Panelefsiniakos beat Aries Trikala for Greek League 24th day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 24th day. Panelefsiniakos wanted to win in order to avoid relegation and was more focused than Aries Trikala. In the first half Panelefsiniakos cleared the game. For the winners David Kyles had 20 points, Mouhammad Faye had 18 points and Thomas Nikou had 6 points and 11 assists. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans was the top scorer with 16 points, Christos Deligiannis had 13 points and Jessie Sapp had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 22-13, 48-28,  75-55, 94-77.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 6, Papamakarios 7, Arapis 5, Kyles 20, Jones 6, Faye 18, Fisher 8, Melissaratos 1, Turner 10, Uzas, Mantzaris 8, Avramidis 5.
Aries Trikala: Evans 16, Perunicic 5, Ewing 9, Giannakidis 3, Petrovic 6, Lekakis, Porrini 4, Sapp 10, Deligiannis 13, Matalon 7, Panos 4, Nikolopoulos.

Aries Trikala beat Ilisiakos for Greek League 17th day

Aries Trikala hosted and beat Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 17th day. In a crucial game for each team in order to avoid relegation Aries Trikala won by one point and took an advantage against Ilisiakos. Ilisiakos started the game more focused and was leading the score in the first half. Aries Trikala counter attacked and with Patrick Ewing Junior having a great game took the lead in the third quarter but Ilisiakos balanced the game in the last quarter. The victory went to Aries Trikala in the end with a three pointer from Marios Matalon and free throws of Patrick Ewing Junior. This was the sixth home win for Aries Trikala. Ilisiakos tried but made 26 turnovers in the game. Patrick Ewing Junior finished the game with 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn. Chris Evans had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists. For Ilisiakos DJ Stephens tried his best with a double double of 16 points and 15 rebounds. Nikos Chatzis had 14 points. Courtney Pigram scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 turnovers and Jessie Sapp 3 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in their debut in the league.
Quarters' scores: 17-18, 28-41, 70-64, 88-87.

Aries Trikala: Evans 16, Perunicic 5, Ewing 27, Giannakidis, Petrovic 6, Porrini 8, Sapp 3, Deligiannis 4, Matalon 5, Fountas, Nikolopoulos 14, Georgakis.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 7, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 7, Chatzis 14, Dorkofikis 11, Stephens 16, Vavatsikos 2, Ioannou 10, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 9, Pigram 11.

Aries Trikala signed Jessie Sapp

Aries Trikala signed Jessie Sapp. The 28 years old American guard was teammate of Patrick Ewing Junior in Georgetown and both of them participated in NCAA's Final Four in 2007. Sapp was playing in Poland for Kotwica and previously had played for Glasgow Rocks in Scotland and Pezinok in Slovakia.