PAOK defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 16th day

PAOK hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 16th day. Rethymno Aegean started the game more offensive than PAOK and with Kalampokis, Koumpouras and Wright took the lead. PAOK managed to counter attack and took the lead for the rest of the game. PAOK was better in three pointers, 11/20 while Rethymno Aegean had only 6/19. Giorgos Bogris had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Mark Payne 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and DJ Cooper 7 points and 5 assists. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright scored 31 points, Giannis Kalampokis 21 points and Callistus Eziukwu 20 points.

Quarters' scores: 16-23, 45-41, 73-58, 97-90.

PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 9, Tsochlas 5, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 13, Margaritis 13, Kalles 2, Bogris 15, Kaselakis 10, Liapis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos, Wright 31, Kalampokis 21, Kanonidis 2, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 20, Drca, Gabriel 2.

Aries Trikala defeated PAOK for Greek League seventh day

Aries Trikala hosted and defeated PAOK for Greek League seventh day. This was a great victory for Aries Trikala who have won the leading team of the Greek League table. Patrick Ewing Junior scored four points in the first minutes and Aries Trikala made a 6-0 run. First quarter finished with Aries Trikala ahead by 7, 18-11. PAOK didn't balance the game in the second quarter and the first half finished with the two teams having an eleven points difference. Third quarter is the most productive quarter for PAOK in this season but at this game it was destructive. PAOK finished the third quarter 21 points behind Aries Trikala. PAOK players were tired due to many travels for Eurocup and the two extra time in their previous game in Greece. The final score was a big surprise for the Greek League. Aries Trikala dominated the rebounds with 44 collected while making only 7 turnovers. Two players of Aries Trikala finished the game with a double double, Chris Evans with 11 points and 12 rebounds and Patrick Ewing Junior with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Patrick Ewing Junior was rated 33 in the ranking system, a score which can lead to the MVP of the day. Ewing had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and zero turnovers!

Quarters' scores: 18-11,  45-32, 66-45, 87-76.

Aries Trikala:  Evans 11, Perunicic 3, Ewing 22, Giannakidis 8, Petrovic 11, Lekakis, Granger 21, Deligiannis 3, Matalon 6, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Mutakabbir 2.

PAOK: Payne 4, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 13, Tsochlas 8, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 9, Margaritis 17, Kalles, Bogris 8, Kaselakis, Liapis.

PAOK BC roster 2013-2014

PAOK BC roster 2013-2014

#5 Kaselakis Ioannis

#6 Charalampidis Kostas

#8 Vučićević Goran

#9 Tsairelis Michalis

#10 Dedas Giorgos

#11 Margaritis Vaggelis

#14 Kalles Nikos

#17 Liapis Michalis

DJ Cooper

Tsochlas Apollon

Bogris Giorgos

Payne Mark

Coach: Markopoulos Soulis

PAOK won Kozuv Gevgelija in friendly game

PAOK won KK Kozuv Gevgelija in friendly game with 71-67.

Quarters' scores were 23-21, 41-28, 65-45, 71-67.

For PAOK Margaritis led the score with 15 points and Mijajlović for KK Kozuv scored 20 points.

PAOK: Kaselakis 8, Bogris 8, Margaritis 15(1), Tsochlas 2, Tsairelis , Charalampidis 8(1), Dedas 7(1), Liapis 3(1), Cooper 10(2), Payne 11(1).

KK Kozuv: Filipovic 4, Sterjov 4, Karadjovski 4(1), Gocevski 11(3), Pekovic 12(3), Defolt 7(1), Mijajlović 20(4)