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.

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.

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 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.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost from PAOK Greek League thirteenth day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and lost from PAOK for Greek Basket League thirteenth day. First quarter was tight, with Ikaros Chalkidas playing with three pointer and free throws and PAOK from the paint. Michalis Tsairelis had 8 points with 4/4 two pointers in the first quarter and Ivan Aska 6 points with 3/4 two pointers. PAOK dominated the second quarter and with a partial score 9-29 broadened the difference to 26 points, finishing the first half with almost double score. Τhird quarter was a balancing period with both teams. In the last quarter PAOK started with a 6-0 run but Ikaros Chalkidas replied with a 10-0 run. Ikaros Chalkidas had a perfect fourth quarter with partial score 33-17. PAOK was dominating the game for more than 30 minutes but in the end its players let Ikaros Chalkidas counter attack and lower the difference to 8 points. PAOK team was very accurate with more than 60% in all shots. For the home team Ivan Aska had 20 points and 6 rebounds, Giannis Gagaloudis 16 points and 7 rebounds and Dominique Sutton 9 points and 6 rebounds. For PAOK Michalis Tsairelis had 21 points, Mark Payne 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, DJ Cooper 8 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, and Giorgos Bogris 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Quarters' scores: 19-25, 28-54, 45-69, 78-86.

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Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 3, Govens 9, Aska 20, Manolopoulos 10, Sutton 9, Gagaloudis 16, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Mašić 6, Richards 5, Bempis.

PAOK: Payne 9, Cooper 8, Charalampidis 10, Vučićević, Tsairelis 21, Dedas 13, Margaritis 2, Kalles, Bogris 9, Kaselakis 13, Liapis 1, Koniaris.

Kolossos Rodou defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League twelfth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League twelfth day. Ikaros Chalkidas started the game much better than Kolossos Rodou and managed to lead the score in the half time by 18 points. Ikaros Chalkidas blacked out in the last quarter and didn't score in the last three minutes, losing a game that was leading for three quarters. Christoforos Stefanidis, Angelos Tsamis and Taylor Smith were the best players for Kolossos Rodou. For Ikaros Chalkidas Darrin Govens and Giannis Gagaloudis were the top scorers.

Quarters' scores: 19-19, 31-49, 50-57, 70-64.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 4, Matsamas, Georgalis 3, Kommatos 5, Smith 15, Stefanidis 15, Simpson 4, Tsamis 15, Osby 4, Kapelan, Danas, Nadjfeji 5.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 6, Govens 16, Aska 6, Manolopoulos, Sutton 2, Gagaloudis 17, Spanos 2, Vougioukas, Masic 7, Richards 8, Bempis, Persidis.

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated Ilisiakos for Greek League tenth day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and defeated Ilisiakos for Greek League tenth day. Ryan Richards started his second game with his new team really taking many shots and scoring 8 points. Richards was out in the second half but his teammates Manolopoulos, Aska and Govens had a great game with 8/13 three pointers and kept the difference above ten points. For Ilisiakos Kafkis, Kevin Anderson and DJ Stephens had a good first half. Third quarter was balanced and the fourth crucial quarter starting with the home team ahead by 14 points. In the last quarter Ilisiakos with three Greek players, Periklis Dorkofikis, Panagiotis Kafkis and Stelios Ioannou, counter attacked and lowered the difference up to one point. The veteran Gagaloudis scored two crucial points in the last thirty seconds, Mbodj scored another two and the difference was back to one point. Ryan Richards missed a shot for Ikaros Chalkidas but in the last attack Marland Smith lost two shots and the chance to win the game. Ikaros Chalkidas won a game that was leading with ease but ruined the difference in the end. Dominique Sutton collected 10 rebounds but scored 6 points and missed another double double.

Quarters' scores: 23-15, 46-34, 63-49, 72-71.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 4, Govens 7, Aska 10, Manolopoulos 16, Sutton 6, Gagaloudis 14, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic, Richards 15, Bempis.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 17, Antonakis, Smith 7, Chatzis, Dorkofikis 14, Stephens 5, Vavatsikos 9, Ioannou, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 7, Anderson 12.

Panionios defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League eighth day

Panionios defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League eighth day. Panionios started better the game and took a difference that kept until the end of the game. The American players of Panionios were the cornerstone of its victory. McCollum scored 17 points, Milbourne 16 and Carter 15 points. For Ikaros Chalkidas the veteran Giannis Gagaloudis scored 21 points and was the top scorer of the game. Panionios scored 10 three pointers out of 24 attempted and collected 35 rebounds, against only 17 rebounds of Ikaros Chalkidas.

Quarters' scores: 5-17, 30-40, 48-53, 73-80.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 9, Govens 8, Papanikolopoulos 7, Aska 10, Manolopoulos, Sutton 14, Gagaloudis 21, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic 2, Richards 2, Bempis.

Panionios: McCollum 17, Stamatis, Duvnjnak 2, Carter 15, Milbourne 16, Athanasoulas, Skordilis 6, Langford 8, Michel 1, Simtsak, Kyritsis 8, Saloustros 7.

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated KAOD

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated KAOD with 89-73. First quarter finished with the two teams switching in score lead. Ikaros Chalkidas started second quarter with an 6-0 run and created a difference of six points in the end of the first half. The team from Drama couldn't follow Chalkida in score and the difference was growing every quarter. Ikaros Chalkidas had 10/22 three pointers and 22 assists, while KAOD finished the game with just 8 assists and 5 three pointers. Ivan Aska scored 27 points, with 12/14 two pointers, 6 rebounds and total ranking 35. Nikola Marković for KAOD made a double double, with 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 18-20, 39-33, 62-53, 89-73.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 14, Govens 12, Papanikolopoulos 3, Aska 27, Manolopoulos, Sutton 3, Gagaloudis 16, Borovnjak, Toliopoulos 1, Vougioukas, Beck 13, Persidis.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 2, Covic 2, Jones 19, Brown 9, Vaughn 16, Marković 16, Spyridonidis 1, Bavčić 2, Zaras 4, Benas 2, Kolovis.

Rethymno Aegean wins Ikaros Chalkidas for the first day of Greek Basketball League

Rethymno Aegean wins Ikaros Chalkidas for the first day of Greek Basketball League 2013-2014. Rethymno started the game with a 9-0 rally since Ikaros started with 0/3 shoots. First quarter finished with score 25-15 and Hurtt having scored 12 points already. In the second quarter Ikaros Chalkidas ran a 2-7 rally but Rethymno was successful in 7/17 three points shots. First half ended with score 45-34 with Hurtt scoring 15 points and Pruitt and Gabriel 9 points each. For Ikaros Chalkidas Borovnjak finished first half with 10 points.Then it was time for Darrin Govens to score and equalize the score 55-55 for the first time in 25' and then Ivan Aska scored for the first time Ikaros was ahead in score with 56-57. Third quarter ended with Rethymno Aegean again ahead in score but by just three points 62-59. Ikaros was following in score in the last quarter but could not change much so Rethymno Aegean starts the Basketball League 2013-2014 with a victory against Ikaros Chalkidas by 82-77. Kenny Gabriel had a double double for Rethymno, scoring 13 points and collecting 11 rebounds. Quarters' scores: 25-15, 45-43, 62-59, 82-77.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 21(4), Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 11(3), Pruitt 20(1), Kalampokis, Kanonidis 4, Latovic 5(1), Kwame 5, Arbet 1, Gabriel 13.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 3(1), Govens 16(5), Papanikolopoulos 3(1), Aska 11, Manolopoulos 3(1), Sutton 6, Gagaloudis 9(2), Spanos, Borovnjak 16, Beck 10(2), Mpempis.

Ikaros Chalkidas signed Ioannis Gagaloudis

Ikaros Chalkidas signed the experienced Greek veteran Gagaloudis. Ioannis Gagaloudis was playing in Tunisia for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the previous season. Gagaloudis' long career includes teams from Greece like Panathinaikos, PAOK, Aris, Kavala, Maroussi and teams from Italy like Virtus Roma. The 35 years old guard signed an one year contract with the team from Chalkida.