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 Nea Kifisia for Basket League twenty third day

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. With this victory PAOK got advantage of finishing in the third place and Nea Kifisia avoid relegation but will finish in the last places. Nea Kifisia made 20 turnovers. For the winners Marc Carter had 18 points, Julian Vaughn had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Apollon Tsochlas had 15 points and 8 assists. For Nea Kifisia Xavier Silas had 14 points and 5 rebounds, Nikola Pesakovic collected 7 rebounds and Uros Duvnjak served 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 17-12, 29-29, 45-39, 60-62

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 14 (2), Covington 2, Liakopoulos 2, Popovic 9 (1), Pesakovic 8, Mavroeidis 6, Psathas 5 (1), Duvnjak 6, Davis 2, Barlos 6 (2)
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7 (1), Liapis, Carter 18 (4), Tsochlas 15 (2), Dedas, Margaritis 5 (1), Kottas, Odum 4, Vaughn 11, Sinandinovic, Charitopoulos, Saloustros 2.

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).

Aris beat PAOK for Basket League fifteenth day

Aris beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifteenth day.  Aris beat PAOK in its home and now is only one point behind. PAOK was leading the score only in the first quarter but Aris took the lead before the half time and kept it until the end. For PAOK Marc Carter had 21 points but with 3/11 three pointers, and Vangelis Margaritis had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Julian Vaughn made a double double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had a massive game with 29 points, 5/10 three pointers, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and only 1 turnover. Drew Naymick has 10 rebounds and 7 points, Pasalic and Reed has 11 points each. PAOK made only 7 total turnovers but had 8/30 three pointers and 17/26 free throws. Great victory for Aris against its greatest rival.
Quarters' scores: 21-15, 35-43, 52-63, 77-78

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis, Carter 21(3), Tsochlas 9(3), Dedas, Margaritis 11(2), Odum 7(1), Vaughn 18, Charitopoulos 1, Saloustros 3 (1)
Aris (Priftis):  Pasalic 11(2), Reed 11(3), Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 29(5), Naymick 7, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 1, Adegboye 9(1)

PAOK beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup tenth day

PAOK beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup tenth day. PAOK had 14 turnovers in the first half and scored only 6 points in the second quarter but the home team with 0/10 three pointers could not build a difference. Julian Vaughn had 14 points and 6 rebounds in the half time. PAOK got the lead in the third quarter but the home team balanced the game and the two teams went to extra time. Budućnost Voli had 4/26 three pointers but on the other hand PAOK made 22 turnovers. For the home team Omar Cook had 14 points and 10 assists, Reynolds JR had 9 points, 5 assists and 3 steals, Suad Sehovic had 10 points with 2/4 three pointers and 8 rebounds. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Vangelis Margaritis had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 points, JR Bremer had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. With this victory PAOK finished second in the Group F of Eurocup 2014-2015.
Quarters' scores: 17-23, 30-29, 48-53, 73-73. ET: 76-81

Budućnost Voli: Cook 14, Sehovic 10, Dasic 13, Planinic 5, Subotic 12, Carapic, Vitkovac 5, Bacovic, Popovic 4, Ivanovic 4, Reynolds 9, Rikic.
PAOK: Langford 13, Liapis, Carter 5, Kakaroudis 6, Tsochlas 12, Dedas, Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 17, Bremer 12, Saloustros 5.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day

PAOK hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day. PAOK was low in the League table but the team improves steadily. Nea Kifisia started better the game and was leading the score in the first quarter but PAOK counter attacked and controlled the rest of the game. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Kostas Kakaroudis and Apollon Tsochlas had 13 points each, with Kakaroudis and Marc Carter having 4 assists each. JR Bremer had 11 points in 24 minutes. For Nea Kifisia Nikola Pesakovic had 15 points, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. Nikos Liakopoulos had 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn. Great victory for PAOK after the qualification in Eurocup's round of 32.
Quarters' scores: 12-13, 37-31, 59-42, 78-67

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 5, Liapis, Carter 8 (1), Kakaroudis 13, Tsochlas 13 (3), Dedas 2, Margaritis 2, Odum 9 (1), Vaughn 15, Bremer 11 (2), Saloustros.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Remecun, Kafkis 2, Liakopoulos 7, Popovic 3, Pesakovic 15 (3), Mavroeidis 11, Melisaratos  7, Kakiouzis 2, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 6 (1), Davis 6, Barlos 8 (2)

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.

PAOK beat Budućnost for Eurocup fifth day

PAOK hosted and beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup fifth day. Budućnost took an early lead with 9-7 but PAOK made a 13-0 run and did not lose the scoring lead again in the game. Julian Vaughn had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Kevin Langford had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Marc Carter had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. For Budućnost William Sheehey had 15 points, Cedomir Vitkovic had 11 points and Aleksandar Chapin had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. PAOK with 4 victories in 5 games is in now in the second place of Eurocup Group F.
Quarters' scores: 20-13, 42-25, 63-34, 80-60.

PAOK: Langford 11(1), Liapis, Charalampidis 10(2), Carter 19(2), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 9(3), Kottas, Odum 3, Vaughn 16, Saloustros 5(1).
Budućnost Voli Podgorica: Cook 5, Sehovic 8(2), Planinic 2, Subotic 2, Dasic 3(1), Sheehey 15(1), Vitkovac 11(2), Popovic 6, Capin 6(2), Rikic 2.

PAOK beat Panionios for Basket League fifth day

Panionios hosted PAOK for Basket League fifth day. Panionios was about to make its first victory and led the score 55-52 two minutes before the end but PAOK was more focused with an 8-0 run made the score 55-60. PAOK had more players to score and won a tough game. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 20 points, Gabe Pruitt and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 10 points each and Tony Woods had 5 points and 8 rebounds. In his debut Luke Hancock had 7 points. For PAOK Julian Vaughn made a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Charalampidis had 11 points, Marc Carter had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Christos Saloustros had 6 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 33-35, 38-46, 61-65.

Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos 10, Verginis 4, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 3, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 5, Fitzpatrick 2, Korolev 20, Pruitt 10, Hancock 7.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Lanford 4, Liapis, Charalampidis 11, Carter 9, Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 5, Dedas, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 17, Saloustros 6.

PAOK beat Ventspils for Eurocup fourth round

PAOK beat Ventspils for Eurocup fourth round. Marc Carter with 11 points led PAOK in the first quarter that finished with score 12-19. In the second quarter Ventspils balanced the game and the first half finished with equal score, 30-30. In the third quarter the home team took the lead by 44-41 but PAOK managed to counter attack and even lead by 8 points, 49-57. In the end a steal by Odum, free throws by Charalampidis and three pointers by Tsochlas and Landford gave PAOK the second away victory. For Ventspils Troy Barnies had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Akselis Vairogs had 15 points, Mire Chatman had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 7 points and 7 rebounds, Marc Carter had 17 points and 9 rebounds, Julian Vaughn had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 12-19, 30-30, 44-45, 63-66

Ventspils: Barnies 13(1), Lajesmeiers 3(1), Vairogs 15(2), Ate, Butjankovs 6, Gulbis 5, Graziulis, Peiners 2, Chatman 15(2), Meiers, Grant 4.
PAOK: Langford 7(1), Charalampidis 7(1), Carter 17(3), Kakaroudis 8, Tsochlas 7(1), Dedas, Odum 4, Vaughn 14, Saloustros 2.

PAOK beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day. It was the first game of the Basket League Greece that a father and a son, Soulis and Charis Markopoulos, played against each other as head coaches of the two opponents. The faher had previously won the son in a friendly game for the Patras Cup and he repeated the same for the Basket League. For the winners Apollon Tsochlas had 17 points, Giorgos Dedas had 16 points and Julian Vaughn had 11 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 18 points, Dwayne Davis had 14 points and Sasa Vasiljevic had 12 points.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 46-32, 59-52, 84-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis 3(1), Charalampidis  5(1), Carter 9(1), Kakaroudis 3 (1), Tsochlas 17 (3), Dedas 16 (4), Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 11, Saloustros 11
Korivos Amaliadas (Ch. Markopoulos): Magette 3, Lowery 18, Gianakidis, Angelopoulos 2, Papapetrou, Davis 14 (1), Vasiljevic 12 (1), Kanonidis 7 (1), Filippakos, Garret 8, Dmivtriev 3 (1), Galiotos 4.

Lokomotiv Kuban beat PAOK for Eurocup third round

Lokomotiv Kuban beat PAOK for Eurocup third round. This was the first defeat of PAOK for Eurocup 2014-2015 which left Kuban alone in the first place of the group F. PAOK started with a 8-2 run but that was all. Kuban managed to take the lead and build a secure difference since all its players scored. Maxim Grigoryev and Krunoslav Simon had 15 points each, Derrick Brown had 14 points, Richard Hendrix had 9 rebounds and 6 points. For PAOK only Julian Vaughn with 12 points, Kostas Kakaroudis with 11 points and Christos Saloustros with 8 points and 5 rebounds were a threat for the home team.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 45-26, 62-33, 87-46

Lokomotiv Kuban (Bazarevich): Randolph 11 (1), Grigoryev 15 (3), Brown 14 (1), Hendrix 6, Miles 6,Kolyuskhin 2, Balashov 4, Zubkov 9 (1), Zukanenko 2, Kurbanov 3 (1), Simon 15 (2)
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 1, Liapis 4, Charalampidis, Carter 6 (1), Kakaroudis 11 (2), Tsochlas 2, Dedas, Margaritis, Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 12, Saloustros 8.

PAOK beat Zielona Góra for Eurocup second day

PAOK hosted and beat Stelmet Zielona Góra for Eurocup second day. PAOK doubled its victories for Group F of the Eurocup 2014-2015. PAOK didn't face problems against Zielona Gora since the Greek team had 13/27 three pointers and 22 assists. For the home team Christos Saloustros had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Julian Vaughn and Kevin Langford had 12 points each. For Zielona Gora Steven Burtt and Daniel Johnson had 11 points each and Lukasz Koszarek had 14 points and 8 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-20, 45-33, 64-53, 85-66

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 12 (1), Liapis 4, Charalampidis 8 (2), Carter 7 (1), Kakaroudis 6 (1), Tsochlas 7 (1), Dedas 9 (3), Margaritis 3 (1), Kottas, Odum, Vaughn 12 (2), Saloustros 17 (3).
Stelmet Zielona Góra (Adamek): Cel 2, Troutman 8, Burtt 11 (1), Hosley 8, Kucharek, Johnson 11, Hrycaniuk 2, Zamojski 10 (2), Koszarek 14 (2).

PAOK beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League first day

PAOK hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Basket League first day. In a very tight game, that needed an extra time in order to have a winner, PAOK beat Rethymno Aegean with its new players Marc Carter and Julian Vaughn. Marc Carter had 19 points, Julian Vaughn had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Christos Saloustros had 11 points. For Rethymno Aegean Chaisson Allen had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Trevis Simpson had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Roeland Schaftenaar had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Mouhammad Faye had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-10, 41-31, 54-52, 69-69 ET: 88-79.

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 2, Liapis, Charalampidis 12, Carter 19, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 7, Dedas 4, Margaritis 7, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 15, Saloustros 11.
Rethymno Aegean (): Simpson 15, Schizas, Koumpouras 5, Schaftenaar 15, Council 2, Allen 16, Kalampokis 3, Faye 12, Sinis, Cheilaris 5, Kravic 6, Doulgerakis.

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 defeat Apollon Patras for Patras Cup

PAOK defeat Apollon Patras for Patras Cup.
Quarters' scores: 20-26, 40-44, 56-67, 78-88

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Argyropoulos 10, Galloway 24 (2), Penn 6, Fitzpatrick 4, Antonakis 8 (1), Batis 7 (1), El-Amin 13 (1), Pelekoudas, Molfetas 4, Niforas, Oikonomopoulos 2.
PAOK (Markopoulos): Carter 11 (1), Vaughn 16, Odum 7, Saloustros 3 (1), Margaritis 12, Tsochlas 8 (2), Langford 13, Dedas 2, Kakaroudis 3 (1), Charalampidis 13 (1), Liapis, Kottas.

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Cluj-Napoca beat PAOK for Patras Cup

Cluj-Napoca beat PAOK for Patras Cup. PAOK was leading the score by twelve points, 62-50 but in the end the Greek team blacked out and lost by two points.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 50-43, 65-64, 83-85

PAOK BC: Charalampidis 17 (3), Vaughn 12, Margaritis 13 (1), Dedas 3 (1), Langford 4, Tsochlas 8, Kakaroudis 10 (1), Saloustros 7 (1), Odum 9, Liapis, Kottas.
Cluj Napoca: Mandache 13 (3), Jucan 9, Barnette 26 (1), Southall 11, Medvedj 4, Cuic 2, Hargrove 12 (1), Baciu, 6, Lalovic 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 Julian Vaughn

PAOK signed Julian Vaughn. The American played 28 games for KAOD in the Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and had 9.18 points and 5.46 rebounds per game. Vaughn made two double doubles in the previous season, against Aries Trikala with 20 points and 10 rebounds and against Apollon Patras with 25 points and 17 rebounds.