Promitheas signed Jake Odum

Promitheas signed Jake Odum. The 27-year-old American guard returns to Basket League Greece and Champions League Basketball. Odum graduated from Indiana State and after going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft he started his career in Greece with PAOK. Odum has also played in Germany for Medi Bayreuth and s.Oliver Würzburg, in Turkey for Banvit, and more recently in Russia for Nizhny Novgorod. With Nizhny Odum averaged 8.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. 

PAOK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League twenty fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty fourth day. The visitors had their Greeks in a good day and besides the first quarter troubled PAOK. For the winners Kevin Langford had 20 points and 7 fouls drawn, Christos Saloustros and Julian Vaughn collected 7 rebounds each, and Jake Odum served 8 assists. For the visitors Tsamis had 14 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, Ernest Scott had 8 points and 8 rebounds, Taylor Smith had 8 points and 5 rebounds. A game with few turnovers (8-12) and poor three pointers accuracy (6/22, 3/14).
Quarters' scores: 27-17, 45-37, 64-53, 77-72

PAOK: Langford 20(1), Liapis, Carter 8, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 5(1), Margaritis 7(1), Odum 14(2), Vaughn 12, Sinandinovic, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros 4(7ρ.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 4, Larentzakis 8, Waters 10, Manolopoulos, Smith 8, Stefanidis 4, Linden 2, Scott 8, Tsamis 14(2), Hagins 7, Robinson 7(1).

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League twenty first day

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. PAOK started with a 6-0 run, Panelefsiniakos counter attacked and made the score 10-6, but that was all for the home team. PAOK with Kevin Langford created a secure difference before the half time. Langford was the leader of PAOK with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Marc Carter and Apollon Tsochlas scored 12 points each. Jake Odum had 7 points, 7 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. Julian Vaughn had 1/6 free throws and 4 turnovers. For Panelefsiniakos Nikola Markovic made another double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Kurt Looby had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 10-16, 21-39, 34-49, 58-69

Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Mitrovic, Vasilopoulos 2, Looby 11, Athanasoulas 5 (1), Markovic 12 (2), Dorkofikis 2, Ioannou 4, Johnson 17, Avramidis 2, Ofoegbu, Simpson 3 (1)
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 16, Liapis, Carter 12 (2), Tsochlas 12 (2), Dedas 7 (1), Margaritis 4, Odum 7, Vaughn 3, Sinadinovic 4, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros.

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Basket League twentieth day

Olympiacos beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twentieth day. 
Quarters' scores: 13-26, 34-48, 53-70, 72-88

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 19 (1), Liapis 2, Carter 15 (1), Tsochlas, Dedas 3 (1), Margaritis 6, Odum 10, Vaughn 3, Sinadinovic 2, Charitopoulos 6, Saloustros 6.
Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Hunter 5, Dunston 6, Darden 11 (1), Papapetrou 3, Sloukas 9 (1), Lafayette 14 (2), Lojeski 15 (2), Christodoulou, Printezis 14 (2), Agravanis, Mantzaris 7 (1), Kavvadas 4.

PAOK beat Panionios for Basket League eighteenth day

PAOK hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighteenth day. PAOK started with an 11-3 run and Julian Vaughn scored 10 points before the first quarter. William Coleman made a double double with 20 points and 12 rebounds but Panionios was not good. Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points with 2/11 two pointers, Justin Tubbs had 1/5 three pointers and Vasilis Xanthopoulos served 6 assists but also made 4 turnovers. Very poor three points accuracy for both teams, 2/10 for PAOK and 4/18 for Panionios. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 13 points and 12 rebounds, Kevin Langford had 15 points Jake Odum served 4 assists and had 6 fouls drawn. Kevin Langford, Marc Carter, Dimitris Charitopoulos and Christos Saloustros collected 6 rebounds each. PAOK returned to victories and Panionios will not avoid relegation.
Quarters' scores: 26-13, 41-32, 58-50, 79-65

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 15 (1), Liapis, Carter 10, Tsochlas 5, Dedas 1, Kottas, Odum 14 (1), Vaughn 13, Sinadinovic 2, Charitopoulos 9, Saloustros 10.
Panionios (Hugaz): Xanthopoulos 2, Petropoulos, Verginis 8, Spyropoulos, Strnand 6, McKnight 5, Stamatis, Billis 3 (1) Woods 7, Coleman 20, Korolev 10 (2), Tubbs 4 (1).

Korivos Amaliadas beat PAOK for Basket League seventeenth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day. The second fight between father and son, Soulis and Harris Markopoulos. The first half was a game between Rawle Marshall and Jake Odum, who scored 12 and 11points respectively. In the second quarter Langford and Angelopoulos took the lead in scoring. The game was tight and the two teams could not create a secure difference. In the last minute Korivos Amaliadas was more focused and took advantage of its home and fans. Great victory for Korivos in its fight to avoid relegation and first official victory for Haris Markopoulos against his father Soulis Markopoulos. For the winners Tim Bowers finished the game with a double double, 15 points and 15 rebounds. Rawle Marshall had 14 points (12 in the first quarter), Nikos Angelopoulos had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Sasa Vasiljevic had 10 points.  For PAOK Apollon Tsochlas had 14 points, Jake Odum and Kevin Langford had 12 points each, with Odum having 7 rebounds and 4 assists too. PAOK made 17 turnovers and had 4/20 three pointers and 9/15 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 19-19, 38-40, 52-51, 65-61.

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 2, Marshall 14, Giannakidis 3, Angelopoulos 11, Bowers 15, Vasiljevic 10, Kanonidis, Filippakos, Turner 3, Rubio 7, Galiotos, Archimandritis.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 12, Liapis, Carter 4, Tsochlas 14, Dedas 2, Margaritis, Kottas 1, Odum 12, Vaughn 8, Sinadinovic 2, Charitopoulos, Saloustros 6.

PAOK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eleventh day

Kolossos Rodou hosted PAOK for Basket League eleventh day. Dominic Waters debuted in the Greek League and with 8 points gave his team and early lead, 10-8, but PAOK managed to finish the first quarter leading by 5 points, 19-24. The home balanced the game and the first half finished with equal score, 39-39. Dominic Waters and Jake Odum finished the first half with 10 points. The game was tight with Kolossos Rodou leading the score of the third quarter by one points but PAOK winning the game by two points. For Kolossos Rodou Angelos Tsamis was the top scorer and rebounder with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jamele Hagins had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Ernest Scott had 10 points and 4 assists. Dominic Waters finished the game with 10 points and 7 turnovers. For PAOK Jake Odum had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Kevin Langford had 8 rebounds and 8 rebounds, Vangelis Margaritis had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Apollon Tsochlas had 5 assists. JR Bremer had 1/7 three pointers and PAOK had 6/28 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 19-24, 39-39, 58-57, 67-69.

Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 4, Siologas, Waters 10, Manolopoulos 6, Smith, Stefanidis 2, Liden 6, Scott 10, Tsamis 18, Hagins 11, Daskalakis.
PAOK: Langford 14, Liapis, Carter 9, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 3, Dedas 5, Margaritis 12, Kottas, Odum 16, Vaughn 1, Bremer 5, Saloustros 2.

PAOK lost from Lokomotiv Kuban for Eurocup eihth round

PAOK lost from Lokomotiv Kuban in Thessaloniki for Eurocup. PAOK troubled Lokomotiv more than the first game in Russia, but did not win the game and will have to beat Ventspils in order to qualify. For PAOK Jake Odum had 14 points, Julian Vaughn had 8 rebounds and Marc Carter had 9 points and 4 assists. For Lokomotiv Kuban Anthony Randolph and Nikita Kurbanov had 13 points each.
Quarters' scores: 10-17, 29-35, 44-50, 54-68

PAOK: Langford 6, Liapis, Carter 9 (1), Kakarodis 5, Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas 9 (2), Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 14 (1), Vaughn 3, Saloustros 1
Lokomotiv Kuban: Delaney 10 (1), Randolph 13 (1), Grigoryev 3, Brown 12, Hendrix 2, Miles 2, Kolyuskhin, Boronov 8 (1), Zubkov 5 (1), Kurbanov 13.

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eighth day

PAOK hosted Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eighth day. Both teams played without their captains, since both Kostas Charalampidis and Dimos Avramidis were injured. With Julian Vaughn having 13 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter PAOK finished the first quarter leading by 2 points. In the second quarter Panelefsiniakos balanced the score, 26-26, and finished the first half leading by 6 points, 31-37. In the second half PAOK improved in three pointers and with Julian Vaughn and Marc Carter took the lead in the third quarter and kept in until the end. For the winners Julian Vauhgn made a double double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Carter had 17 points and Jake Odum had 10 points. For Panelefsiniakos Nikola Markovic had 15 points, Frank Robinson had 10 points, Ned Cox had 9 points and Stelios Ioannou had 8 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-19. 31-37, 50-44, 69-59

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 5, Liapis, Carter 17 (3), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 3 (1), Dedas 3 (1), Margaritis 6 (1), Kottas, Odum 10 (1), Vaughn 19, Saloustros 2.
Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Cox 9 (1), Robinson 10 (1), Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 7 (1), Athanasoulas 3, Markovic 15 (3), Dorkofikis 5, Ioannou 8 (1), Kalles 2.

Zielona Góra beat PAOK for Eurocup seventh day

Zielona Góra hosted and beat PAOK for Eurocup seventh day. PAOK started with a 6-0 run but the home team took the lead before the end of the first quarter taking advantage of the technical foul that Odum was charged for flopping. The game was tight but PAOK was charged with three technical fouls for flopping and Jake Odum was sent off with expulsion due to two technical fouls. In the last minute Marc Carter made the score 78-75 but that was all for PAOK. The Greek team lost but Zielona Góra did not cover the difference of the first game.
Kostas Charalampidis got injured and he may be out of action for some weeks.
Quarters' scores: 20-16, 36-34, 59-53, 84-77

Stelmet Zielona Góra (Adamek): Cel 2, Troutman 4, Burtt 13 (1), Hanas 8 (2), Hosley 17, Kucharek, Johnson 7 (1), Hrycaniuk 8, Zamojski 14 (4), Koszarek 11 (2).
PAOK: Langford 13 (1), Liapis, Charalampidis 6, Carter 10 (2), Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 3 (1), Dedas 6 (2), Margaritis 5, Odum 12 (1), Vaughn 19, Saloustros 3 (1).

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day and equalized the defeat in Izmir in the first round game. PAOK was leading the score in first quarters. The game was interrupted at 32-25 for due to fans holding an insulting banner and later while the score was 66-60 Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off due to complaining but his team made an 8-0 run and took the scoring lead. Dixon made the score 70-75 on 38th minute when the game was once more interrupted by the referees and the final score was 74-79 for the visitors. For PAOK the captain Charalampidis had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Jake Odum had 10 and 6 assists. For Pınar Karşıyaka Darryl Strawberry had 23 points, Bobby Dixon had 16 points and 8 assists. PAOK had a great chance to secure the second place of the group but with only 9 points in the last quarter missed it.
Quarters' scores: 24-20, 45-41, 65-57, 74-79

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 1, Liapis 8 (2), Charalampidis 18 (4), Carter 7 (1), Kakaroudis 8 (2), Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas 1, Margaritis 6, Odum 10 (1), Vaughn 8, Saloustros 2.
Pınar Karşıyaka (Sarica): Demir 9, Palacios 6, Hersek 5 (1), Strawberry 23 (3), Koc, Dixon 16 (2), Sonsirma, Gabriel 5, Altay 5, Diebler 10 (2), Senturk.

Pınar Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off after this reaction..

PAOK beat Pınar Karşıyaka for Eurocup

Pınar Karşıyaka hosted and lost by PAOK for Eurocup 2014-2015 day one. Jake Odum was the key player of the first quarter with one unsportsmanlike foul and five consecutive points. In the second quarter PAOK scored only 7 points and Karşıyaka took the lead in score. The home team managed to keep the difference in the third quarter and in the fourth PAOK started to attack only with three pointers which let Karşıyaka expand the difference to nine points, 60-51. PAOK counter attacked in the end and tried to steal the game. Kostas Charalampidis with two free throws and Julian Vaughn with a steal and lay up made the score 65-64 with only 15 seconds remaining. Bobby Dixon missed two free throws but took the rebound and Jake Odum made his fifth foul. Dixon scored only one out of two free throws, Marc Carter took the rebound and with two free throws equalized the score, 66-66. Pınar Karşıyaka got a time out with 2.9 second remaining. Dixon could not score and the game went to extra time. Juan Palacios and Bobby Dixon had 21 points each at the normal time. For PAOK Jake Odum had 22 points but could not play in the extra time due to five commited fouls. In the extra time Kevin Langford missed two free throws and Kostas Charalampidis a three pointer which gave the home team the lead in score. One minute before the end of extra time PAOK with Marc Carter took the lead in score with 71-73. Hersek Baris equalized the score, 73-73 with 18 seconds left for PAOK. Langford didn't score and the game went to second extra time! In the second extra time Julian Vaughn, Kostas Charalampidis and Keving Langford led PAOK to a great and tough victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-19, 30-26, 49-44, 66-66. ET1: 73-73 ET2: 81-87

Pınar Karşıyaka: Demir, Palacios 29, Hersek 2, Strawberry 9, Guven, Koc, Dixon 25, Sonsirma, Gabriel 6, Altay 2, Diebler 8, Senturk.
PAOK: Langford 9, Liapis, Charalampidis 19, Carter 14, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 2, Dedas, Margaritis 10, Kottas, Odum 22, Vaughn 6, Saloustros 3.

PAOK beat KAOD for Greek Cup

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Greek Cup. Without facing problems PAOK won KAOD and qualified to the next round of the Greek Cup. For the winners Marc Carter had 17 points, Julian Vaughn 13 points and Jake Odum and Christos Saloustros 10 points each.
Quarters' scores 19-12, 44-28, 68-49, 88-63

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 4, Liapis 7, Charalampidis 8, Carter 17, Kakaroudis 5, Tsochlas 2, Dedas 8, Margaritis 4, Kottas, Odum 10, Saloustros 10, Vaughn 13
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 3, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 10, Georgakis 9, Atkins 8, Odom 3, Spyridonidis 6, Michel 8, Zaras 5, Loe 7, Chrysikopoulos 1

Unics Kazan beat PAOK for Petros Oikonomakis tournament

Unics Kazan beat PAOK for Petros Oikonomakis tournament. It was the second game of the tournament that went to extra time, making it a tough tournament. PAOK was leading the score in the first half but Unics balanced the game and with a three pointer from Kostas Kaimakoglou the game went to extra time.
Quarters' scores: 25-19, 36-29, 49-52, 75-75, 86-91

PAOK (Markopoulos): Carter 6, Charalampidis 14 (2), Liapis, Kakaroudis 5 (1), Tsochlas 9 (3), Dedas 3 (1), Saloustros 3 (1), Margaritis 8, Langford Kevin 8, Vaughn 13, Odum 19.
Unics Kazan (Pedoulakis): White 14 (2), Keith Langford 10, Zisis 6, Sokolov 2, Kaimakoglou 14 (3), Bykov 7, Likhodey 2, Fischer 11 (10ρ.), Jerrells 18 (2)

PAOK BC roster 2014-2015

PAOK BC roster 2014-2015

Kevin Langford
Jake Odum
Marc Carter
Julian Vaughn
Kostas Kakaroudis
Giorgos Dedas
Kostas Charalampidis
Christos Saloustros
Thomas Kottas
Apollon Tsochlas
Goran Vučićević
Vangelis Margaritis
Michalis Liapis
Theodoros Psychidis
Edi Sinadinović

Coach: Soulis Markopoulos

*On December 6th PAOK signed JR Bremer.
*In February 2015 JR Bremer left PAOK.
*In February 2015 PAOK signed Edi Sinadinović.

PAOK signed Jake Odum

PAOK signed Jake Odum. The 23 years old American point guard played four seasons in NCAA with Indiana State Sycamores and in the previous season he averaged 13.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Odum played six games with Indiana Pacers in the Summer League.