Promitheas sign Yannick Franke

Promitheas Patron sign Yannick Ayrton Franke*. The 20 years old Dutch guard started his professional career with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. In 2013 Franke moved to Challenge Sports Rotterdam and in his second year he became the youngest scoring champion in the history of the Dutch DBL, averaging 19.6 points per game. In the next season Franke moved to Donar Groningen, which was his last team in the Netherlands as in the next season he moved to Finland for Bisons Loimaa. With Bisons Loimaa Franke averaged 15.7 points, 5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Franke was a member of the Netherlands National Basketball team that participated in the Eurobasket 2017 Qualifications, averaging 9.8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist per game in the tournament.

*The two sides parted ways in the process of penning the contract, due to increased demands by the player's agent.

Kolossos Rodou signed Roope Ahonen

Kolossos Rodou signed Roope Ahonen. The 25 years old Finnish guard penned an one year contract with Kolossos. Ahonen played in the VTB with Bisons Loimaa, averaging 9.8 points and 2.7 assists per game. He is member of the Finnish national team and besides Bisons he had played for Borås Basket and Solna Vikings in Sweden and for Salon Vilpas and Torpan Pojat in Finland.

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Panelefsiniakos signed Frank Robinson

Panelefsiniakos signed Frank Robinson. The 30 years old American guard participated three times in the NBA Summer Leagu, 2008 with Atlanta Hawks, 2010 with Los Angeles Lakers and 2012 with Golden State Warriors but did not make it to the NBA. Robinson had played in Slovenia for Olimpija Ljubljana, in Poland for Prokom and in Finland for Bisons Loimaa where he played against Panionios for the Eurocup.

Bisons Loimaa defeated Panionios for Eurocup

Bisons Loimaa hosted and defeated Panionios for Eurocup. Panionios had already qualified in the next round but was playing for a better position in the group standings. The Greek team had defeated Bisons Loimaa in the first game. The game finished with equal score in the normal time and in the extra time the Finnish team won the game by 4 points. The two Americans of Bisons made the difference with Frank Robinson scoring 25 points and collecting 12 rebounds, while John Williamson scored 24 points.  After this defeat Panionios finished second in the group.

Quarters' scores: 19-16, 37-34, 67-58, 80-80, (ET) 93-89

Bisons Loimaa: Nikkarinen 8, Nuutinen 5, Robinson 25, Lindbom, Kotti 8, Pehkonen, Koivisto 12, Makalainen, Keys 8, Williamson 24, Sampson.

Panionios: McCollum 23, Duvnjak 17, Carter 5, Milbourne 4, Athanasoulas, Batis, Langford 14, Symtsak 2, Kyritsis 13, Saloustros 7.

Panionios defeated Bisons Loimaa for Eurocup fifth day

Panionios hosted and defeated Bisons Loimaa for Eurocup fifth day. The team from Finland debuted this year in the Eurocup. Both teams had 2 victories and 2 defeated in the first games. The team from Finland started the game with an offensive attack and finished first quarter ahead by five points. Panionios replied with a massive second quarter. The team from Athens created a difference of 6-8 points which kept until the end. Keving Langford was the first scorer for Panionios and Landon Milbourne was helpful in scoring and rebounds. Mikko Koivosto played 30 minutes and scored 10 points. Billy Keys played 31 minutes without scoring, since he had 0/5 shots and 5 turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 15-20, 38-22, 56-45, 74-62.

Panionios: McCollum 14, Stamatis, Duvnjak 3, Carter 12, Milbourne 14, Athanasoulas, Skordilis 4, Kavvadas 4, Langford 19, Symtsak, Kyritsis 4, Saloustros.
Bisons Loimaa: Nikkarinen 9, Nuutinen 2, Robinson 11, Lindbom, Kotti 13, Pehkonen, Koivisto 10, Makalainen, Keys, Williamson 13, Sampson 4.