Apollon Patras roster 2016-2017

Apollon Patras roster 2016-2017

Diamantis Sflatsakis
Michael Cobbins
Sokratis Naoumis
Giorgos Tsiaras
Giorgos Diamantakos
Tyler Kalinoski
Sarantis Mastrogiannopoulos
Andreas Pelekoudas
Vasilis Niforas
Dimitris Verginis
Giannis Kouzeloglou
Nick Russell
Chris Jones
Edin Bavcic

Head Coach: Kostas Mexas

Apollon Patras sign Edin Bavčić

Apollon Patras sign Edin Bavčić. The 32 years old Bosnian forward penned an one year contract. Bavčić returns to Basket League since he played for Aris in 2011 and for KAOD from 2012 to 2014. Bavčić counts 80 games in the Basket League Greece with 9.36 points and 5 rebounds per game on average. In the previous season he played in Hungary for Sopron.

Panionios beat KAOD for Greek League play offs round one

Panionios beat KAOD for Greek Basket League play offs round one. Panionios beat KAOD or Errick McCollum beat Edin Bavčić. Errick McCollum had 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists while Edin Bavčić had 29 points and 7 rebounds. KAOD was following Panionios in score but could not reverse the game and win it. Uros Duvnjak, Landon Milbourne and Marios Batis for Panionios and Lazeric Jones, Nikola Markovic finished the game with two digits score. Good game for three quarters for KAOD but Panionios took advantage of its home and won the game.
Quarters' scores: 23-19, 45-39, 60-57, 83-73.

Panionios: McCollum 25, Duvnjak 10, Carter 7, Milbourne 11, Athanasoulas, Batis 11, Skordilis 4, Langford 9, Michel, Simtsak, Saloustros 6.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Jones 12, Stiggers, Vaughn 4, Markovic 10, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 29, Zaras 3.

KAOD beat Aries Trikala for Greek League 26th day

KAOD beat Aries Trikala in Trikala for Greek Basket League 26th day. It was the most productive game in Greek Basket League 2013-2014 with the two teams scoring 211 points without extra time. Both teams shot and scored many points with free throws, 23/30 for Aries Trikala, 27/33 for KAOD. Chris Evans and Nikola Marković had a massive game. Evans had 35 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals while Marković had 21 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists. Patrick Ewing Junior had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Mario Matalon had 13 points and 6 assists while Mike Porrini had 11 assists and 2 points. Lazeric Jones had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Edin Bavčić had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Aries Trikala will continue in the Greek Basket League next season and KAOD will continue in the play offs for the first time in the team history.
Quarters' scores: 28-32, 47-62, 79-82, 103-108.

Aries Trikala: Evans 35, Perunicic, Ewing 26, Giannakidis 6, Petrovic 14, Porrini 2, Sapp, Matalon 13, Fountas, Panos 7, Nikolopoulos, Giannoulis.
KAOD: Slaftsakis 1, Jones 17, Stiggers 6, Brown 21, Vaughn 16, Markovic 21, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 20, Zaras 6, Benas, Kolovis.

Rethymno Aegean beat KAOD for Greek League 22nd day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated KAOD for Greek Basket League 22nd day. KAOD had won Rethymno Aegean twice in Drama, with the last victory being the first round game, but has never won in Rethymno. The home team was much better than KAOD in the first half when the difference reached 16 points. KAOD reacted in the second half and lowered the difference but couldn't do anything better but to lose by 5 points. Rethymno Aegean won and covered the difference of one point that lost in the first round game. Kenny Gabriel was the top scorer of the game with another double double, 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals. Callistus Eziukwu had 8 points, 7 rebounds and Justin Hurtt had 15 points and 5 rebounds. For KAOD J'Covan Brown had 24 points and 4 rebounds but with 1/7 three pointers. Edin Bavčić had 8 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-14, 43-27, 58-46, 77-72

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 15, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 6, Aggelopoulos, Wright 6, Kalampokis 7, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 8, Drca 9, Gabriel 26.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Jones 12, Stiggers 7, Brown 24, Vaughn 4, Markovic, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 8, Zaras 13, Benas 4, Kolovis.

KAOD beat PAOK for Greek League 21st day

KAOD hosted and beat PAOK for Greek Basket League 21st day. KAOD had won all three home games against PAOK in the previous three seasons and PAOK had won all four games in Thessaloniki, making it a couple where the home teams always win. KAOD was leading the score in the first half since PAOK had 1/10 three pointers and home team only 2 turnovers. PAOK improved in the second half, lowered the difference in the third quarter and balanced the game in the end so the game went to extra time. In the extra time PAOK started with a 4-0 run but KAOD replied with a 9-0 run and lead the score till the end. PAOK was really bad at three pointers with only 3/20 while KAOD had 11/26. For PAOK Vangelis Margaritis was the top scorer with 15 points (4/4 field goals, 7/7 free throws), 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Giorgos Dedas and Mark Payne had 12 points each, Giorgos Bogris and Kostas Charalampidis 10 points each. DJ Cooper had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists but also 0/6 three pointers and 4 turnovers. For KAOD J'Covan Brown had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Nikola Marković had only 4 points but also 12 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 22-18, 43-25, 61-58, 74-74. Extra time: 90-85.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 6, Jones 14, Stiggers 13, Brown 24, Vaughn 10, Markovic 4, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 14, Zaras 3, Benas 2, Kolovis.
PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 8, Charalampidis 10, Tsochlas 6, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 7, Dedas 12, Margaritis 15, Kalles 2, Bogris 10, Kaselakis 3, Liapis.

Kolossos Rodou lost by KAOD for Greek League 20th day

Kolossos Rodou lost by KAOD for Greek Basket League 20th day. KAOD was better and Kolossos Rodou only managed to balance the game in the end of the third quarter. Kolossos Rodou took the lead with 66-64 in the fourth quarter but the home team wasn't focused and lost three consecutive offenses and the game. J'Covan Brown with 27 points and Edin Bavčić with 25 points were the leaders of KAOD. Nontas Papantoniou with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists was the top player of the home team with Taylor Smith adding 13 more points. Tenth victory for KAOD who reached sixth place in the league table.
Quarters' scores: 21-26, 34-43, 51-52, 70-76

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 13, Car 3, Matsamas, Georgalis 4, Kommatos 10, Smith 13, Stefanidis 6, Simpson 7, Tsamis 7, Osby 7, Danas, Nadjfeji.
KAOD:  Slaftsakis, Jones 10, Stiggers, Brown 27, Vaughn, Markovic 6, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 25, Zaras 8, Benas, Kolovis.

Panionios beat KAOD for Greek League 16th day

Panionios beat KAOD for Greek Basket League 16th day. Panionios was better for three quarters and was leading the score by 20 points in the end of the third quarter. In the last quarter Panionios blacked out and with partial score 5-19 KAOD lowered the final score to 6 points difference. For Panionios Errick McCollum scored 21 points and Marc Carter 14 points. Gaios Skordilis scored 4 points and collected 9 rebounds. For KAOD Edin Bavčić scored 15 points, Julian Vaughn had 7 points and 6 rebounds and Nikola Marković 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals.

Quarters' scores: 30-20, 55-37, 72-52, 77-71.

Panionios: McCollum 21, Stamatis, Carter 14, Milbourne 9, Athanasoulas 2, Batis 9, Skordilis 4, Langford 5, Michel 4, Simtsak 2, Kyritsis 7, Saloustros.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 2, Jones 10, Stiggers 10, Brown 4, Vaughn 7, Marković 11, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 15, Zaras 10, Benas 2, Kolovis.

KAOD defeated Olympiacos for Greek League eleventh day

 KAOD defeated Olympiacos for Greek League eleventh day. Olympiacos played without Vasilis Spanoulis and Brent Petway, after its first defeat for this season from Panathinaikos. Olympiacos made 16 turnovers and had 4/21 three pointers. Matt Lojeski made a double double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals but was almost alone for Olympiacos. For KAOD Edin Bavčić had 19 points and 9 rebounds while Nikola Marković had 7 points and 10 rebounds. J'Covan Brown scored 25 points.

Quarters' scores: 16-20, 37-36, 55-58, 75-69.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4, Jones 4, Stiggers 6, Brown 25, Vaughn 9, Marković 7, Spyridonidis 1, Bavčić 19, Zaras, Benas, Kolovis. 

Olympiacos: Law, Dunston 6, Perperoglou 12, Papapetrou 3, Sloukas 10, Simmons 6, Lojeski 17, Begic, Printezis 3, Mantzaris 10, Kavvadas, Katsivelis 2.

Apollon Patras lost by KAOD for Greek League tenth day

Apollon Patras hosted KAOD for Greek League tenth day. Apollon had 0/6 three pointers in the first quarter but KAOD with 3/13 two pointers couldn't expect more. In a bad attacking game Apollon Patras scored its first three pointer in 17th minute with Taylor. The first half finished with KAOD having poor shot accuracy, only 1/6 three pointers and 6/23 two pointers, no chance to win the game without improving. Lenny Daniel with 6 points and 6 rebounds in the first half was close to another double double. In the last quarter the counter attacke of KAOD with Lazeric Jones took place. Jones, Cović and Bavčić made the score equal and surpassed the home team three minutes before the end. Apollon Patras took back the lead two minutes before the end but Marković with a three pointer gave his team the lead by two points and there was one minute left. Argyropoulos missed the shot for Apollon,  J'Covan Brown scored two free throws and KAOD was ahead by four points with 45 second left. Lenny Daniel with a dunk lowered the difference to two points and the game was on fire. Lazeric Jones made a turnover but Demarius Bolds and Nikos Argyropoulos missed a shot each and their team lost a game that was leading for more than 30 minutes. Daniel Lenny Daniel made another double double, as expected in the half time, with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Edin Bavčić also made a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 12-11, 31-23, 52-40, 62-64.

Apollon Patras: Hill 6, Argyropoulos 8, Taylor 11, Daniel 17, Lianos, Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas, Niforas 2, Zafeiris, Trepalovac 1, Hot, Bolds 17.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 9, Cović 3, Jones 15, Brown 9, Vaughn 4, Marković 10, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 14, Zaras, Benas, Kolovis.

KAOD defeated Ilisiakos Greek League fifth day

KAOD hosted and defeated Ilisiakos for the fifth day of the Greek Basketball League. KAOD started the game better than Ilisiakos and was leading the score for three quarters. Ilisiakos was approaching and lowering the distance and managed to equalize and took the lead in the fourth quarter. KAOD was calm in the last two minutes and with Edin Bavčić scoring took the victory in the end. DJ Stephens had a great game but missed the last three pointer. Julian Vaughn (11 points, 10 rebounds) for KAOD and DJ Stephens (16 points, 11 rebounds) for Ilisiakos finished the game with a double double.

Quarters' scores: 22-16, 42-34, 60-55, 76-73

KAOD: Slaftsakis 2, Covic 3, Jones 10, Brown 19, Vaughn 11, Marković, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 16, Zaras 13, Benas 2, Kolovis.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 8, Antonakis 5, Smith 14, Chatzis 5, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 3, Stephens 16, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 5, Tzougarakis 2, Mbodj 11, Anderson 4.

KAOD defeated Panionios for the third day of Greek Basketball League

KAOD hosted and defeated Panionios for the third day of Greek Basketball League. Panionios had won for Eurocup earlier this week and had two victories in the first two games of the League. Guy-Marc Michel came back to Drama as an opponent, after playing two years for KAOD. First quarter was very tight with the teams close to score. KAOD started the second quarter better and took the lead by 11 points 28-17. Then PAOK started its counter attack with a 10-0 rally which finished the first half with score 30-35. Chrysikopoulos, Marković and Covic in third quarter managed to change the lead for another time and third quarter finished with KAOD in the lead. McCollum tried to lower the difference in fourth quarter but KAOD managed to keep it and double its victories for the Greek League. Edin Bavčić finished the game with a double double, 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 15-14, 30-35, 54-46, 76-63.

KAOD: Slaftakis, Covic 11, Lazeric 20, Polk 8, Vaughn, Markovic 18, Spyridonidis, 

Bavčić 11, Zaras 3, Benas, Chrysikopoulos 5, Kolovis. 

Panionios: McCollum 17, Stamatis, Motsenigos, Duvnjak 11, Carter 2, Milbourne 14, Athanasoulas 2, Batis 6, Langford 5, Michel, Simtsak 6, Saloustros.