Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK

Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK. The 34 years old Greek guard renewed his contract with PAOK for two more years. Tsochlas started his professional career with Doukas. In 2009 Tsochlas moved to Rethymno where he played until 2013. In the summer of 2013 Tsochlas joined PAOK and in 2015 he renewed his contract with the team. The Greek guard has played 189 games with PAOK, 124 for the domestic league, 59 for Eurocup and Champions League, and 6 for the Greek cup. Tsochlas ranks 9th in all time domestic league appearances for PAOK.

PAOK BC roster 2016-2017

PAOK BC roster 2016-2017

Nenad Miljenovic
Taylor Brandon
Jordan Sibert
Zanis Peiners
Andreas Glyniadakis
Darryl Bryant
Apollon Tsochlas
Vangelis Margaritis
Nikos Kamaras
Keith Clanton
Dimitris Karamanolis
Linos Chrysikopoulos
Antonis Koniaris

Head Coach: Soulis Markopoulos

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League twenty third day

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. With this victory PAOK got advantage of finishing in the third place and Nea Kifisia avoid relegation but will finish in the last places. Nea Kifisia made 20 turnovers. For the winners Marc Carter had 18 points, Julian Vaughn had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Apollon Tsochlas had 15 points and 8 assists. For Nea Kifisia Xavier Silas had 14 points and 5 rebounds, Nikola Pesakovic collected 7 rebounds and Uros Duvnjak served 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 17-12, 29-29, 45-39, 60-62

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 14 (2), Covington 2, Liakopoulos 2, Popovic 9 (1), Pesakovic 8, Mavroeidis 6, Psathas 5 (1), Duvnjak 6, Davis 2, Barlos 6 (2)
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7 (1), Liapis, Carter 18 (4), Tsochlas 15 (2), Dedas, Margaritis 5 (1), Kottas, Odum 4, Vaughn 11, Sinandinovic, Charitopoulos, Saloustros 2.

PAOK beat Apollon Patras for Basket League twenty second day

PAOK hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. PAOK did not face any problems against Apollon. The visitors made their second defeat in a row but used many new and young players. Alexandros Sigounas in his debut had 8 points and 8 rebounds. Diogenis Gorgonis had 4 points. Andreas Pelekoudas and Christos Koutras played for half minute, gaining experience. Apollon Patras had 1/18 three pointers. For the winners Kevin Langford had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Apollon Tsochlas had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Jake Odum served 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 26-13, 38-20, 49-34, 68-46

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 14 (1), Carter 11 (1), Tsochlas 11 (3), Dedas 4, Margaritis 10 (3), Odum 6, Vaughn 4, Sinadinovic 4, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros, Liapis, Kottas.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Sigounas 8, Skordilis 7, Argyropoulos 14 (1), Batis 2, El-Amin 6, Molfetas 1, Niforas 4, Gorgonis 4, Koutras, Georgallis, Pelekoudas, Fitzpatrick.

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League twenty first day

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. PAOK started with a 6-0 run, Panelefsiniakos counter attacked and made the score 10-6, but that was all for the home team. PAOK with Kevin Langford created a secure difference before the half time. Langford was the leader of PAOK with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Marc Carter and Apollon Tsochlas scored 12 points each. Jake Odum had 7 points, 7 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. Julian Vaughn had 1/6 free throws and 4 turnovers. For Panelefsiniakos Nikola Markovic made another double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Kurt Looby had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 10-16, 21-39, 34-49, 58-69

Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Mitrovic, Vasilopoulos 2, Looby 11, Athanasoulas 5 (1), Markovic 12 (2), Dorkofikis 2, Ioannou 4, Johnson 17, Avramidis 2, Ofoegbu, Simpson 3 (1)
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 16, Liapis, Carter 12 (2), Tsochlas 12 (2), Dedas 7 (1), Margaritis 4, Odum 7, Vaughn 3, Sinadinovic 4, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros.

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Basket League nineteenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 nineteenth day. PAOK started with a 9-3 run and troubled Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos balanced the game but PAOK with Kevin Langford equalized the score again in the third quarter, 39-39. Then Giankovits and Batista helped their team to create a secure difference until the end. Good game for Vlando Giankovits with 14 points and 5 assists. Nikos Pappas had 12 points, 6 assists and 3 steals, Esteban Batista had 11 points and 9 rebounds, Fotsis with 3 three pointers contributed 11 points and DeMarcus Nelson had 12 points. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Marc Carter had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Dimitris Charitopoulos scored 10 points and collected 6 rebounds, and Tsochlas scored 10 points with 2 three pointers. Panathinaikos played conservative and smart making only 8 turnovers and having 21 assists.
Quarters' scores: 16-16, 39-34, 61-49, 83-69

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Slaughter 1, Bochoridis, Giankovits 14(1), Fotsis 11(3), Nelson 12(1), Pappas 12(1), Mavrokefalidis 9(1), Diamantidis 7, Batista 11, Blums, Lawal 6
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 15(1), Liapis, Carter 17(1), Tsochlas 10(2), Dedas 6(2), Odum 5(1), Vaughn 4, Sinandinov, Charitopoulos 10(1), Saloustros 2.

Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK

Apollon Tsochlas renewed his contract with PAOK until then end of 2016-2017 season. The Greek guard had played 18 games with PAOK for Basket League 2014-2015 and he averages 8.67 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

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.

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).

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.

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)

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.

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.

PAOK beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day. It was the first game of the Basket League Greece that a father and a son, Soulis and Charis Markopoulos, played against each other as head coaches of the two opponents. The faher had previously won the son in a friendly game for the Patras Cup and he repeated the same for the Basket League. For the winners Apollon Tsochlas had 17 points, Giorgos Dedas had 16 points and Julian Vaughn had 11 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 18 points, Dwayne Davis had 14 points and Sasa Vasiljevic had 12 points.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 46-32, 59-52, 84-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis 3(1), Charalampidis  5(1), Carter 9(1), Kakaroudis 3 (1), Tsochlas 17 (3), Dedas 16 (4), Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 11, Saloustros 11
Korivos Amaliadas (Ch. Markopoulos): Magette 3, Lowery 18, Gianakidis, Angelopoulos 2, Papapetrou, Davis 14 (1), Vasiljevic 12 (1), Kanonidis 7 (1), Filippakos, Garret 8, Dmivtriev 3 (1), Galiotos 4.

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.

PAOK won Lukoil in friendly game

PAOK won Lukoil in a friendly game that took place in Thessaloniki.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 39-34, 61-57, 74-70

PAOK: Liapis, Carter 2, Charalampidis 11 (1), Tsochlas 13 (3), Kakaroudis 16 (1), Langford 5, Dedas 4, Margaritis 3, Kottas, Odum 6 (1), Saloustros, Vaughn 14.
Lukoil: Larson 5, Francis, Carry 6, Thomas 11, Smith 8, Iliev, Grozev 8 (2), Minkov 12 (2), Banev 10, Vezelinov 10 (1).

PAOK BC roster 2013-2014

PAOK BC roster 2013-2014

#5 Kaselakis Ioannis

#6 Charalampidis Kostas

#8 Vučićević Goran

#9 Tsairelis Michalis

#10 Dedas Giorgos

#11 Margaritis Vaggelis

#14 Kalles Nikos

#17 Liapis Michalis

DJ Cooper

Tsochlas Apollon

Bogris Giorgos

Payne Mark

Coach: Markopoulos Soulis

PAOK wins Lukoil Academic in friendly game

Lukoil Academic won KAOD with one point in the last minute but PAOK won Lukoil Academic with one point in the last minute with 76-75 and qualified in the final of the friendly tournament in Drama.

Quarters' scores: 27-22, 41-42, 64-64, 76-75

PAOK: Kaselakis 7(1), Bogris 2, Margaritis 4, Tsochlas 12(2), Tsairelis 13, Charalampidis 16(3), Dedas 1, Liapis 2, DJ Cooper 8, Payne 11, Vučićević.

Lukoil Academic: White 13(1), Verginis 4, Tucker 5(1), Minkoff 2, Abramov 14(2), Martinovic 5, Georgiev 9, Acara 9, Lalić 12, Banev 2.

PAOK defeat KAOD in friendly game

PAOK BC defeat KAOD (Drama) in friendly game with 48-54. PAOK played solid defense in the last quarter when KAOD scored only four points. 

Quarters score 11-17, 25-24, 44-40, 48-54

KAOD: Zarras13, Benas 8, Chrisikopoulos 2, Polk , Vaughn 9, Covic 4, Marković 11, Slaftsakis 1.

PAOK: Vucicevic 2, Kaselakis 9, Bogris 4, Margaritis 8, Tsochlas 7, Tsairelis 5, Charalampidis 9 (1), Dedas 5 (1), Kottas 2, Liapis 3 (1), Koniaris

PAOK lost from KK Partizan in Gevgelija tournament

PAOK lost from KK Partizan in Gevgelija tournament with 71-76. For PAOK BC Kostas Charalampidis scored 14 points and Apollon Tsochlas 11 points. For KK Partizan Milosavljević scored 28 points and Vesterman 18 points.Partizan lost one game and won two games in the tournament.