Aries Trikala beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 21st day

Aries Trikala hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 21st day. Rethymno Aegean had won the first round game by only two points. Aries Trikala had 9/10 field goals in the first quarter while Rethymno Aegean had 1/7 so the home team was leading the score with 26-14. First half finished with Aries Trikala leading by 12 points and Rethmyno Aegean having poor accuracy in shots, 6/19 field goals and 4/12 three pointers. Rethymno improved in three pointers in the second half but was still poor in field goals. Besides first quarter all the rest were balanced with partial scores: 14-14, 17-17, 18-18, so the first quarter was the crucial quarter of the game. Chris Evans was the top player of the game and finished the game with a double double 25 points, 12 rebounds. Mike Porrini had 2 points but 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Christos Deligiannis had 11 points with 4/5 field gols and 3/3 free throws. For Rethymno Aegean Damir Latovic had 13 points, Derek Wright 11 points and 8 assists. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 16 rebounds, collecting 14 out of 27 defensive rebounds of his team.
Quarters' scores: 26-14, 40-28, 57-45, 75-63.

Aries Trikala: Evans 25, Perunicic 3, Ewing 12, Giannakidis 6, Petrovic 6, Spanos 8, Porrini 2, Sap, Deligiannis 11, Matalon 2, Fountas, Nikolopoulos.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 8, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 11, Kalampokis 7, Kanonidis 3, Sinis 3, Latovic 13, Eziukwu, Drča 8, Gabriel 10.

Rethymno Aegean beat Panelefsiniakos for Greek League 20th day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basket League 20th day. Rethymno Aegean won for third consecutive home game and has avoided relegation, heading only up now. Callistus Eziukwu with 15 points and 9 rebounds, Luka Drča with 13 points and Derek Wright with 13 points and 10 rebounds were the best players for Rethymno Aegean. Kenny Gabriel scored 6 points and collected 10 rebounds. For Panelefsiniakos Mouhammad Faye had 26 points and 9 rebounds, Rob Jones had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 18-17, 39-30, 64-44, 85-69.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 12, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 2, Wright 13, Kalampokis 14, Kanonidis 2, Sinis, Latovic 6, Eziekwu 15, Drča 13, Gabriel 6.
Panelefsiniakos: Papamakarios 2, Arapis, Dimakos, Jones 16, Magounis, Faye 26, Fisher 5, Melissaratos, Turner 9, Mantzaris 9, Avramidis 2.

PAOK defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 16th day

PAOK hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 16th day. Rethymno Aegean started the game more offensive than PAOK and with Kalampokis, Koumpouras and Wright took the lead. PAOK managed to counter attack and took the lead for the rest of the game. PAOK was better in three pointers, 11/20 while Rethymno Aegean had only 6/19. Giorgos Bogris had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Mark Payne 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and DJ Cooper 7 points and 5 assists. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright scored 31 points, Giannis Kalampokis 21 points and Callistus Eziukwu 20 points.

Quarters' scores: 16-23, 45-41, 73-58, 97-90.

PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 9, Tsochlas 5, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 13, Margaritis 13, Kalles 2, Bogris 15, Kaselakis 10, Liapis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos, Wright 31, Kalampokis 21, Kanonidis 2, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 20, Drca, Gabriel 2.

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 14th day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 14th day. First 8 minutes were tight but Ikaros Chalkidas finished the first quarter with an 8-0 run and 10 points difference. That difference didn't change in the rest of the game. The home team was keeping Rethymno in distance and won a crucial game. Both teams were accurate at three pointers, 10/24 for Ikaros Chalkidas and 10/28 for Rethymno Aegean. Ikaros Chalkidas won the game with high accuracy in two pointers, 26/33, while Rethmyno Aegean had the half shots successful, 18/43. Great game from Ivan Aska with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton contributed 16 points more, Ryan Richards 15 points and Sotiris Manolopoulos 11 points and 6 rebounds. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright had 31 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. Kenny Gabriel scored 20 points and collected 8 rebounds but also made 5 turnovers. The new player Callistus Eziukwu had 9 points and 8 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 29-19, 49-39, 64-55, 89-78.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 13, Govens 6, Aska 15, Manolopoulos 11, Sutton 16, Gagaloudis 10, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic 3, Richards 15, Bempis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 31, Kalampokis 4, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 9, Arbet 3, Gabriel 20.

Ilisiakos defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League thirteenth day

Ilisiakos hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League thirteenth day. Rethymno Aegean was better in the first half and finished it with a small lead of 3 points. Ilisiakos counter attacked in the second quarter and finished the half time ahead by 11 points. Second half started and finished like the first half did. Rethymno Aegean dominated the third quarter and took the lead in score again with 54-59. In the last quarter the home team was massive, scoring 32 points and let Rethmyno Aegean score only 13 points. Ilisiakos reversed the score two times and won the game by 14 points. Very tight game with Ilisiakos shooting 42 free throws and scoring 32 of them. Nikos Chatzis had a great game with 20 points, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn in 18 minutes. DJ Stephens made a double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Anderson was the top scorer of Ilisiakos with 29 points, 10/10 free throws, 5/6 two pointers and 3/5 three pointers. For Rethmyno Aegean Derek Wright was the top scored with 22 points, 5/5 free throws, 4/4 two pointers and 3/4 three pointers. Justin Hurtt scored 21 points but had many shots, 7/14 free throws, 4/12 two pointers and 2/5 three pointers. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 15-18, 41-30, 54-59, 86-72.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 7, Antonakis 2, Smith 2, Chatzis 20, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 3, Stephens 14, Vavatsikos 3, Ioannou 2, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 4, Anderson 29.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 21, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 5, Wright 22, Kalampokis 3, Kanonidis 9, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu, Arbet, Gabriel 10.

KAOD defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League ninth day

KAOD hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League ninth day. This was the a victory after three defeats in a row for KAOD. The game was tight with the two teams following each other in the score point to point. Lazeric Jones, J'Covan Brown and Nikola Marković were the leader of KAOD with 19, 17 and 18 points respectively. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright scored 19 points and Damir Latovic made a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 18-17, 42-43, 61-60, 83-82.

KAOD: Slaftsakis, Covic, Jones 19, Brown 17, Vaughn 4, Markovic 18, Spyridonidis 5, Bavcic 13, Zaras 5, Benas 2, Kolovis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 4, Aggelopoulos 6, Wright 19, Kalampokis 6, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 10, Alexander 4, Arbet 10, Gabriel 14. 

Olympiacos defeated Rethymno Aegean

Olympiacos defeated Rethymno Aegean for the sixth day of Greek Basketball League. Olympiacos continued being the only undefeated team in the League. Olympiacos started the game with a 2-13 run and the first quarter finished 12-23. In the half time the difference was at 18 points, 33-51. The difference grew more in the third quarter and Olympiacos won easily reaching 100 points. Derek Wright finished the game with 10 points and 8 assists, Kenny Gabriel with 16 points and 7 rebounds. Vasilis Spanoulis had 9 assists, Matt Lojeski 10 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. For Olympiacos all players scored at least 2 points. For Rethmyno only Kanonidis and the captain Kallinikidis didn't score. Brent Petway scored 13 points against his previous team.

Quarters' scores: 12-23, 33-51, 54-79, 79-103.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 8, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 5, Wright 10, Kalampokis 6, Kanonidis, Sinis 7, Latovic 9, Alexander 8, Arbet 8, Gabriel 16.

Olympiacos: Petway 13, Law 11, Dunston 9, Spanoulis 5, Perperoglou 20, Sloukas 4, Lojeski 10, Begić 10, Printezis 11, Agravanis 2, Mantzaris 2, Katsivelis 6.

Aegean Rethymno signed Derek Wright, released Gabe Pruitt

Rethymno Aegean released Gabe Pruitt, after fifth day of Greek Basketball League. Rethymno announced Derek Wright who will replace Pruitt. Wright graduated from Austin Peay college and played with Governors Austin Peay in OVC (Ohio Valley Conference). Then Wright moved to Czech Republic where he played for BK Pardubice, Chomutov, NH Ostrava. Romania and U. Mobitel followed and finally Lions de Genève in Switzerland. Wright is 179cm high and 27 years old.