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 Apollon Patras for Basket League twenty second day

PAOK hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. PAOK did not face any problems against Apollon. The visitors made their second defeat in a row but used many new and young players. Alexandros Sigounas in his debut had 8 points and 8 rebounds. Diogenis Gorgonis had 4 points. Andreas Pelekoudas and Christos Koutras played for half minute, gaining experience. Apollon Patras had 1/18 three pointers. For the winners Kevin Langford had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Apollon Tsochlas had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Jake Odum served 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 26-13, 38-20, 49-34, 68-46

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 14 (1), Carter 11 (1), Tsochlas 11 (3), Dedas 4, Margaritis 10 (3), Odum 6, Vaughn 4, Sinadinovic 4, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros, Liapis, Kottas.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Sigounas 8, Skordilis 7, Argyropoulos 14 (1), Batis 2, El-Amin 6, Molfetas 1, Niforas 4, Gorgonis 4, Koutras, Georgallis, Pelekoudas, Fitzpatrick.

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.

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Basket League nineteenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 nineteenth day. PAOK started with a 9-3 run and troubled Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos balanced the game but PAOK with Kevin Langford equalized the score again in the third quarter, 39-39. Then Giankovits and Batista helped their team to create a secure difference until the end. Good game for Vlando Giankovits with 14 points and 5 assists. Nikos Pappas had 12 points, 6 assists and 3 steals, Esteban Batista had 11 points and 9 rebounds, Fotsis with 3 three pointers contributed 11 points and DeMarcus Nelson had 12 points. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Marc Carter had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Dimitris Charitopoulos scored 10 points and collected 6 rebounds, and Tsochlas scored 10 points with 2 three pointers. Panathinaikos played conservative and smart making only 8 turnovers and having 21 assists.
Quarters' scores: 16-16, 39-34, 61-49, 83-69

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Slaughter 1, Bochoridis, Giankovits 14(1), Fotsis 11(3), Nelson 12(1), Pappas 12(1), Mavrokefalidis 9(1), Diamantidis 7, Batista 11, Blums, Lawal 6
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 15(1), Liapis, Carter 17(1), Tsochlas 10(2), Dedas 6(2), Odum 5(1), Vaughn 4, Sinandinov, Charitopoulos 10(1), 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).

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Cup semi finals

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals. Panathinaikos will play in the Greek Cup Final for eleventh consecutive year! The game was tight and PAOK equalized the score in the last minute but with four seconds remaining Panathinaikos managed to make the winning shot with Vlanto Giankovits. Giankovits scored a great buzzer beater and gave his team the ticket to the Cup Final. For the winners Giankovits and Gist scored 13 points each, Slaughter socred 12 points, Batista 11. Gist and Batista collected 7 rebounds each, while Diamantidis served 7 assists. For PAOK Kevin Langford scored 18 points, Christos Saloustros collected 9 rebounds, Margaritis scored 9 points and collected 8 rebounds. Jake Odume missed the last crucial free throws but had 9 points and 7 rebounds. Panathinaikos will probably keep its crown against Apollon Patras in the final but PAOK and Soulis Markopoulos build a great team step by step.
Quarters' scores: 12-17, 27-33, 44-50, 68-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 18, Liapis, Charitopoulos 9, Carter 5(1), Saloustros 4, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 9(1), Odum 9, Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic 6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Blums 1, Slaughter 12(1), Giankovits 13(2), Fotsis 3(1), Nelson, Pappas 8, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 8(1), Gist 13(1), Batista 11.

PAOK beat KAOD for Basket League sixteenth day

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. PAOK was counting five defeats in a row in the domestic and European games but with 10/22 three pointers beat KAOD. For the winners Kevin Langford had 13 points, Vangelis Margaritis had 11 points, Marc Carter and Apollon Tsochlas had 10 points each. Jake Odum collected 8 rebounds, Charitopoulos and Saloustros collected 6 rebounds each. For KAOD the captain Thodoris Zaras had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Obie Trotter had 11 points and 4 assists, Guy Michel Marc had 9 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 37-27, 56-47, 72-64

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 13 (1), Liapis, Carter 10 (2), Tsochlas 10 (2), Dedas 6 (2), Margaritis 11, Odum 8 (1), Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic, Charitopoulos 5 (1), Saloustros 7 (1)
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 2, Trotter 11 (1), Harris, Georgakis, Atkins 8, Odom 6 (2), Michel 9, Zaras 15 (1), Loe 2, Tsaldaris 2, Papamakarios 9 (1).

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 beat Ventspils for Eurocup ninth day

PAOK hosted and beat Ventspils for Eurocup 2014-2015 ninth day. With its fifth victory and the first after three consecutive defeats PAOK qualified to Eurocup round of 32. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 15 points, Marc Carter had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Kostas Kakaroudis and Apollon Tsochlas had 10 points each. JR Bremer scored two points. For Ventspils Davis Lajesmeiers had 17 points with 3/3 three pointers, Akselis Vairogs had 10 points and Mire Chatman had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 14-12, 34-31, 49-47, 76-62

PAOK: Langford 15(3), Liapis 3(1), Carter 13(3), Kakaroudis 10(1), Tsochlas 10(1), Dedas, Margaritis 8, Odum 9(1), Vaughn 6, Bremer 2, Saloustros.
Ventspils: Barnies 4, Lajesmeiers 17(3), Vairogs 10(2), Ate 3, Gulbis 7, Graziulis 2, Chatman 10(2), Meiers 7, Grant 2.

Apollon Patras beat PAOK for Basket League ninth day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League ninth day. Apollon has only one away victory but is undefeated in home. Kevin Galloway returned to good games and PAOK was affected from constant games and the injury of its captain Charalampidis. Apollon Patras dominated the first three quarters and PAOK managed only to lower the difference in the last quarter. Toarlyn Fitzpatrick finished the game with a double double, 23 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Galloway returned to good games with 17 points and 6 assists. Muhammad El-Amin continue the good games with 15 points. Gaios Skordilis had 12 points and 8 rebounds. For PAOK Kevin Langford and Apollon Tsochlas had 16 points each, Vangelis Margaritis had 13 points. Apollon Patras made only 8 turnovers while PAOK had 14.
Quarters' scores: 21-12, 34-25, 62-44, 80-70.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 12, Argyropoulos 1, Galloway 17, Penn, Fitzpatrick 23, Antonakis, Batis, El-Amin 15, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 5, Niforas, Georgalis 7.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 16, Liapis 3, Carter 7, Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 16, Dedas 2, Margaritis 13, Kottas, Odum 6, Vaughn 5, Saloustros 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 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 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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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 Kevin Langford

PAOK signed Kevin Langford. Another player leaves Panionios for PAOK. Langford played 33 games with Panionios for Basket League Greece 2013-2014 averaging 8.21 points and 3.27 rebounds. Langford is a Texas Christian University graduate and had previously played for Paderborn Baskets in Germany, for Debrecen in Hungary, Basket Navarra Club in Spanish Second Division before moving to Greece for Kolossos Rodou and Panionios.

Olympiacos swept Panionios and qualified to the League Finals

Olympiacos swept Panionios and qualified to the Basket League Greece Finals. Panionios played much better than in the first two games. Panionios was leading the score in the second and third quarters and the game finished with equal score in normal time, 79-79. in the extra time Vasilis Spanoulis scored a buzzer beater three pointer and Olympiacos won the game, swept Panionios and qualified for the Basket League Greece Finals. Vasilis Spanoulis was the leader of Olympiacos in score, rebounds and assits with 22, 5 and 5 respectively. Errick McCollum was once more the top scorer of  Panionios with 25 points and Kevin Langford helped with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 10 fouls drawn.
Quarters' scores: 16-16, 39-37, 60-55, 79-79. Extra time: 90-93

Panionios: McCollum 25, Duvnjak 8, Carter 4, Milbourne 17, Athanasoulas 3, Batis 4, Langford 17, Michel 1, Simtsak 6, Saloustros 5.
Olympiacos: Petway, Shermandini 1, Dunston 5, Spanoulis 22, Perperoglou 10, Papapetrou 1, Sloukas 8, Simmons 11, Lojeski 7, Printezis 17, Mantzaris.

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Greek League Play Offs semi-finals

Olympiacos hosted and beat Panionios for Greek Basket League Play Offs semi-finals. Olympiacos didn't face problems against Panionios since the visitors were very poor in three pointers with 4/19. For Olympiacos Mardy Collins scored 16 points, Giorgos Printezis collected 7 rebounds and Vasilis Spanoulis served 6 assists. For Panionios Errick McCollum with 14 points and Kevin Langford with 10 points were the only positive players. Olympiacos made 1-0 in the semi-finals without struggling and Panionios will have to improve in order to be competitive in the Play Offs.
Quarters' scores: 21-15, 43-29, 60-35, 78-43.

Olympiacos: Petway 9, Shermandini 5, Dunston 3, Spanoulis 9, Perperoglou 8, Papapetrou 3, Sloukas 7, Collins 16, Simmons, Lojeski 11, Printezis 7, Mantzaris.
Panionios: McCollum 14, Duvnjak 3, Carter, Milbourne 6, Athanasoulas, Batis, Skordilis, Langford 10, Michel, Simtsak 6, Kyritsis 4, Saloustros.

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Greek League 26th day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Panionios for Greek Basket League 26th day. Olympiacos finished the regular season with a victory against Panionios. In a game with many dunks and three pointers Olympiacos didn't face problems winning the third team of the league table. Bryant Dunston had 12 points and 6 rebounds while Vasilis Spanoulis had 9 points and 5 assists. For Panionios Errick McCollum had 18 points, Christos Saloustros had 5 points and 7 rebounds and Kevin Langford had 13 points.
Quarters' scores: 27-18, 42-38, 63-55, 76-66

Olympiacos: Petway 4, Dunston 12, Spanoulis 9, Perperoglou 2, Sloukas 11, Collins 9, Simmons 4, Lojeski 12, Printezis 7, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 6, Katsivelis.
Panionios: McCollum 18, Duvnjak 6, Carter 4, Milbourne 7, Athanasoulas, Batis 6, Skordilis, Langford 13, Michel 3, Symtsak 2, Kyritsis 2, Saloustros 5.

Panionios beat Apollon Patras for Greek League 25th day

Panionios hosted and smashed Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League 25th day. After Easter break Apollon Patras had a bad game with two terrible quarters and Panionios won easily the game. With partial scores 35-15 in the first and 24-6 in the last quarter Panionios didn't face problems against Apollon Patras. Apollon had 2/24 triples while Panionios had 11/21. Jeremiah Wilson made a double double with 12 poitns and 10 rebounds but was the only positive player of Apollon Patras.
Quarters' scores: 31-15, 40-31, 55-41, 79-47.

Panionios: McCollum 10, Duvnjak 17, Carter 5, Milbourne 11, Athanasoulas 2, Batis 5, Skordilis, Langford 19, Michel, Simtsak 6, Kyritsis 2, Saloustros 2.
Apollon Patras: Ross 11, Argyropoulos 4, Daniel 10, Wilson 12, Lianos 2, Petrovic 5, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Zafeiris 2, Milutinovic, Hot 1.