Aris beat Aries Trikala for Greek League 25th day

Aris hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 25th day. Aries Trikala was competitive only for one quarter and with less than half the rebounds of Aris couldn't expect anything from the game. Aris collected 46 rebounds against 22 rebounds of Aries Trikala. Lefteris Bochoridis made a career record with 20 points, marking a great week for him with declaration for the NBA Draft.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 46-28, 64-44, 88-57.

Aris: Bochoridis 20, Hunt 3, Pelekanos 11, Gikas 14, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos, Charisis 13, Laretzakis 5, Vezenkov 7, Sarikopoulos 7, Mourtos 8.
Aries Trikala: Evans 12, Perunicic 2, Ewing 6, Giannakidis 3, Petrovic 5, Porrini 13, Sapp, Deligiannis 9, Matalon, Fountas, Panos 4, Nikolopoulos 3.

Apollon Patras lost by Aries Trikala for Greek League 22nd day

Apollon Patras hosted Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In the first round game Trikala won by 3 points Apollon Patras in the first game between two teams for the Greek League. Apollon Patras was better in the first half, with high accuracy in both field gols and three pointers, while Aries Trikala had 2/12 three pointers. Aries Trikala with Mario Matalon improved in the third quarter lowered the difference to 5 points, 50-45. Fourth quarter started again with a goal foul by Matalon which lowered the difference to 2 points. Apollon Patras replied with a 5-0 run and then Trikala's coach was charged with a technical foul. That technical foul worked as a shock for Aries Trikala that made a 14-0 run with Mike Porrini and Patrick Ewing and took the lead of the score. Stefan Perunicic with two three pointers secured the victory for his team and Mario Matalon gave his team a two digits difference. This was the first away victory for Aries Trikala. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and Lenny Daniel 8 points and 10 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Stefan Perunicic and Patrick Ewing Jr had 14 points each, Chris Evans 13 points and Marios Matalon 11 points. Patrick Ewing Jr made another double double since he collected 11 rebounds too while Chris Evans had 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-16, 40-28, 50-45, 67-74

Apollon Patras: Ross 10, Argyropoulos 1, Kaperonis, Daniel 8, Wilson 20, Lianos 7, Petrovic 6, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris 1, Milutinovic 11, Hot 3.
Aries Trikala: Evans 13, Perunicic 14, Ewing 14, Giannakidis, Petrovic, Porrini 7, Sapp 5, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 11, Fountas, Panos 1, Nikolopoulos 2. 

Aries Trikala beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 21st day

Aries Trikala hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 21st day. Rethymno Aegean had won the first round game by only two points. Aries Trikala had 9/10 field goals in the first quarter while Rethymno Aegean had 1/7 so the home team was leading the score with 26-14. First half finished with Aries Trikala leading by 12 points and Rethmyno Aegean having poor accuracy in shots, 6/19 field goals and 4/12 three pointers. Rethymno improved in three pointers in the second half but was still poor in field goals. Besides first quarter all the rest were balanced with partial scores: 14-14, 17-17, 18-18, so the first quarter was the crucial quarter of the game. Chris Evans was the top player of the game and finished the game with a double double 25 points, 12 rebounds. Mike Porrini had 2 points but 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Christos Deligiannis had 11 points with 4/5 field gols and 3/3 free throws. For Rethymno Aegean Damir Latovic had 13 points, Derek Wright 11 points and 8 assists. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 16 rebounds, collecting 14 out of 27 defensive rebounds of his team.
Quarters' scores: 26-14, 40-28, 57-45, 75-63.

Aries Trikala: Evans 25, Perunicic 3, Ewing 12, Giannakidis 6, Petrovic 6, Spanos 8, Porrini 2, Sap, Deligiannis 11, Matalon 2, Fountas, Nikolopoulos.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 8, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 11, Kalampokis 7, Kanonidis 3, Sinis 3, Latovic 13, Eziukwu, Drča 8, Gabriel 10.

Aries Trikala beat Ilisiakos for Greek League 17th day

Aries Trikala hosted and beat Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 17th day. In a crucial game for each team in order to avoid relegation Aries Trikala won by one point and took an advantage against Ilisiakos. Ilisiakos started the game more focused and was leading the score in the first half. Aries Trikala counter attacked and with Patrick Ewing Junior having a great game took the lead in the third quarter but Ilisiakos balanced the game in the last quarter. The victory went to Aries Trikala in the end with a three pointer from Marios Matalon and free throws of Patrick Ewing Junior. This was the sixth home win for Aries Trikala. Ilisiakos tried but made 26 turnovers in the game. Patrick Ewing Junior finished the game with 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn. Chris Evans had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists. For Ilisiakos DJ Stephens tried his best with a double double of 16 points and 15 rebounds. Nikos Chatzis had 14 points. Courtney Pigram scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 turnovers and Jessie Sapp 3 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in their debut in the league.
Quarters' scores: 17-18, 28-41, 70-64, 88-87.

Aries Trikala: Evans 16, Perunicic 5, Ewing 27, Giannakidis, Petrovic 6, Porrini 8, Sapp 3, Deligiannis 4, Matalon 5, Fountas, Nikolopoulos 14, Georgakis.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 7, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 7, Chatzis 14, Dorkofikis 11, Stephens 16, Vavatsikos 2, Ioannou 10, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 9, Pigram 11.

Aries Trikala signed Michael Porrini

Aries Trikala signed Michael Porrini. Mike Porrini is Kent State college graduate where he was teammate with Chris Evans, who will meet again at Trikala. In the last season Porrini was playing in the second league of Turkey for Gelisim, 32 games with 13,8 points, 6,8 rebounds and 4,6 assists per game in average.