloukas served 6 assists. For Kolossos Larentzakis, Scott and Hagins scored 10 points each. Dominic Waters had 9 points, 5 assists, and Taylor Smith made 5 blocks. Olympiacos had 13/27 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 11-23, 28-48, 49-66, 64-88.

Kolossos Rodou (Lycogiannis): Toliopoulos 4 (1), Larentzakis 10, Siologkas, Waters 9 (1), Manolopoulos 3 (1), Smith 7, Stefanidis, Linden 4, Scott 10 (2), Tsamis 7 (1), Hagins 10.
Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Petway 8 (2), Hunter 9, Dunston 2, Spanoulis 20 (4), Darden 14 (4), Sloukas 6, Lafayette 5 (1), Lojeski 20 (2), Christodoulou, Printezis 9, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 5.

Rethymno Aegean beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League sixteenth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Korivos surprised Rethymno in the first quarter with a 8-22 partial score but the home team was lowering the difference steadily until the end. In the extra time Rethymno with 20-8 partial score did not let Korivos hope. For the winners Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Roeland Schaftenaar had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Dejan Kravic had 14 points, Chaisson Allen had 13 points and Fanis Koumpouras had 10 points and 5 assists. For Korivos Josh Magette had a complete performance with 15 points, 8 fouls drawn, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Nikos Angelopoulos with 17 points and 8 rebounds did his best and Rawie Marshall had 9 points and 9 rebounds. Korivos believed it could make a road victory after seven defeats but in the over time Rethymno dominated the game.
Quarters' scores: 8-22, 23-31, 41-46, 58-58. OT: 78-66.

Rethymno Aegean: Simpson, Schizas 2, Koumpouras 10, Schaftenaar 14, Council 7, Allen 13, Kalampokis 4, Faye 14, Sinis, Kravic 14, Doulgerakis.
Korivos Amaliadas: Bowers 5, Magette 15, Marshall 9, Giannakidis 6, Angelopoulos 17, Vasiljevic, Kanonidis 2, Turner 4, Rubio 8, Galiotos.

PAOK beat KAOD for Basket League sixteenth day

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. PAOK was counting five defeats in a row in the domestic and European games but with 10/22 three pointers beat KAOD. For the winners Kevin Langford had 13 points, Vangelis Margaritis had 11 points, Marc Carter and Apollon Tsochlas had 10 points each. Jake Odum collected 8 rebounds, Charitopoulos and Saloustros collected 6 rebounds each. For KAOD the captain Thodoris Zaras had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Obie Trotter had 11 points and 4 assists, Guy Michel Marc had 9 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 37-27, 56-47, 72-64

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 13 (1), Liapis, Carter 10 (2), Tsochlas 10 (2), Dedas 6 (2), Margaritis 11, Odum 8 (1), Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic, Charitopoulos 5 (1), Saloustros 7 (1)
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 2, Trotter 11 (1), Harris, Georgakis, Atkins 8, Odom 6 (2), Michel 9, Zaras 15 (1), Loe 2, Tsaldaris 2, Papamakarios 9 (1).

Apollon Patras beat Aris for Basket League sixteenth day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Aris for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day. The game was tight for three quarters but in the last one Aris' defence collapsed and Apollon Patras scored 30 points. Apollon Patras made only 4 turnovers, a perfect game. For the winners Muhammad El-Amin scored 20 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Kevin Galloway had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Gaios Skordillis with 11 points and 9 rebounds missed a double double. Brandon Penn had 17 points but with 1/6 three pointers. For Aris Muhamed Pašalić and Aleksandar Vezenkov had 18 points each with Vezenkov also having 9 rebounds. Drew Naymick had 8 rebounds and made 5 blocks!  Ogo Adegboye had 7 points with 1/6 three pointers. Another home victory for Apollon Patras, a break for Aris' winning streak.
Quarters' scores: 17-13, 28-23, 46-40, 76-60

Apollon Patras: Skordilis 11, Argyropoulos, Galloway 12, Penn 17, Fitzpatrick 14, Antonakis, Batis 2, El-Amin 20, Molfetas, Georgalis.
Aris: Pasalic 18, Reed 2, Charisis, Karathanos 2, Vezenkov 18, Naymick 7, Mourtos 6, Symtsak, Adegboye 7.

Aries Trikala beat Panionios for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day

Aries Trikala hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day. In a three pointers game Trikala had 10/23 and Panionios had 10/28 three pointers shots. In his last game with Trikala Kenny Kadji had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Justin Ingram had 11 points and 5 assists, Slaven Cupkovic had 12 points, Alex Harris had 14 points and Steven Panos had 10 points. For Panionios William Coleman had 16 points and 9 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 14 points and Dimitris Verginis had 15 points. A rare double double for Vasilis Xanthopoulos with 10 points and 11 assists in a flawless game without any turnovers. Aries Trikala won a crucial game and Panionios is now facing relegation with less hope.
Quarters' scores: 24-23, 48-38, 54-54, 78-69

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 11, Nikolopoulos 8, Tracey 2, Harris 14, Cupkovic 12, Panos 10, Matalon 6, Kadji 13, Houhoumis, Milutinovic 2.
Panionios (Hugaz): Xanthopoulos 10, Verginis 15, Spyropoulos, Strnand 6, Billis, Stamatis, Woods 2, Coleman 16, Korolev 14, Tubbs 6.

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League sixteenth day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Panelefsiniakos started better but Nea Kifisia balanced the game and it seemed like an easy victory. In the last quarter with a 9-22 run Panelefsiniakos tried to steal the victory but Markovic made a turnover in the last offence and did not complete it. For Nea Kifisia Cade Davis had 16 points, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Nikos Liakopoulos collecteed 6 rebounds and Uros Duvnjak served 4 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Giannis Athanasoulas had 16 points and 5 assists, Kurt Looby collected 13 rebounds, Elijah Johnson had 13 points. Nikola Markovic made a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds but made 6 turnovers and had 2/9 field goals.
Quarters' scores: 20-22, 36-32, 59-47, 68-67

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 6, Liakopoulos 9, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 15, Psathas 4, Melissaratos 7, Duvnjak 11, Davis 16, Barlos, Vasilopoulos
Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Cox, Mitrovic, Vasilopoulos Fotis 10, Looby 9, Athanasoulas 16, Markovic 12, Dorkofikis 3, Johnson 13, Avramidis, Simpson 4.

No All Star Game for Greece in 2014-2015

The Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association and the Association of Basketball Players of Greece announced that due to lack of available dates there will be no All Star Game for the season 2014-2015 in Greece. A huge disappointment for the fans and the players, but a predicted failure for the Basketball in Greece. The lack of organization and serious directorship is more important than the lack of dates.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day fixtures.

Saturday 14th February 2015
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Panelefsiniakos 68-67
17:00 Rethymno Aegean - Korivos Amaliadas 78-66
17:00 Aries Trikala - Panionios 78-69
17:00 Apollon Patras - Aris 76-60
17:00 PAOK - KAOD 72-64
Sunday 15th February 2015
15:30 Kolossos Rodou - Olympiacos 64-88
Monday 16th February 2015
19:00 AEK - Panathinaikos

Korivos Amaliadas signed Tim Bowers

Korivos Amaliadas signed Tim Bowers (Timothy Jermaine Bowers). The 33 years old guard graduated from Mississippi State where he played for Mississippi State Bulldogs and then continued in the NBA Development League with Asheville Altitude. With Asheville Altitude he won the NBA DL of 2004. Then Bowers moved to Europe and played in Israel for Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel and Hapoel Jerusalem, and in Italy for JuveCaserta Basket, Reyer Venezia Mestre and PMS Torino.

Panionios signed Mackey McKnight

Panionios signed Mackey McKnight. The 22 years old American guard graduated from Lehigh University where he played for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks and holds the record in assists. He signed his first pro contract with Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine and now will try to help Panionios avoid relegation. In Lehigh McKnight was teammate with Errick McCollum's younger brother C.J. McCollum.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League fifteenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Kolossos surprised Panathinaikos and the visitors were leading the score in the first quarter. Diamantidis entered the court and with his eight assists organized the counter attack. AJ Slaughter with 3 three pointers created a difference for Panathinaikos but in the end the youngsters Bochoridis, Koniaris, Charalampopoulos and Diamantakos secured the victory. For the winners Esteban Batista had 17 points, Dimitris Diamantidis had 9 points and 8 assists, Vlantimir Giankovits had 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Vasilis Charalampopoulos made 4 steals. Panathinaikos made only 8 team turnovers while Kolossos made 17 in total. For Kolossos Dominic Waters had 15 points and 6 assists, Taylor Smith had 8 rebounds, Giannoulis Larentzakis had 13 points and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-20, 42-35, 67-56, 90-65

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 7(1), Slaughter 15(3), Bochoridis 4, Giankovits 4, Fotsis 3(1), Nelson 3(1), Mavrokefalidis 11, Diamantidis 9(2), Gist 9, Batista 17, Koniaris 6, Diamantakos 2
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 2, Larentzakis 13(1), Siologkas, Waters 15(1), Manolopoulos 2, Smith 8, Stefanidis, Linden 6(1), Scott 12(3), Haggins 7.

Olympiacos beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifteenth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Nea Kifisia is the only team that has beaten Olympiacos for Basket League 2014-2015 but in Olympiacos' home the team cannot repeat it. Vasilopoulos returned to the stadium where he had won all. Spanoulis played only 14 minutes, so Kostas Sloukas was the top scorer of his team with 16 points. For another game Dimitris Mavroeidis was the leader of Nea Kifisia with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn. For Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas had 8 rebounds, Xavier Silas had 14 points and Nikola Pesakovic had 5 assists. Panagiotis Vasilopoulos did not score but played for 21 minutes and collected 6 rebounds. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 10 points, 8 rebounds and Bryant Dunston had 8 points, 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 22-14, 40-29, 54-38, 77-63

Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Hunter 2, Dunston 8, Spanoulis 6, Darden 4, Sloukas 16, Lafayette 6, Lojeski 10, Christodoulou, Printezis 9, Mantzaris 7, Kavvadas 4, Katsivelis 5.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 14, Liakopoulos, Popovic 4, Pesakovic 4, Mavroeidis 16, Psathas 5, Melissaratos, Duvnjak 9, Davis 3, Barlos 8, Vasilopoulos.

AEK beat Panionios for Basket League fifteenth day

AEK beat Panionios for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. AEK beat Panionios in Nea Smyrni after 11 years but Panionios played without Tapoutos and Hancock. With five players scoring more than 10 points each, AEK did not face problems against Panionios. Pops Mensah-Bonsu had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 11 fouls drawn. Malik Hairston had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn. Carl English had 20 points and 5 assists. For Panionios William Coleman had 17 points, Justin Tubbs had 15 points and 8 fouls drawn, Yaroslav Korolev had 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 40-48, 64-71, 78-94

Panionios (Hugaz): Xanthopoulos 10(1), Verginis 11(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos 4, Strnand 8(2), Stamatis, Woods 4, Coleman 17, Korolev 9, Tubbs 15 (2), Diamantopoulos.
AEK (Sakota): Papantoniou 1, Delininkaitis 11(3), Sakota 12(2), Polytarchou 3(1), Hairston 19, Sarikopoulos, Athinaiou, Milosevic 8, Mensah-Bonsu 20, English 20(3).

Apollon Patras beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fifteenth day

Apollon Patras beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fifteenth day. In a very tight game the visitors were leading the score but in the last minutes Panelfsiniakos tried to steal the victory. Muhammad El-Amin with his second three pointer made the score 71-72 and gave the victory to his team. Perfect game for El-Amin in 28 minutes scored 26 points, collected 3 rebounds, served 4 assists and did not make a turnover. Kevin Galloway had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Nikola Markovic made a double double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Fotis Vasilopoulos had 6 points and 5 assists, Kurt Looby had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Panelefsiniakos tried but with 17/35 field goals and 8/23 three pointers could not expect more.
Quarters' scores: 20-21, 30-38, 54-57, 71-72

Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Cox, Mitrovic 9(3), Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 6 (2), Looby 13, Athanasoulas 6, Markovic 16, Dorkofikis 7(2), Ioannou, Johnson 7(1), Avramidis, Simpson 7 (1).
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 7, Galloway 22(2), Penn 6, Fitzpatrick 5(1), Antonakis, Batis 4(1), El-Amin 26(2), Molfetas, Niforas, Georgallis 2.

KAOD beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League fifteenth day

KAOD hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. KAOD was counting three and Rethymno Aegean four defeats in a row before the game. For Rethymno Aegean Roeland Schaftenaar returned as the top scorer with 16 points, Vincent Council had 15 points and 6 assists, Mouhammad Faye had 8 rebounds and 6 points but 0/4 field goals. For the winners Rob Loe had 22 points, Obie Trotter had 14 points and 5 assists, Manolis Papamakarios had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Rod Odom and Guy-Marc Michel had 8 points and 8 rebounds each.
Quarters' scores: 18-16, 48-33, 72-52, 91-76.

KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 5, Trotter 14(2), Atkins 10(1), Odom 8, Spyridonidis, Michel 8, Zaras 11(1), Loe 22(2), Tsaldaris 5(1), Papamakarios 8(1)
Rethymno Aegean (Sjourtopoulos): Simpson 11(1), Schizas 5(1), Koumpouras 2, Schaftenaar 16(2), Council 15(1), Allen 7, Kalampokis 9, Faye 6(2), Sinis 3(1), Cheilaris 2, Kravic.

Korivos Amaliadas beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fifteenth day

Korivos Amaliadas beat Aries Trikala in Amaliada for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Korivos took an early lead by 25-7 in the first quarter and did not face problems to beat Aries Trikala. For the winners Rawle Marshall had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Guille Rubio had 17 points but also 10 rebounds and made a double double. Dwayne Davis also made a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Josh Magette had 7 points and 7 assists. For Aries Trikala Slaven Cupkovic had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Besides Cupkovic only Alex Harris had 15 points and the rest players had less than 5 points. Justin Ingram had 7 assists but also had 0/7 field goals and 1/7 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 25-7, 48-29, 63-42, 80-58.

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 7 (1), Marshall 17 (1), Giannakidis 5 (1), Aggelopoulos 2, Davis 12 (1), Vasiljevic 7 (2), Kanonidis 5 (1), Filippakos, Turner 8, Rubio 17, Galiotos.
Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 5 (1), Nikolopoulos 3 (1),Tracey  2, Harris 15 (1), Cupkovic 21 (4), Panos 2, Kamariotis, Varytimiadis 4, Kadji 4, Houhoumis, Milutinovic 2.

Aris beat PAOK for Basket League fifteenth day

Aris beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifteenth day.  Aris beat PAOK in its home and now is only one point behind. PAOK was leading the score only in the first quarter but Aris took the lead before the half time and kept it until the end. For PAOK Marc Carter had 21 points but with 3/11 three pointers, and Vangelis Margaritis had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Julian Vaughn made a double double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had a massive game with 29 points, 5/10 three pointers, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and only 1 turnover. Drew Naymick has 10 rebounds and 7 points, Pasalic and Reed has 11 points each. PAOK made only 7 total turnovers but had 8/30 three pointers and 17/26 free throws. Great victory for Aris against its greatest rival.
Quarters' scores: 21-15, 35-43, 52-63, 77-78

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis, Carter 21(3), Tsochlas 9(3), Dedas, Margaritis 11(2), Odum 7(1), Vaughn 18, Charitopoulos 1, Saloustros 3 (1)
Aris (Priftis):  Pasalic 11(2), Reed 11(3), Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 29(5), Naymick 7, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 1, Adegboye 9(1)

PAOK signed Dimitris Charitopoulos

PAOK signed Dimitris Charitopoulos. The 31 years old Greek center will play for PAOK for third time in his career, after 2006 and 2012. Besides PAOK Charitopoulos had played in Greece for Aris, Panionios, Trikala and Maroussi and in Spain for La Bruixa d'Or Manresa and CB Valladolid.

KAOD signed Darrell Harris

KAOD signed Darrell Harris. The 31 years old American center graduated from Rhode Island and then moved to Spain for Iberostar Tenerife. After Spain Harris played in Uruguay for Malvin Montevideo, in Israel for Elitzur Ashkelon and Poland for Kotwica, Koszalin and Wilki Morskie.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifteenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifteenth day fixtures

Saturday 7th February 2015
17:00 KAOD - Rethymno Aegean
17:00 Korivos Amaliadas - Aries Trikala
17:00 PAOK - Aris
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - Apollon Patras
17:00 Panionios - AEK
Sunday 8th February 2015
12:30 Olympiacos - Nea Kifisia
Monday 9th February 2015
17:00 Panathinaikos - Kolossos Rodou