Panelefsiniakos defeated Aris for Greek League tenth day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and defeated Aris for Greek League tenth day. Aleksandar Vezenkov wasn't available for Aris BC due to a health problem. Aris didn't start the game focused and had 5 turnovers and 0/6 three pointers in the first quarter. Melissaratos scored 6 points for Panelefsiniakos in the second quarter, while Aris scored with Pelekanos. Pelekanos scored five points in the last minute of the first half which finished with Panelefsiniakos ahead by six points. Second half started where the first ended, Athinaiou and Pelekanos playing against Panelefsiniakos. Aris without Vezenkov didn't have many choices in offense and lost the game with 12 points difference. Mouhammad Faye collected 10 rebounds but scored 6 points and missed another double double. Manolis Papamakarios scored 14 points and Raley Ross 17 points. For Aris Michalis Pelekanos scored 23 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-13, 37-31, 57-43, 72-60.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 8, Papamakarios 14, Arapis, Raley Ross 17, Dimakos, Jones 8, Faye 6, Melissaratos 8, Turner 8, Mantzaris 3, Avramidis, Houhoumis.
Aris: Bochoridis, Hunt 3, Pelekanos 23, Gikas 1, Tsakaleris 7, Asimakopoulos 2, Charisis, Laretzakis 2, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 9, Athinaiou 13, Mitoglou.

Aris defeated Apollon Patras

Apollon Patras hosted Aris BC in its home where the team from Patras had only victories. Aris had a good first quarter and took the lead by 6, 18-24. With Bochoridis and Athinaiou Aris broadened its difference in the first half which finished with 33-42. Third quarter it was the time for Alexander Vezenkov to score and keep his team ahead. In the last quarter Paul Hill Jr and Demarius Bolds tried and lowered the difference to two points but Aris Asimakopoulos scored in the last minutes and since both Athinaiou and Bolds missed the last shots, Aris won by two points, 76-78. This was the first defeat for Apollon Patras in a home game. Apollon Patras had 21/29 free throws but only 17/42 two pointers. Aris made 25 turnovers but managed to win the game. Paul Hill Junior was the best scorer of Apollon Patras, who usually was Demarius Bolds.

Quarters' scores: 18-24, 33-42, 53-64, 76-78.

Apollon Patras: Hill 23, Argyropoulos 6, Kaperonis, Taylor 2, Daniel 17, Lianos 5, Petrovic 7, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Zafeiris 2, Trepalovac 2, Bolds 14. 

Aris BC: Bochoridis 12, Hunt, Pelekanos 3, Gikas 6, Asimakopoulos 9, Poulianitis, Charisis 12, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 23, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos, Athinaiou 13.

Panionios defeated Aris for Greek League fifth day

Panionios defeated Aris for the fifth day of the Greek Basketball League. Aris was leading the score with ease in the first half with 29-20. Panionios lowered the difference in the third quarter and the last minutes were a fight for the win. Uros Duvnjak scored five points in the last minute and Panionios won Aris by two points. Panionios had 17 turnovers but also had 43 rebounds. Uros Duvnjak scored 20 points, Athinaiou 22 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 16-11, 29-20, 47-44, 63-65.

Aris: Bochoridis 3, Hunt 2, Pelekanos 4, Gikas 7, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 2, Charisis 9, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 12, Sarikopoulos, Athinaiou 22.
Panionios: McCollum 12, Stamatis, Duvnjak 20, Carter 12, Milbourne 10, Athanasoulas, Skordilis 5, Kavvadas, Langford, Simtsak, Kyritsis, Saloustros 2. 

Rethymno Aegean defeated Aris for Greek Basketball League fourth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Aris BC for the fourth day of Greek Basketball League. The two teams were close in score in the first half. Rethymno Aegean managed to finish first half with a 3 points lead and started better the second half where with Justin Hurtt made a 10 points difference. The third quarter finished with Aris 9 points behind and this was the crucial point since the team from Thessaloniki couldn't lower the difference less than 5 points in the last minutes and lost the game. Rethmyno's captain Avraam Kallinikidis scored a crucial three pointer which secured the victory for his team. Aris made 17 turnovers which was a drawback for the team. Justin Hurtt scored 23 points and Kenny Gabriel didn't make his fourth double double in a row but he scored 11 points and collected 9 rebounds. For Aris Athinaiou scored 17 points, Pelekanos and Asimakopoulos 12 points each.

Quarters' scores: 23-22, 46-43, 69-60, 84-77.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 23, Kallinikidis 5, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos 14, Pruitt 11, Kalampokis 5, Kanonidis, Sinnis, Latovic 2, Alexander 8, Arbet, Gabriel 11.

Aris BC: Bochoridis 5, Hunt, Pelekanos 12, Gikas 7, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 12, Charisis 9, Laretzakis 2, Vezenkov 4, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 9, Athinaiou 17.

PAOK defeats Aris for the Basketball League Greece

Aris and PAOK have played earlier in this season for the Greek Cup, where Aris eliminated PAOK. For the Basketball League second day Aris hosted PAOK who played without Mark Payne. Starting five for Aris were Bochoridis, Athinaiou, Pelekanos, Vezenkov and Charisis. Starting five for PAOK DJ Cooper, Charalampidis, Kaselakis, Tsairelis and Bogris. Charalampidis scored the first points of the game and Bochoridis replied with two points for Aris. Bogris was charged with offensive foul and then with a technical foul, which was an early foul problem for PAOK First quarter finished with score 20-17 for Aris. On 26' Pelekanos scored five points in a row, became the first player to reach 10 points with perfect stats and kept the difference for Aris in 5 points. Four points from Bochoridis made the score in the half time 38-28. Eight points difference for Aris who managed to keep Charalampidis to 7 points and DJ Cooper to 1 assist in the first half. Aris had 5/5 fastbreaks in the first half and 4 steals. Aris added four points to its difference in every quarter. In the second half PAOK started with a 11-0 and took the lead in the score. Giorgos Bogris was unstoppable in the third quarter scoring 12 points and making 2 blocks. Athinaiou with two three pointers gave the lead to Aris and DJ Cooper with one three pointer back to PAOK. Last quarter was more balanced with Aris trying to reach the score and PAOK escaping with either Bogris or Cooper. In the last two minutes both team were missing all shots, before Aris makes a 5-0 rally, taking the lead by three points 45 seconds before the end. DJ Cooper scored another three pointer in the last minutes and led the game to extra time, since Asimakopoulos missed the last shot. Another crucial three pointer by DJ Cooper for PAOK. Athinaiou started the extra time with a three pointer and Charalampidis replied. After two minutes Tsairelis scored two free throws and Bogris with a shot gave PAOK four points lead. Athinaiou scored for Aris, Tsairelis was accurate in free throws and PAOK defeated Aris by 4, 75-79. Bogris didn't make another double double but scored 21 points and got 8 rebounds. Tsairelis almost did it with 13 points and 9 rebounds. DJ Cooper served just 3 assists but scored 15 points and the crucial three pointer. Pelekanos and Athinaiou ware once more Aris' leader with 19 and 17 points.

Quarters' scores: 20-17, 38-30, 51-54, 68-68

Extra time: 75-79

Aris: Bochoridis 9, Pelekanos 19, Gikas 8, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 6, Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 4, Mourtos 6, Athinaiou 17, Mitoglou

PAOK: Cooper 15, Charalampidis 15, Tsochlas 4, Vučićević, Tsairelis 13, Dedas, Margaritis 3, Kalles 4, Bogris 21, Kaselakis 4, Liapis, Koniaris

Aris BC roster 2013-2014

Aris BC roster 2013-2014
(Update with Milan Minic replacing Vangelis Angelou and Giannis Athinaiou release)

#4 Bochoridis Eleftherios

#6 Jeremy Hunt

#7 Pelekanos Michalis

#8 Gikas Nikos

#9 Tsakaleris Efthimios

#10 Asimakopoulos Antonis

#11 Poulianitis Stelios

#12 Charisis Kostas

#14 Vezenkov Aleksandar

#15 Sarikopoulos Zisis

#16 Mourtos Spyros

#19 Mitoglou Kostas 

Coach: Milan Minic

Aris lost from Brose Baskets in Dormreiter Cup

Aris lost from the host team Brose Baskets Bamberg, after losing from Banvit.

Wright and Ford led the score for Bamberg and for Aris Vezenkov was led another game with 22 points,

Quarters' scores were 27-26, 40-34, 58-46, 74-61.

Aris BC: Gikas 2, Athinaiou 12(3), Poulianitis , Mourtos 2,  Bochoridis , Pelekanos 4, Charisis 10, Asimakopoulos 6(1), Larentzakis , Tsakaleris 2, Vezenkov 22(2)

Brose Baskets Bamberg: Goldsberry 3(1), Sanders 11(1), Wright 16, Tadda, Neumann 9, Ford 11(2), Jakobsen 3 1), Gavel 9(1), Smith 8, Thiemann 2, Zirbes 2.