Trikala sign Sotiris Manolopoulos

Trikala sign Sotiris Manolopoulos. The 29 years old Greek forward started his professional career in 2003 with to PAOK. Manolopoulos has played for AEL, Peristeri, Kavala, Ikaros Chalkidas, Aris and Kolossos Rodou in Greece, and for Bàsquet Mallorca, Palencia Baloncesto and Gestibérica Vigo in Spain. In the previous season in 26 games with Kolossos Manolopoulos averaged 5.85 points and 1.88 rebounds per game.

AEK signed Giannoulis Larentzakis

AEK signed Giannoulis Larentzakis. The 23 years old Greek guard penned a three years old contract with AEK and returns to Greece after a short break in Spain for Zaragoza. Larentzakis debuted in Basket League Greece with Ikaros Chalkidas, then moved to Aris but the team gave him on loan to Kolossos Rodou. He played two seasons with Kolossos Rodou and in the last season he played 25 games averaging 11.76 points, 4.28 rebounds and 3 assists in 23 minutes per game.

Kolossos Rodou signed Vassilis Toliopoulos

Kolossos Rodou signed Vasilis Toliopoulos for two years. The 18 years old guard played 12 games with Ikaros Chalkidas in the previous season. Toliopoulos started his career in Panionios and is a member of Greece U20 national team.

Aris signed Sotiris Manolopoulos

Aris signed Sotiris Manolopoulos. The Greek forward in the previous season played for Ikaros Chalkidas and averaged 5.1 points and 2 rebounds per game. Before Ikaros Chalkidas Manolopoulos played for Kavala BC, Peristeri BC, two years for Kolossos Rodou, AEL and PAOK in Greece. Manolopoulos has also played in Spain for Mallorca, Palencia Baloncesto and Gestiberica Ciudad de Vigo.

PAOK beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 26th day

PAOK hosted and beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 26th day. With this defeat Ikaros Chalkidas was relegated to the second division and PAOK will continue in the play offs. Anthony Roberson had 23 points, Dominique Sutton had 14 points and 19 rebounds, Ivan Aska had 18 points and 5 rebounds but those were not enough for Ikaros Chalkidas to win PAOK and avoid relegation. DJ Cooper with his 9 assists broke the record for more assists of a PAOK player in a single season. Damir Mulaomerovic had 171 assists in 2003-2004 season and DJ Cooper has 172 assists in this season. Mark Payne scored 20 points, Giorgos Bogris had 12 rebounds and Kostas Charalampidis didn't score with 7 shots attempted.
Quarters' scores: 20-18, 54-35, 69-51, 88-74.

PAOK: Payne 20, Cooper 8, Charalampidis, Tsochlas 3, Tsairelis 14, Dedas 14, Margaritis 6, Kalles 1, Bogris 8, Kaselakis 8, Liapis 6, Koniaris.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad, Roberson 23, Woodall, Aska 18, Manolopoulos, Sutton 14, Gagaloudis 5, Spanos, Toliopoulos 2, Vougioukas, Richards 10, Bempis 2.

Ikaros Chalkidas beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 25th day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 25th day. Ikaros Chalkidas wanted the victory in order to have chances to avoid relegation. With that victory Ikaros Chalkidas is in the bottom of the league table with other two teams but Kolossos Rodou lost any chances to enter the play offs. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska finished the game with 26 points and 9 rebounds while Dominique Sutton had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and Giannis Gagaloudis had 17 points and 9 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Taylor Smith finished the game with a double double, 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Bryan Hopkins had 28 points with 6/7 field goals, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 25-21, 42-43, 69-62, 96-88.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 15, Woodall 3, Aska 26, Sutton 14, Gagaloudis 17, Spanos 5, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 16, Bempis, Douzidis, Persidis.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 5, Car 11, Matsamas, Georgalis, Hopkins 28, Smith 14, Stefanidis 2, Simpson 5, Kakaroudis 16, Pantic 2, Danas, Nadjfeji 5.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Aris for Greek League 24th day

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Aris for Greek Basket League 24th day. With that victory Aris will enter the play offs in the sixth position and Ikaros Chalkidas will has to say goodbye to the first division. Aris had 11/25 three pointers, 10 more rebounds and 10 more assists than the home team. For the home team Ivan Aska had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Dominique Sutton and Giannis Gagaloudis had 17 points each. For the winners Michalis Pelekanos was the top scorer with 25 points, Alexander Vezenkov made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Kostas Charisis had 12 rebounds and 8 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-36, 33-52, 58-72, 77-88.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 8, Woodall 5, Aska 20, Manolopoulos 8, Sutton 17, Gagaloudis 17, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Demertzis, Richards 2, Bempis.
Aris: Bochoridis 19, Hunt, Pelekanos 25, Gikas 8, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos, Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 14, Sarikopoulos 4, Mourtos 12. 

Ilisiakos beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 23rd day

Ilisiakos hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 23rd day. In the crucial game between two teams that fight to avoid relegation Ilisiakos won with a historic game by Nikos Chatzis. The veteran player had 19 points and became the top scorer of all times in the Greek Basket League. Ilisiakos made only 15 fouls against 26 of Ikaros Chalkidas, so the free throws were 22/31 for the home team and 7/8 for the guests. Besides Chatzis, Cheikh Mbodj had 15 points and Stelios Ioannou 17 points and 9 rebounds. For Ilisiakos only 6 players scored with Anthony Roberson having 22 points and Ryan Richards making a double double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Giannis Gagaloudis had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals.
Quarters' scores: 28-12, 43-37, 56-56, 79-71.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 10, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 5, Chatzis 19, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 3, Nikopoulos, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 17, Tzougarakis 2, Mbodj 15, Pigram 8. 
Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 22, Woodall 8, Aska 5, Manolopoulos 2, Sutton 5, Gagaloudis 19, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Demertzis, Richards 10, Bempis.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Panathinaikos for Greek League 22nd day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted Panathinaikos for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In 9 games between the two teams, Ikaros Chalkidas had only one victory back in 2012-2013 regular season. This was the 100th game for Ikaros in the Greek Basket League but most of them were as Ikaros Kallitheas, before the name and home change. Panathinaikos had a small lead in the first quarter but the half time finished with equal score, 42-42. In the second half Panathinaikos wanted to end the game and with a 13-0 run, with three pointers by Antonis Fotsis and Mike Bramos, created a two digits difference. Ikaros Chalkidas, with Ivan Aska scoring 4 points in a row, lowered the difference to 9 points but Panathinaikos has started to roll. Panathinaikos broadened the difference to 21 points in the last quarter and won a game that Ikaros Chalkidas was competitive for one half time. High accuracy for Panathinaikos that had 12/29 three pointers, 18/29 field goals and 13/16 free throws. Ikaros Chalkidas collected 28 rebounds, 12 less than Panathinaikos. Dimitris Diamantidis played 20 minutes but didn't score since he had 0/3 three pointers. Roko Leni Ukić had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Mike Bramos was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 16 points and 4/5 three pointers, looking in a great shape. Antonis Fotsis also had 4/5 three pointers with 12 points and 5 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska had 14 points, 7 rebounds and Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points. Anthony Roberson had 12 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
Quarters' scores: 19-22, 42-42, 53-68, 64-85.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 12, Woodall 1, Aska 14, Manolopoulos 8, Sutton 4, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos 5, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 5, Bempis, Persidis.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 16, Curry 5, Fotsis 12, Ukić 11, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis, Pappas 10, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 5, Wright 6.

Panionios beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 21st day

Panionios hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 21st day. Panionios won the first game between the two teams and also have won both games in the previous season. Panionios dominated the first quarter when took a lead of 16 points and the first half the difference was at twenty points. Ikaros Chalkidas with 1/11 three pointers and 8 turnovers in first half couldn't ask for more. The difference was getting bigger each quarter and the final difference was 35 points for Panionios. Ikaros Chalkidas finished the game with 1/16 three pointers, 15 turnovers and 11/23 free throws. Panionios had 5 players with two digits score and 11 players scoring. Errick McCollum had 15 points, Marc Carter 13 points and 5 rebounds, Vassilis Simtsak 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton made a double double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Ivan Aska added 12 more points and 3 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-7, 43-23, 67-35, 89-54

Panionios: McCollum 15, Stamatis 5, Motsenigos 2, Duvnjak 11, Carter 13, Milbourne 10, Athanasoulas 4, Batis 4, Skordilis 4, Michel, Simtsak 9, Kyritsis 12.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Woodall 2, Aska 12, Manolopoulos 5, Sutton 22, Gagaloudis 5, Spanos 2, Toliopoulos 4, Vougioukas 2, Demertzis, Richards, Bempis, Persidis.

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Giannis Demertzis

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Giannis Demertzis. The 31 years old Greek play maker will try to help Ikaros in the last six games of the Greek Basket League. Demertzis started his professional career with Mantoulidis and then played for PAOK, Iraklis, Maroussi and Kavala in Greece. This season Demertzis was playing in Cyrpus for Keravnos.

Ikaros Chalkidas beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 20th day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 20th day. Nea Kifisia started better in the game but Ikaros Chalkidas was fighting to avoid relegation. Nea Kifisia won first and third quarter but Ikaros Chalkidas with partial score 31-20 in the last quarter won a crucial game. Giannis Gagaloudis was impressive with 28 points, 8 assists and 2 steals. Ivan Aska was close to another double double but collected 9 rebounds and scored 16 points. Ryan Richards had 11 points with 3/5 three pointers. For Nea Kifisia Tony Crocker had 26 points, Tony Woods 10 points and 8 rebounds, Nikos Barlos had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Crucial victory for Ikaros Chalkidas who struggles to avoid relegation.
Quarters' scores: 20-23, 40-33, 52-61, 83-81

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad, Roberson 9, Woodall 10, Aska 16, Manolopoulos, Sutton 9, Gagaloudis 28, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 11, Persidis.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 4, Crocker 26, Kompodietas, Sioutis, Psathas 2, Garrett 2, Woods 10, Tsaldaris 10, Adegboye 7, Kakiouzis 6, Barlos 14.

KAOD beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 19th day

KAOD hosted and beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 19th day. KAOD took full advantage of its home performance and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas with a counter attack in the second half. With 14/29 three pointers and 23/33 two pointers KAOD's offense was in a good day. Lazeric Jones with 20 points and J' Covan Brown with 17 points and 7 assists were the top players for KAOD. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska with 14 points and 9 rebounds, Dominique Sutton with 10 points and 7 rebounds, Giannis Gagaloudis with 20 points and Strand with 10 points were the only players trying.
Quarters' scores: 18-22, 38-39, 71-57, 96-79.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 5, Jones 20, Stiggers 7, Brown 17, Vaughn 10, Markovic 7, Spyridonidis 2, Bavcic 12, Zaras 14, Benas 2, Kolovis.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 10, Roberson 7, Woodall 5, Aska 14, Manolopoulos, Sutton 10, Gagaloudis 20, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 13, Bempis.

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated Aries Trikala for Greek League 18th day

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 18th day. This was the debut for Thanasis Giaples as the coach of Ikaros Chalkidas and it was a crucial victory. Aries Trikala was leading the score in the first half, since Ikaros Chalkidas made 11 turnovers up to that point. Ikaros Chalkidas counter attacked in the third quarter with Anthony Roberson and Ryan Richards. With partial score 31-12 in the third quarter Ikaros Chalkidas took the lead and kept it until the end. For Ikaros Chalkidas Anthony Roberson and Ryan Richards scored 16 points each, with Ryan Richards making a double double with 12 rebounds. Ivan Aska had 13 points and 9 rebounds, Dominique Sutton 9 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans had 19 points, Patrick Ewing Jr 11 points and 6 rebounds, Mike Porrini no points but 9 assists and 3 steals.
Quarters' scores: 13-22, 32-42, 63-54, 81-74.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 11, Roberson 16, Woodall 2, Aska 13, Sutton 9, Gagaloudis 14, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 16, Bempis, Persidis. 
Aries Trikala: Evans 19, Perunicic 12, Ewing 11, Giannakidis 1, Petrovic 9, Porrini, Sapp 9, Deligiannis, Matalon 1, Fountas, Panos 12, Nikolopoulos.

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Anthony Roberson

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Anthony Roberson. The 31 years old American guard has played in NBA with Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors before moving to Israel for Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem, then Turkey for TTNet Beykoz, back to NBA with Chicago Bulls, then France with Strasbourg IG, Italy with Enel Brindisi, China with Fujian Xunxing, Argentina with La Union Formosa, again France for Boulazac BD and finally in Qatar for Al Jaysh. An experienced player who has never stayed for more than one season in a team. Would wait to see how he can help Ikaros Chalkidas avoid relegation. 

"Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.bWn7sjRY.dpuf

"Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.bWn7sjRY.dpuf

"Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.bWn7sjRY.dpuf

"Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.bWn7sjRY.dpuf

Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.QPT3fNsf.dpuf

Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.QPT3fNsf.dpuf

Ο Antony Roberson που έχει αγωνισθεί στο ΝΒΑ στους Mempis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks και Chicago Bulls όπως επίσης στις Strasbourg, Brindisi, Boulazac, θα αγωνισθεί στο Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα με τον Ίκαρο Χαλκίδας". - See more at: http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/rssall/item/56952-ikaros-fernei-antoni-romperson-pics#sthash.QPT3fNsf.dpuf

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Thanasis Giaples

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Thanasis Giaples. The 44 years Greek coach started the season with Rethymno Aegean but was released and now he will try to avoid relegation for Ikaros Chalkidas. Giaples signed with Ikaros Chalkidas for two years, until the end of the season 2014-2015.

Ikaros Chalkidas released coach Aris Lykogiannis

Ikaros Chalkidas announced the release of the coach Aris Lykogiannis from the team. The end of the cooperation was mutual and Lykogiannis left the club wishing that it will remain in the first league.

Panelefsiniakos beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 17th day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 17th day. In a very crucial game between two teams that fight to avoid relegation Panelefsiniakos got a great victory. Ikaros Chalkidas is in troubles after that defeat, since the team remains alone in the bottom of the League table. Ikaros Chalkidas was leading the score in the first half but blacked out in the second. With only 22 points in the second half, Ikaros Chalkidas lost the scoring lead and the game. Panelefsiniakos had a poor 2/15 in three pointers but collected more rebounds, made less turnovers and scored with two pointers and free throws. For Panelefsiniakos Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 18 points and 10 rebounds,  Josh Fisher had 15 points and 5 steals, Rob Jones 15 points and 9 rebounds, Larry Turner 10 points and 9 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska had 7 points and 11 rebounds, Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points and 7 assists, Ryan Richards 17 points.
Quarters' scores: 14-21, 33-38, 52-46, 71-60.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 3, Papamakarios 6, Arapis, Raley Ross, Dimakos, Jones 15, Faye 18, Fisher 15, Melissaratos, Turner 10, Mantzaris 4, Avramidis.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 5, Govens 9, Woodall, Aska 7, Manolopoulos 3, Sutton 4, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 17, Bempis.

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Travon Woodall

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Travon Woodall. The 25 years old American guard will debut against Panelefsiniakos. Woodall graduated from Pittsburgh and his previous team was Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi in Turkey.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Olympiacos for Greek League 16th day

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 16th day. With Matt Lojeski scoring 11 points in the first quarter, Olympiacos took the lead by 5 points, 19-24. Ikaros Chalkidas was competitive for one half. In the first half the difference was only 3 points and the game tight. In the third quarter Olympiacos let Ikaros Chalkidas score only 8 points and created a safe difference. Since Olympiacos secured the victory, played better and broadened the final score to 23 points. Good game for Ikaros Chalkidas but lasted only one half against Euroleague winners. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points, Ivan Aska 14 points, Darrin Govens 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Olympiacos had 6 players with two digits points but Matt Lojeski was the top scorer with 17 points. Bryant Dunston had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 fouls drawn.

Quarters' scores: 19-24, 38-41, 46-58, 64-87

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad, Govens 5, Aska 14, Manolopoulos, Sutton 15, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos 1, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic 3, Richards 11, Bempis.

Olympiacos: Moon 10, Dunston 13, Spanoulis 10, Perperoglou, Papapetrou 2, Sloukas 14, Collins 10, Lojeski 17, Begic 5, Printezis 4, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 2.