PAOK signed Darrius Garrett

PAOK signed Darrius Garrett. The 28-year-old American-Rwandan forward/center graduated from Richmond and went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft. Garrett started his professional career in Switzerland with Fribourg Olympic and has also played in Greece with Nea Kifisia and Koroivos Amaliadas, in Turkey for Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor, in Poland for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, in Lebanon with Hoops Club, in Venezuela with Marinos de Anzoátegui, and in Uruguay with Club Malvín and Montevideo, and in Bulgaria with Beroe. In Bulgaria, Garrett averaged 11.5 points and 10.2 rebounds. Garrett has played 34 games in total for the Basket League Greece averaging 7.5 points and 5.44 rebounds. He is a member of the Rwanda national basketball team.

Darrius Garrett and Korivos Amaliadas part ways

Darrius Garrett and Korivos Amaliadas part ways. Garrett is currently the league leader in blocks with 22 in total and also averaged 10 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. The American will continue his career in Turkey for Afyonkarahisarspor.

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.

Panionios beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day

Panionios hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day. This was the first victory for Panionios in Basket League 2014-2015 after six defeats! Korivos started the game with a 5-14 run and finished first half leading the score by four points but in the second quarter Panionios balanced the game. With a 10-2 run Panionios finished first half leading by four points with Yaroslav Korolev making another great game. Korivos approached Panionios to one point at the end of the third quarter but did not manage to win the game. The visitors collected 7 rebounds more than Panionios but also made 17 turnovers. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 23 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, Tony Woods had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Dimitris Verginis had 14 points and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 7 points and 5 rebounds. For Korivos Amaliadas Guille Rubio made a double double with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Rob Lowery had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 14-18, 39-35, 53-52, 74-69.

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 7, Verginis 14, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 2, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 14, Coleman 6, Korolev 23, Pruitt, Hancock 8.
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 20, Giannakidis 8, Aggelopoulos 5, Papapetrou, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis 2, Filippakos, Garrett 8, Rubio 21, Galiotos, Archimandritis.

Korivos Amaliadas beat Aris for Basket League sixth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat Aris for Basket League sixth day. With Pasalic, Reed and Thomas Aris started the game with a 4-20 score in the first five minutes. Pasalic had 8 points with 3/3 shots and 1/1 free throw in the first quarter. Korivos Amaliadas improved in the second quarter and approached Aris. In the half time Rob Lowery had 15 points, Guillem Rubio had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 17 points and Torey Thomas had 11 points! In the second half the home team counter attacked. First it lowered the difference to three points in the third quarter and won the game in the end by four points. Korivos had 24/33 free throws and 45 rebounds! Great victory for Korivos Amaliadas who managed not to collapse after a very bad first quarter. Great game by Rob Lowery who had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks! Sasa Vasiljevic added 15 points, Guille Rubio had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 rebounds, 6 points and 4 blocks. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Muhamed Pasalic had 19 points but only 2 points in the second half, Torey Thomas had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-25, 41-45, 55-58, 73-69.

Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 19, Giannakidis 3, Aggelopoulos 3, Papapetrou, Davis 4, Vasiljevic 15, Kanonidis 6, Filippakos, Garrett 6, Rubio 15, Archimandritis.
Aris: Pasalic 19, Manolopoulos, Reed 7, Thomas 11, Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 23, Naymick, Mourtos, Symtsak 6, Adegboye 3.

Aries Tirkala beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League second day

Aries Tirkala hosted and defeated Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League second day. Trikala started the season with a defeat and Korivos with a victory but Trikala was playing its first home game against the newly promoted team of Korivos. Aries Trikala started better the game and was leading by 16-7 but Korivos made a 10-0 run and first quarter finished with the home team one point ahead. Second quarter was also tough with Robert Lowery being charged with a technical foul for complaining while his team was leading the score. The home team finished first half with 2/10 thre pointers. In the third quarter both teams improved and in the most productive quarter Aries Trikala took the lead. Korivos Amaliadas was better in the last quarter and balanced the game. In the last minute Angelopoulos with a three pointer and Robert Lowery with a goal-foul made the score from 67-61 to 67-67! Mario Matalon missed the next shot for Trikala and Josh Magette for Korivos so the game went to overtime. In the extra time Trikala was leading the score before Korivos started scoring three pointers. Magette, Kanonidis, Giannakidis scored three consecutive three pointers in the last minute and the score from 77-73 became 79-82! Matalon with four points in a row made the score 83-83 with six seconds left. In the last attack of Korivos the players of Trikala didn't make a foul on Magette with coach Flevarakis screaming but Mario Matalon stole the ball and equalized the score. Rob Lowery missed the last shot and the game went to second extra time. First extra time five minutes were most productive for both teams than the fourth quarter! In the second extra time Kadji, Matalon and Ingram helped their team to win a tight game after two extra times and 50 minutes. Kenny Kadji made a double double with 26 points and 13 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Justin Ingram had 17 points, Cupkovic had 15 points and 9 rebounds, Mario Matalon had 13 points and Nate Bowie had 12 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 23 points and 7 rebounds, Michalis Giannakidis had 17 points, Nikos Angelopoulos had 14 points, Darrius Garrett had 11 points and Josh Magette served 8 assists.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 31-31, 56-52, 67-67. ET1: 83-83 ET2: 102-93

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 17, Tracey 3, Bowie 12, Cupkovic 15, Panos 6, Spanos, Kamariotis, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 13, Varytimiadis, Kadji 26, Houhoumis 3.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 6, Robert 23, Giannakidis 17, Angelopoulos 14, Papapetrou, Davis 1, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis 4, Filippakos, Garrett 11, Dmitriev 2, Galliotos.

Korivos Amaliadas beat AEK for Basket League first day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and defeated AEK for Basket League first day. It was the game between the two newly promoted teams from A2 League but Korivos Amaliadas was playing home and AEK was most experienced team in A1 League. For Korivos Amaliadas, who celebrated its first victory in the Basket League, Rob Lowery scored 18 points, Darrius Garett had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Josh Maggete 10 points and 5 assists. Milan Milošević who recently signed with AEK started the new season with a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, also Ziris Sarikopoulos made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 22-10, 41-37, 55-55, 80-67.

Korivos Amaliadas: Maggette 10, Robert 18, Giannakidis 10, Angelopoulos 6, Papapetrou, Davis 3, Vasiljevic 11, Kanonidis 9, Filippakos, Garrett 9, Dmitriev, Galliotos 4.
AEK: Papantoniou 6, Kyles 1, Sakota 13, Kaselakis 2, Polytarchou 8, Papadionysiou, Wright 5, Kamperidis, Williamson 2, Sarikopoulos 14, Milosevic 16, Goodridge.

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup second round third day. Apollon started the game with a 7-0 run but Korivos made its own 6-18 run and finish the first quarter leading the score. Early in the second quarter Apollon got back the lead and kept it until the end. Korivos tried to counter attack in the last quarter and lowered the difference to three points, 52-49, but the home team made a 5-0 run and secured the victory. Apollon Patras had 1/12 three pointers in the first half in a tight game which was the first home game for the team. Apollon Patras had Brandon Penn, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, Gaios Skordilis and Muhammad El-Amin with two digits points scored while for Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery scored 23 points, Josh Magette 9 points and Darrius Garrett 8 points.
Quarters' scores: 13-18, 28-21, 45-35, 65-54.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Penn 12 (2), Fitzpatrick 11, El-Amin 10, Mpatis 8 (1), Molfetas, Argyropoulos 3 (1), Antonakis 2, Galloway 9, Skordilis 10, Niforas.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Maggett 9 (1), Aggelopoulos 2, Kanonidis 1, Garrett 8, Vasiljevic 2, Lowery 23 (2), Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Dmitriev 3 (1).

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaliadas for Patras Cup

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaliadas for Patras Cup friendly tournament. The home team started the game with a 23-7 run and Korivos managed to lower the difference in the half time down to 5, 43-38. In the second half Apollon broadened the difference and won with ease.
Quarters' scores: 26-15, 43-38, 62-50, 81-64

Apollon Patras: Penn 20 (6), Fitzpatrick 7, El-Amin 17 (1), Mpatis 4 (1), Molfetas 7, Argyropoulos 2, Antonakis 10 (1), Galloway 14 (3), Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas, Mastrogiannopoulos, Niforas.
Korivos Amaliadas: Maggett 8 (1), Aggelopoulos 3, Kanonidis 10, Garrettt 15, Vasiljevic 11 (3), Lowery 9 (1), Filippakos 5 (1), Giannakidis, Dimakos 2, Archimandritis, Kouris.

Korivos Amaliadas signed Darrius Garrett

Korivos Amaliadas signed Darrius Garrett. The 24 years old forward had a good season with Nea Kifisia in the previous season averaging 6.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

Korivos Amaliadas roster 2014-2015

Korivos Amaliadas roster 2014-2015

Dwayne Davis
Andreas Kanonidis
Michalis Giannakidis
Tasos Antonakis
Saša Vasiljević
Josh Magette
Guille Rubio
Panagiotis Filippakos
Nikos Angelopoulos
Rawle Marshall
Larry Turner
Giorgos Galiotos
Fanis Archimandritis

Head coach: Charis Markopoulos

*On November 6th Korivos released Fedor Dmitriev and signed Guille Rubio.
*On December 12th Rob Lowery left the club.
*On December 12th Korivos signed Rawle Marshall.
*In January 2015 Korivos Amaliadas released Darrius Garrett
*In January 2015 Korivos Amaliadas signed Larry Turner

Vanoli Cremona signed Darrius Garrett

Vanoli Cremona signed Darrius Garrett. Garrett was one of Nea Kifisia's key players, but the team decided to release the player due to a disciplinary offense.

Nea Kifisia released Darrius Garrett

Nea Kifisia released Darrius Garrett. Nea Kifisia is the surprise team of the Greek Basket League 2013-2014 and Garrett is one of its key players, but the team decided to release the player due to a disciplinary offense. Garrett played 23 games with AENK in the Greek League and had 6.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 turnovers per game in average.

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 24th day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 24th day. Nea Kifisia was leading the score in the first half but Apollon Patras with good defense in the third quarter took the lead and won the game. With that victory Apollon Patras secured a place in the play offs. Apollon had only 3/17 three pointers but also made only 10 turnovers. Andreja Milutinović with 14 points were the top scorer for the winners. Jeremiah Wilson collected 12 rebounds and scored 8 points, while Roland Ross had 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Tsaldaris and Nikos Liakopoulos were the top scorers with 14 points each. Darrius Garrett had 8 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 29-36, 57-49, 75-67.

Apollon Patras: Ross 13, Argyropoulos 11, Daniel 11, Wilson 8, Lianos, Petrovic 9, Pelekoudas 4, Molfetas 2, Niforas, Zafeiris, Milutinović 14, Hot 3.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 9, Liakopoulos 14, Chatzinikolas, Sioutis 3, Psathas, Garrett 8, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 11, Tsaldaris 14, Adegboye 4, Kakiouzis 2, Barlos 2.

Nea Kifisia beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 21st day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 21st day. Kolossos won the first round game in Rodos island by three points, but now Kolossos is fighting to avoid relegation while Nea Kifisia is in play offs position. First quarter was balanced but in the second quarter Nea Kifisia created a difference of 9 points. Nea Kifisia had 5/12 three pointers in the first half, while Kolossos Rodou had 2/8. Kolossos Rodou started better in the second half and with a 2-7 run managed to lower the difference but at the end of the third quarter the difference was back to 9 points, 63-54. Again in the last quarter the visitors tried to win the game but Nea Kifisia found solutions and won the game plus covered the difference of the first round game. Top scorers for Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas and Ogo Adegboye with 14 points each. Giannis Psathas also had 8 rebounds and 5 steals. The veteran Michalis Kakiouzis helped with 11 points and 7 rebounds and Saša Vasiljević didn't score but served 9 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Marko Car had 19 points with 5/5 three pointers, Nontas Papantoniou 12 points and in his debut Kostas Kakaroudis had 12 points. Taylor Smith and Osby Bambale had 9 rebounds each.
Quarters' scores: 21-19, 47-38, 63-54, 80-74.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 6, Kompodietas, Sioutis, Psathas 14, Garrett 12, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 5, Tsaldaris 8, Adegboye 14, Kakiouzis 11, Barlos 10.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 12, Car 19, Matsamas, Georgalis 2, Smith 6, Stefanidis 7, Simpson 6, Tsamis, Kakaroudis 12, Osby 10, Danas, Nadjfeji.

Nea Kifisia defeated Aries Trikala for Greek League 14th day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 14th day. Nea Kifisia started better than Aries Trikala the first half, with Tony Crocker and Darrius Garrett leading their team. Nea Kifisia made only 4 turnovers in the first half and had double accuracy than Aries Trikala in two pointers, 73% vs 32%, finishing the first half ahead by 18 points. Aries Trikala complained about referees, since Patrick Ewing Junior was charged with 3 fouls after only 4 minutes in the game. It was almost sure that Aries Trikala will improve in the second half. With Jeremy Granger, Patrick Ewing Junior and Chris Evans made a 9-0 run and lowered the difference from 18 points to only 2 points, 53-51. Nea Kifisia replied with Darrius Garret and two consecutive three pointers from Vasiljevic, broadening the difference to two digits again, 61-51. Nea Kifisia won by 23 points since it had higher shot accuracy, more rebounds and more assists. Tony Crocker was the top scorer with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Darrius Garrett had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Saša Vasiljević with 5/9 three pointers and 17 pointers helped his team with crucial shots. The veteran Michalis Kakiouzis with 5/5 two pointers and 2/2 free throws was a reliable player when needed. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans had 18 points and 8 rebounds, Jeremy Granger 15 points and 8 rebounds, Patrick Ewing Junior 16 points and Giannakidis 11 points and 5 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 29-15, 49-31, 69-61, 98-75.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljević 17, Liakopoulos 11, Crocker 20, Kompodietas, Sioutis, Psathas, Garrett 9, Woods 8, Tsaldaris 8, Adegboye 6, Kakiouzis 12, Barlos 6.

Aries Trikala: Evans 18, Perunicic 3, Ewing 16, Giannakidis 11, Petrovic 4, Lekakis, Porrini 8, Granger 15, Deligiannis 8, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Georgakis 2.

Olympiacos defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek League twelfth day

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek League twelfth day. Nea Kifisia started the game with a 9-1 run with 3/3 three pointers, 2/2 by the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis. The first quarter finished with the team of Nea Kifisia ahead in score by 4 points and finished the first half leading the score by one point, 32-33. Nea Kifisia had 5/13 three pointers in the first half while Olympiacos had 1/10. Darrius Garrett with 7 points and 6 rebounds and Tony Crocker with 9 points were the leaders of AENK in the first half. For Olympiacos Bryant Dunston had 10 points and 5 rebounds in the first half. Kakiouzis with another three pointer, 3/3 up to that moment, reached 11 points and kept the lead for his team in the third quarter. Olympiacos made an 8-2 run in the end of the third quarter and finished it leading the score, for the first time after early first quarter. In the last quarter Nea Kifisia made a counter attack with Liakopoulos and Tsaldaris but Olympiacos with Sloukas, Mantzaris and Spanoulis managed to win the game. Tight victory for Olympiacos and a good game for Nea Kifisia. Vasilis Spanoulis finished the game with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Kostas Sloukas was the top scorer for Olympiacos with 15 points and 4 rebounds. Michalis Kakiouzis finished the game with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Darrius Garrett missed a double double with 9 points and 9 rebounds, plus 4 blocks.

Quarters' scores: 15-19, 32-33, 49-48, 69-64

Olympiacos: Dunston 12, Spanoulis 13, Perperoglou 6, Papapetrou, Sloukas 15, Simmons 3, Lojeski 2, Begic 2, Printezis 12, Agravanis, Mantzaris 4, Kavvadas.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 11, Diamantopoulos, Crocker 15, Sioutis, Psathas, Garrett 9, Woods, Tsaldaris 10, Adegboye 2, Kakiouzis 13, Barlos 4.

Rethymno Aegean lost by Nea Kifisia for Greek League tenth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted Nea Kifisia for Greek League tenth day. Rethymno Aegean had a poor first quarter with 0/2 free throws, 0/3 three pointers and 5/14 two pointers. Only Damir Latovic had 3/3 shots for Rethymno Aegean in the first quarter. Nea Kifisia with better accuracy finished the first half ahead by six points. In the second quarter Giannis Kalampokis was keeping Rethymno in the game but Nea Kifisia with team play was keeping the difference. Fanis Koumpouras scored the second three pointer of Rethymno and the half time ended with the home team four points behind Nea Kifisia. Michalis Kakiouzis helped with his experience Nea Kifisia to keep the lead. Rethymno Aegean with two three pointers from Giannis Kalampokis and Damir Latovic equalized the score but Saša Vasiljević made the score of the third quarter 42-44. Nea Kifisia with Darrius Garrett started the fourth quarter with a 6-0 run. Rethymno Aegean replied with Kenny Gabriel and Fanis Koumpouras. Two minutes before the end Giannis Kalampokis equalized the score, 53-53. Kenny Gabriel and Nikos Barlos missed a shot each and there was one minute left. Damir Latovic scored only one out of two free throws, while Tsaldaris for Nea Kifisia scored both free throws. Derek Wright, Saša Vasiljević and Kenny Gabriel missed a three pointer each in the last 30 seconds and Rethymno Aegean lost by one point from Nea Kifisia. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 10-16, 26-30, 42-44, 54-55.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 6, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras 7, Aggelopoulos 3, Wright 4, Kalampokis 13, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 9, Alexander, Arbet, Gabriel 10.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljević 2, Liakopoulos 9, Crocker 9, Kompodietas 3, Sioutis, Garrett 9, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 2, Tsaldaris 7, Adegboye, Kakiouzis 6, Barlos 8.