Arkadikos sign Dovydas Redikas

Arkadikos sign Dovydas Redikas. The 23 years old Lithuanian guard started his career with Akademija Vilnius in 2008. Redikas has played for Perlas Vilnius, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Barons/LDz, BK Jēkabpils, Vytis Šakiai, and Pieno žvaigdžės Pasvalys. In the previous season he played 22 games with Pieno žvaigdžės Pasvalys averaging 4.3 points per game. Redikas was a member of all Lithuanian youth national teams, and he has won gold medals with all teams, European with U16, U18 and U20 teams, and world with U19 team. Redikas is the second young Lithuanian that plays in A2 League Greece, after Vaidas Kariniauskas who signed with Kymi a year ago.

Korivos sign Ken Brown

Korivos sign Kendrick Shama «Ken» Brown. The 27 years old American guard graduated from Philander Smith College and went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft. Brown started his career in Latvia with Jūrmala, and has also played in Sweden for Norrköping Dolphins, in Poland for MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza, in the Netherlands for Donar Groningen, and in Lithuania for Lietuvos Rytas. With Donar Groninger Brown has recorded a triple double against BS Weert, with 18 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds.

Kifisia agreed terms with Andreas Glyniadakis

Kifisia agreed terms with Andreas Glyniadakis. The 34 years old Greek center was called by Kifisia to replace Dimitris Mavroeidis who moved to AEK. Glyniadakis started his professional career with Panathinaikos and has played for Panellinios, Peristeri, AEK, Maroussi and Olympiacos in Greece. He has won Euroleague twice, in 2000 with Panathinaikos and 2012 with Olympiacos. Glyniadakis was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 58th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, and has played 13 games in the NBA with Seattle SuperSonics and in the NBA D-League with Roanoke Dazzle and Albuquerque Thunderbirds. In Europe he has also played in Kazakhstan with Astana, in Lithuania with Lietuvos Rytas, in Turkey with Royal Halı Gaziantep, and he started this season in Switzerland for Lions de Genève.

Panathinaikos defeated Lietuvos Rytas for Euroleague

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Lietuvos Rytas for Euroleague. This was the first home game in Athens, Greece for Panathinaikos, after playing the first two games in Heraklion and Nicosia. Lietuvos Rytas had defeated Panathinaikos in the first round and played well but couldn't win second time. Jonas Mačiulis was great again against the team from Lithuania. James Gist was the leader of Panathinaikos with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals. For Lietuvos Jelovac scored 19 points and Gecevicius 17 points while Cook, Glyniadakis and Songaila didn't contribute much to the game.

Quarters' scores: 16-18, 25-38, 50-46, 80-72.

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Panathinaikos: Bramos, Curry 6, Batiste 4, Fotsis 9, Ukić 5, Mavrokefalidis 5, Diamantidis 9, Gist 24, Pappas 2, Giankovits, Mačiulis 16.

Lietuvos Rytas: Tepić 6, Babrauskas, Palacios 6, Seibutis 15, Glyniadakis 2, Gecevicius 17,
Orelik, Cook 3, Songaila 4, Jelovac 19.

Panathinaikos lost by Lietuvos Rytas at Euroleague day one

Lietuvos Rytas hosted and defeated Panathinaioks in Vilnius, Lithuania for the first day of Euroleague 2013-2014. Two players of Lietuvos Rytas have previously played for Panathinaikos, Andreas Glyniadakis and Milenko Tepić. Mike Bramos stayed back in Athens. Lietuvos was the last team to participate in Euroleague after qualification games and during preparation won Aris. Gist scored the first points for Panathinaikos and was the main scored for his team in the first quarter. Lietuvos led the score by scoring three points and free throws and created a difference of six points 17-11. Panathinaikos than ran a 8-0 score with Ukić and Mavrokefalidis. The Greek center had a good first quarter in offense and defense. Panathinaikos low accuracy in three points and Lietuvos Rytas just one turnover were the stat highlights of the quarter. Mike Batiste reached 10 points, Ukić 4 assists while Omar Cook had 8 points and 4 assists in the first half. The third quarter started from zero. Panathinaikos didn't improve its accuracy and turnovers so Lietuvos Rytas gained a small difference of 4 points in the first five minutes of the third quarter but Panathinaikos managed to finish the quarter leading the score. Dimitris Diamantidis had 1/7 three points shots, 0/2 free throws but on the other hand he served 7 assists and scored 4 points in the last 20 seconds, leading the game to extra time. Andreas Glyniadakis made 3 fouls and 1 block in seven minutes but didn't score. Seibutis had a weird game with 4/4 three points shots and 2/7 two points shots. In the extra time Panathinaikos ran a quick 4-0 with Mačiulis and Ukić. But then Lietuvos Rytas ran a 6-0 with Babrauskas scoring 5 points and Darius Songaila scoring one free throw but missing three in a row. 21 seconds before the end Gist with a dunk made the score 82-83. Renaldas Seibutis scored 5.5 seconds before the end and the score changed to 84-83. Argyris Pedoulakis called a time out for Panathinaikos' last offense of 5 seconds. Ukić missed a three points shot and the ball was out for Panathinaikos at 0.4 seconds. Mike Batiste lost the last shot and Panathinaikos lost the game by 84-83.
Quarters' scores: 25-25, 42-42, 59-60, 74-74. Extra time: 84-83

Panathinaikos: Curry 12, Batiste 12, Fotsis 3, Ukić 8, Lasme 4, Mavrokefalidis 10, Diamantidis 6,
Gist 10, Pappas 5, Giankovits, Mačiulis 13.

Lietuvos Rytas: Tepić 6, Babrauskas 10, Palacios 12, Seibutis 19, Glyniadakis, Gecevicius 7,
Orelik, Lideka, Cook 10, Bendzius, Songaila 13, Jelovac 7

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aris BC in Domreiter Cup

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aris BC in Domreiter Cup with 86-76. For Lietuvos the Greek center Andreas Glyniadakis scored 9 points in first half and helped his team to win Aris. For Aris BC Mihalis Pelekanos scored 20 points, Asimakopoulos 15 points and Vezenkov 14 points.

Aris BC will participate in Domreiter Cup 2013

Aris BC from Thessaloniki will participate in Domreiter Cup 2013.

The friendly tournament will take place in Stechert Arena, third biggest arena in Bavaria, on 20-22 September. Hosting team will be Germany Basketball Champion Brose Baskets Bamberg and the other two teams will be Banvit from Turkey and Lietuvos Rytas from Lithuania. Banvit's new coach is the Greek Dimitris Itoudis so the game between the Turkish and the Greek team will have extra interest.