Panathinaikos beat Aris for Basket League twenty third day

Panathinaikos beat Aris for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. Panathinaikos did not face problems against Aris, but the game was between Nikos Pappas (17 points, 7 rebounds) and Aleksandar Vezenkov (11 points and 11 rebounds). Pasalic and Diamantidis served 4 assists each, Giankovits made 3 steals, Drew Naymick made 4 blocks. Aris collected only 3 offensive rebounds and 13 rebounds less than Panathinaikos.
Quarters' scores: 14-17, 23-38, 39-59, 56-72

Aris: Pasalic 2, Dimas, Reed 9(1), Thomas 6(2), Poulianitis 2, Charisis 2, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 11(1), Naymick 8, Mourots 9(1), Simtsak, Adegboye 7(1).
Panathinaikos: Slaughter 4, Bochoridis, Giankovits 8(2), Fotsis, Nelson 6, Pappas 17(3), Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 11(3), Gist 4, Batista 10, Blums 8(2), Lawal 2.

Aris beat Panionios for Basket League twenty first day

Aris hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. Panionios had one last chance to avoid relegation but Aris was loose only for one quarter. Aleksandar Vezenkov was once more the leader of Aris with 21 points and 9 rebounds. This time Drew Naymick made a double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Muhamed Pašalić had 11 points and 7 assists. Panionios had 11/26 three pointers but also had 12 rebounds less than Aris. Justin Tubbs had 23 points and 5 rebounds, William Coleman had 6 points and 9 rebounds, and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 9 points and 6 assists. Unfortunately for the Greek Basketball Panionios is only one defeat away from relegation. On the other hand Aris is back on good times and remains third in the league table.
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 38-22, 50-40, 67-63

Aris: Pasalic 11(3), Reed, Thomas 9(2), Poulianitis, Karathanasis 4, Vezenkov 21(3), Naymick 11(11ρ), Mourtos 4, Simtsak 2, Adegboye 5(1)
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 9(3), Verginis 12(3), Spyropoulos, Strnand 3(1), Bilis, Stamatis 2, Achelin, Coleman 6, Korolev 8(1), Tubbs 23(3).

Kolossos Rodou beat Aris for Basket League twentieth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Aris for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twentieth day. Kolossos won another game in the last second, this time in extra time.
Quarters' scores: 18-21, 31-34, 51-48, 70-70. ET: 78-77.

Kolossos Rodou (Lycogiannis): Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 12 (1), Waters 25 (2), Manolopoulos 6 (2), Smith 6, Stefanidis, Linden 3 (1), Scott 16 (4), Hagins 7, Robinson 3 (1).
Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 12 (2), Reed 10 (2), Thomas 9 (1), Poulianitis, Charisis 2, Vezenkov 19 (3), Naymick 3, Mourtos, Simtsak 5, Adegboye 17 (2).

Apollon Patras beat Aris for Basket League sixteenth day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Aris for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day. The game was tight for three quarters but in the last one Aris' defence collapsed and Apollon Patras scored 30 points. Apollon Patras made only 4 turnovers, a perfect game. For the winners Muhammad El-Amin scored 20 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Kevin Galloway had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Gaios Skordillis with 11 points and 9 rebounds missed a double double. Brandon Penn had 17 points but with 1/6 three pointers. For Aris Muhamed Pašalić and Aleksandar Vezenkov had 18 points each with Vezenkov also having 9 rebounds. Drew Naymick had 8 rebounds and made 5 blocks!  Ogo Adegboye had 7 points with 1/6 three pointers. Another home victory for Apollon Patras, a break for Aris' winning streak.
Quarters' scores: 17-13, 28-23, 46-40, 76-60

Apollon Patras: Skordilis 11, Argyropoulos, Galloway 12, Penn 17, Fitzpatrick 14, Antonakis, Batis 2, El-Amin 20, Molfetas, Georgalis.
Aris: Pasalic 18, Reed 2, Charisis, Karathanos 2, Vezenkov 18, Naymick 7, Mourtos 6, Symtsak, Adegboye 7.

Panathinaikos beat Aris for Basket League tenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Aris for Basket League tenth day. Panathinaikos played without Dimitris Diamantidis and Aris took advantage of it and was leading the score by 14-19 in the first quarter. Nikos Pappas entered the court and with a 10-0 run gave his team the scoring lead. Panathinaikos was keeping the lead from 15 points, 68-53, to 5 points, 74-69, and won the game. For Panathinaikos Nikos Pappas had 23 points, Jānis Blūms had 14 points, Vlantimir Giankovits had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Esteban Batista made another double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 19 points and 6 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 12 points and 6 assists, LeMarcus Reed had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 5 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 24-19, 46-35, 61-51, 76-69

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 6, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 9, Fotsis 3, Pappas 23, Mavrokefalidis, Gist 4, Batista 12 (10ρ), Blums 14, Wright.
Aris: Pasalic 12, Gikas, Reed 13, Thomas 10, Vezzenkov 19, Naymick 5, Mourtos 2, Symtsak 2, Adegboye 6.

Aris beat AEK for Basket League ninth day

Aris hosted AEK for Basket League ninth day. Aris started better than AEK and finished the first quarter with a double score lead. In the second quarter AEK improved and the first half finished with the visitors only five behind in score. Milosevic was leading AEK in the first half with the team having poor accuracy in three pointers. Aris broadened its lead in the third quarter and won the game by 11 points. For Aris Muhamed Pašalić had 19 points, Torey Thomas had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Aleksandras Vezenkov had 15 points and 3 assists. For AEK Milan Milošević had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Garett Williamson had 15 points and 3 assists. Carl English made a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Aris had 14/30 three pointers while AEK had 5/21.
Quarters' scores: 23-11, 41-36, 67-52, 86-75.

Aris: Pasalic 19, Manolopoulos, Gikas 4, Reed 5, Thomas 17, Charisis 4, Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 15, Naymick 6, Mourtos 4, Simtsak, Adegboye 10.
AEK: Delininkaitis 7, Sakota 11, Kaselakis, Polytarchou, Kamperidis, Williamson 15, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos, Athinaiou 8, Milosevic 19, English 15, Nikolic.

Panionios beat Aris for Basket League eighth day

Panionios hosted and beat Aris for Basket League eighth day. Luke Hancock had a massive first quarter with 5/5 field goals, 1/1 free throws and with 13 points led Panionios.Panionios kept this small lead in the whole game and beat Aris easier than expected. This was the second win in a row for Panionios, after six defeats, but it was the first against a strong opponent. For the winners Luke Hancock finished the game with 24 points, Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Tony Woods had 8 points and 6 rebounds, William Coleman had 6 rebounds and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 4 assists. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 8 points and 6 assists. Panionios had 7 turnovers in the whole game and none in the third quarter but also collected only 3 offensive rebounds in total.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 37-31, 59-47, 71-65

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 2, Petropoulos, Verginis 7(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnand 12(3), Stamatis, Woods 8, Coleman 4, Korolev 10(1), Pruitt 4, Hancock 24(5)
Aris: Pasalic 8(2), Gikas 3(1), Reed 11(1), Thomas 8(1), Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 14(2), Naymick 11, Mourtos 5, Symtsak 2, Adegboye 1.

Korivos Amaliadas beat Aris for Basket League sixth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat Aris for Basket League sixth day. With Pasalic, Reed and Thomas Aris started the game with a 4-20 score in the first five minutes. Pasalic had 8 points with 3/3 shots and 1/1 free throw in the first quarter. Korivos Amaliadas improved in the second quarter and approached Aris. In the half time Rob Lowery had 15 points, Guillem Rubio had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 17 points and Torey Thomas had 11 points! In the second half the home team counter attacked. First it lowered the difference to three points in the third quarter and won the game in the end by four points. Korivos had 24/33 free throws and 45 rebounds! Great victory for Korivos Amaliadas who managed not to collapse after a very bad first quarter. Great game by Rob Lowery who had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks! Sasa Vasiljevic added 15 points, Guille Rubio had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 rebounds, 6 points and 4 blocks. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Muhamed Pasalic had 19 points but only 2 points in the second half, Torey Thomas had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-25, 41-45, 55-58, 73-69.

Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 19, Giannakidis 3, Aggelopoulos 3, Papapetrou, Davis 4, Vasiljevic 15, Kanonidis 6, Filippakos, Garrett 6, Rubio 15, Archimandritis.
Aris: Pasalic 19, Manolopoulos, Reed 7, Thomas 11, Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 23, Naymick, Mourtos, Symtsak 6, Adegboye 3.

Aris beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifth day

Aris hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifth day in a game without fans. Aris was leading the game with ease but in the end Nea Kifisia tried to steal the victory with Uros Duvnjak. Aris had 12/27 three pointers but also made 17 turnovers. For the winners Aleksandar Vezenkov had 16 points, Ogo Adegboye had 13 points and 4 assists, Drew Naymick had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Nikola Pešaković had 16 points and 5 rebounds, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Panagiotis Kafkis had 12 points and 4 assists, Uros Duvnjak had 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-14, 43-31, 61-51, 83-80

Aris : Pasalic 9(2), Manolopoulos, Gikas 3(1), Reed 8(1), Thomas 8(2), Vezenkov 16(3), Naymick 10, Mourtos 5(1), Symtsak 11, Adegboye 13(2).
Nea Kifisia: Remecun 5, Kafkis 12(2), Ewing, Liakopoulos 6, Pesakovic 16(4), Mavroeidis 12, Psathas 8, Kakiouzis 4, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 13(2), Davis 4.

Aris beat Apollon Patras for Basket League third day

Aris hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League third day. Apollon Patras troubled Aris and was following close in score but Aris never lost the lead and with nine players with score won the game by five points. For Aleksandar Vezenkov had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Ogo Adegboye had 12 points and Muhamed Pasalic had 10 points. For Apollon Patras Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 21 points and 10 rebounds while Marios Batis had 15 points.
Quarters' scores: 20-17, 39-32, 51-41, 69-64

Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 10, Gikas 3, Reed 8, Charisis 4, Vezenkov 13, Naymick 8, Mourtos 4, Simtsak 7, Adegboye 12.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Argyropoulos 3, Galloway 8, Penn 6, Fitzpatrick 21, Antonakis, Batis 15, El-Amin 4, Pelekoudas 7, Molfetas.

Nea Kifisia beat Aris for Greek Cup

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Aris for Greek Cup round three. The home team based on the experience of Michalis Kakiouzis and Dimitris Mavroeidis won Aris who got score by Muhamed Pašalić, Reed and Thomas but not from Vezenkov as expected. Torey Thomas lost the last shot and the chance for an extra time and Nea Kifisia qualified to the quarter finals of the Greek Basketball Cup.
Quarters' scores: 21-22, 40-38, 54-55, 73-69

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Tsaldaris 5 (1), Kafkis 2, Ewing 7, Liakopoulos, Duvnjak 11 (1), Pesakovic 10 (2), Mavroeidis 12 (8 rebs), Psathas 4, Davis 5, Kakiouzis 17 (9 rebs).
Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 14 (4), Manolopoulos 2, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 4, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 16, Charisis, Vezenkov 9, Naymick 5.

Aris beat Lukoil in friendly game

Aris beat Lukoil in friendly game. Lukoil Academic was leading the score with ease for more than three quarters but Aris managed to counter attack in the last quarter and won a tight game.
Quarters' scores: 19-27, 43-53, 57-68, 86-85.

Aris BC: Thomas 17 (2), Naymick 9, Vezenkov 12 (1), Reed 19 (3), Pašalić 14 (3), Mourtos 2, Gikas 5 (1), Charisis 2, Simtsak 3, Manolopoulos 3 (1), Poulianitis.
Lukoil Academic: Iliev, Carry 10 (2), Smith 4, Minkov 13 (3), Banev 6, Francis 2, Thomas 16, Veselinov 11 (3), Larson 9, Grozev 14 (3).

Aris beat KAOD in friendly game

Aris beat KAOD in the first friendly game of the season for both teams. KAOD started much better and was leading the score by 7-22 in the first quarter but Aris counter attacked and made a 19-0 run in the second half, winning the game by 7 points.
Quarters' scores: 7-22, 34-42, 55-46, 64-57.

Aris (Kamperidis): Thomas 12 (1), Gikas 2, Poulianitis, Pašalić 8 (2), Mourtos 6 (1), Reed 5 (1), Vezenkov 16 (1), Manolopoulos 8 (2), Naymick 3, Simtsak 2, Flionis 2, Charisis.
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 5, Vasojevic 2, Johnson 7 (1), Georgakis 2, Atkins 7 (1), Odom 13, Spyridonidis 5 (1), Zaras 7 (1), Loe , Chrysikopoulos 9 (1).

Aris BC roster 2014-2015

Aris BC roster 2014-2015

Drew Naymick
Muhamed Pašalić
Torey Thomas
Giannis Karathanasis
Vasilis Simtsak
LeMarcus Reed
Tassos Dimas
Stelios Poulianitis
Kostas Charisis
Aleksandar Vezenkov
Spyros Mourtos

Head coach: Dimitris Priftis

*On December 22nd Sotiris Manolopoulos left the club.
*On January 2015 Nikos Gikas left the club.

Aris signed Muhamed Pašalić

Aris signed Muhamed Pašalić who returns to Thessaloniki after a year in France for Champagne Chalons-Reims. The Bosnian started his career in KK Bosna where he played for four years. Then he moved to Greece and played a year for Kavala and a year for Aris BC. He is a member of the Bosnian national team.