Panelefsiniakos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League sixth day

Aries Trikala hosted Panelefsiniakos for Basket League sixth day. Steve Panos had 7 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter and helped his team taking the lead. Aries Trikala scored 17 points in the first and second quarter but Panelefsiniakos doubled its score in the second quarter and took the lead of the game. Elijah Johnson had 14 points with 4/5 three pointers and 4 rebounds in the first half while Steve Panos had 10 points and 5 rebounds. The home team won the even quarters and the visitors won the odd quarters. Aries Trikala finished the third quarter with one point lead but in the end Panelefsiniakos celebrated its second victory in a row with its new coach Jimmy Koustenis. For the winners Elijah Johnson had 19 points and 6 rebounds, Aaric Murray had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, Giannis Athanasoulas had 9 points and 6 rebounds and Frank Robinson had 8 points and 3 assists. For Aries Trikala Steve Panos had 16 points and 6 rebounds before being fouled out. Nate Bowie and Slaven Cupkovic had 15 points each and Antonis Spanos had 3 blocks. Nemanja Miljkovic was fouled out without any shot.
Quarters' scores: 17-13, 34-39, 52-51, 65-70.

Aries Trikala: Ingram 10, Nikolopoulos, Tracey 4, Bowie 15, Cupkovic 15, Panos 16, Spanos 5, Kamariotis, Matalon, Varytimiadis, Houhoumis, Miljkovic.
Panelefsiniakos: Cox 6, Robinson 8, Tsakaleris 1, Vasilopoulos 3, Murray 12, Athanasoulas 9, Markovic 5, Dorkofikis 4, Ioannou 1, Johnson 19, Kalles 2, Avramidis.

Panelefsiniakos beat AEK for Basket League fifth day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and beat AEK for Basket League fifth day. The debut of coach Koustenis brought the first victory for Panelefsiniakos who reached AEK in the League table. In a very tight game Panelefsiniakos with three consecutive three pointers in the third quarter creatd a difference, 55-48, that kept until the end and won the game. Great game by Giannis Athanasoulas with 21 points, 4/4 two pointers and 4/5 three pointers, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Aaric Murray had 13 points and 9 rebounds, Stelios Ioannou had 12 points, Fotis Vasilopoulos had 5 points and 5 assists. For AEK Dusan Sakota had 23 points, Carl English had 11 points and 5 assists, Leonidas Kaselakis had 4 points and 7 rebounds. In his debut Tomas Delininkaitis had 10 points and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 20-17, 33-34, 57-53, 81-72.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 3, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 5, Murray 13, Athanasoulas 21, Markovic 2, Dorkofikis 9, Ioannou 12, Johnson 8, Kalles 4, Avramidis.
AEK: Papantoniou 3, Delininkaitis 10, Sakota 23, Kaselakis 4, Polytarchou 6, Kamperidis 2, Williamson, Tsiakos 8, Sarikopoulos 2, Milosevic 3, English 11, Nikolic.

Jimmy Koustenis is Panelefsiniakos new coach

Jimmy Koustenis is Panelefsiniakos new coach. The American Greek coach started his career as the assistant coach of Argyris Pedoulakis in Peristeri and Panellinios and of Nenad Markovic and Minas Gekos in Panionios. In 2012 he was the head coach of Peristeri and in 2013 the head coach of Ilisiakos. Koustenis started this season with Ethnikos Piraeus in the A2 division but will now coach Panelefsiniakos and will try to avoid relegation.