Liakopoulos and Karampoulas renew with Faros

Nikos Liakopoulos and Vangelis Karampoulas renew with Faros. The team announced that the two Greek players will continue with the team.

Greek players moving to A2 division

In the previous season A2 division attracted many Greek players from the Basket League. The teams of the Greek countryside have money to offer in order to sign experienced players and fight for promotion to the big league. In this transfer period Promitheas signed Steve Panos from Aries Trikala, and Fanis Koumpouras from Rethymno Aegean. Faros signed Liakopoulos from Nea Kifisia, Aggelopoulos from Korivos Amaliadas, and Karampoulas from Kavala.

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League twenty second day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. Nea Kifisia was leading the game in the first half. The visitors began with an 11-2 run but in the second half Vincent Council and Fanis Koumpouras balanced the score. Rethymno Aegean created a secure difference, 57-47. In the last seconds Nea Kifisia approached to 60-58, but could not steal the victory. For the winners Damian Hollis in his debut was the top scorer with 12 points (9/10 free throws). Faye had 0/5 three pointers but scored 8 points, collected 6 rebounds and served 4 assists. Roeland Schaftenaar collected 6 rebounds, Fanis Koumpouras scored 11 points. Vincent Council scored 12 points, won 7 fouls and made 5 turnovers. For Nea Kifisia Mavroeidis scored 16 points, Nikos Barlos collected 7 rebounds, and Nikos Liakopoulos served 7 assists. Nea Kifisia made 21 turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 10-15, 23-27, 44-43, 63-58

Rethymno Aegean: Schizas 3(1), Koumpouras 11(1), Schaftenaar 2, Council 12, Allen 4, Kalampokis 9(1), Faye 8, Chilaris, Kravic 2, Hollis 12(1).
Nea Kifisia: Silas 7(1), Covington, Liakopoulos 5, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 16, Psathas, Melissaratos, Anderson 4, Duvnjak 11(2), Davis 6, Barlos 9().

Nea Kifisia beat Aries Trikala for Basket League twenty first day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. Nea Kifisia returned to good games and victories and secured the points advantage against Aries Trikala. Aries Trikala were disappointing in three pointers with just 3/20. For the winners Duvnjak had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Barlos had 13 points, Xavier Silas had 14 points with 4/5 field goals, Mavroeidis had 14 points with 6/9 field goals. For Aries Trikala Mike Hall made a double double with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Alex Harris had 15 points, Slaven Cupkovic had 10 points and 8 rebounds, Justin Ingram served 6 assists.
Quarters' scores: 22-12, 47-33, 64-50, 81-72

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 14(2), Liakopoulos 10, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 14, Psathas 11(1), Melissaratos 1, Anderson 2, Duvnjak 12(2), Davis 4, Barlos 13(1), Vasilopoulos.
Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 6(1), Nikolopoulos, Tracey 4, Harris 15(1), Cupkovic 10(1), Panos 6, Spanos, Matalon 6, Varytimiadis, Houhoumis 2, Alexander 7, Hall 16.

Nea Kifisia signed Kevind Anderson

Nea Kifisia signed Kevind Anderson. The 27 years old American returns to Greece since he played for Ilisiakos in the previous season and he was named MVP of the eleventh and thirteenth day. Ilisiakos released the player in January 2014 after 14 games that he averaged 14.3 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game. Anderson will replace Nikos Liakopoulos who is injured, but he remains in the club.

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League sixteenth day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Panelefsiniakos started better but Nea Kifisia balanced the game and it seemed like an easy victory. In the last quarter with a 9-22 run Panelefsiniakos tried to steal the victory but Markovic made a turnover in the last offence and did not complete it. For Nea Kifisia Cade Davis had 16 points, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Nikos Liakopoulos collecteed 6 rebounds and Uros Duvnjak served 4 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Giannis Athanasoulas had 16 points and 5 assists, Kurt Looby collected 13 rebounds, Elijah Johnson had 13 points. Nikola Markovic made a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds but made 6 turnovers and had 2/9 field goals.
Quarters' scores: 20-22, 36-32, 59-47, 68-67

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 6, Liakopoulos 9, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 15, Psathas 4, Melissaratos 7, Duvnjak 11, Davis 16, Barlos, Vasilopoulos
Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Cox, Mitrovic, Vasilopoulos Fotis 10, Looby 9, Athanasoulas 16, Markovic 12, Dorkofikis 3, Johnson 13, Avramidis, Simpson 4.

KAOD beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League eleventh day

Nea Kifisia hosted KAOD for Basket League eleventh day. In a tight game KAOD was looking for its first road victory and Nea Kifisia wanted to recover from cup elimination. Nea Kifisia was led the score of the first quarter but KAOD balanced the game. Cade Davis with 15 points and Rod Odom with 12 points were leading their teams in the first half. KAOD with 21-11 partial score in the third quarter took the lead of the game and made its first road victory against Nea Kifisia. Manolis Papamakarios was focused in the last minute and with his seven points in a row gave his team the victory. Papamakarios scored a crucial three pointer and had 4/4 free throws. The home team seemed affected by the recent cup elimination. For Nea Kifisia Cade Davis had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Giannis Psathas had 10 points and 8 rebounds. For KAOD Rod Odom had 20 points and 6 rebounds, Manolis Papamakarios had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Eric Atkins had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 35-35, 45-56, 78-79.

Nea Kifisia: Remecun, Kafkis 4, Liakopoulos 8, Popovic 6, Pesakovic 6, Mavroeidis 5, Psathas 10, Melissaratos 3, Kakiouzis 7, Tsaldaris 2, Duvnjak 10, Davis 17.
KAOD: Slaftsakis 6, Trotter 6, Johnson 3, Atkins 11, Odom 20, Spyridonidis, Michel 4, Zaras 7, Loe 4, Papamakarios 18.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day

PAOK hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League tenth day. PAOK was low in the League table but the team improves steadily. Nea Kifisia started better the game and was leading the score in the first quarter but PAOK counter attacked and controlled the rest of the game. For PAOK Julian Vaughn had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Kostas Kakaroudis and Apollon Tsochlas had 13 points each, with Kakaroudis and Marc Carter having 4 assists each. JR Bremer had 11 points in 24 minutes. For Nea Kifisia Nikola Pesakovic had 15 points, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. Nikos Liakopoulos had 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn. Great victory for PAOK after the qualification in Eurocup's round of 32.
Quarters' scores: 12-13, 37-31, 59-42, 78-67

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 5, Liapis, Carter 8 (1), Kakaroudis 13, Tsochlas 13 (3), Dedas 2, Margaritis 2, Odum 9 (1), Vaughn 15, Bremer 11 (2), Saloustros.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Remecun, Kafkis 2, Liakopoulos 7, Popovic 3, Pesakovic 15 (3), Mavroeidis 11, Melisaratos  7, Kakiouzis 2, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 6 (1), Davis 6, Barlos 8 (2)

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League ninth day

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League ninth day. Rethymno Aegean took early the lead with 8-19 and kept it until the end. Nea Kifisia's defence faced problems against Vincent council and Trevis Simpson. Rethymno Aegean made its sixth victory in nine games and have a great season until now. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Mavroeidis had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Nikola Pešaković had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Nikos Liakopoulos, Dimitris Tsaldaris and Michalis Kakiouzis had 8 points each. For Rethymno Aegean Vincent Council made a double double with 22 points and 10 assists! Trevis Simpson had 14 points, Mouhammad Faye had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Dejan Kravic had 14 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 15-22, 33-40, 47-58, 64-74

Nea Kifisia: Kafkis, Ewing 3, Liakopouls 8(2), Pesakovc 9, Mavroeidis 16, Psathas, Kakiouzis 8(1), Tsaldaris 8, Duvnjak 2, Davis 4(1), Barlos 6.
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 14(2), Schizas, Koumpouras 2, Council 22(1), Allen 8(1), Kalampokis, Faye 12, Sinis, Chilaris, Kravic 14, Alihodzic 2.

Nea Kifisia beat Aries Trikala for Basket League eighth day

Aries Trikala hosted Nea Kifisia for Basket League eighth day. The home team took the lead in score by 10-5 and 13-7 but Nea Kifisia counter attacked and finished first quarter ahead by 7 points, 21-28. Adnan Hodžić had 10 points in the first quarter. Nea Kifisia preserved the score difference until the end and beat Trikala in their home for second year in a row. Aries Trikala have the best offense of the Basket League but also have the second worse defense of the League so they count three consecutive home defeats. For the home team Adnan Hodžić had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Justin Ingram had 17 points, Nate Bowie had 13 points and 6 assists. For the winners all players scored. Dimitris Mavroeidis had 17 points, Dimitris Tsaldaris had 15 points, Nikos Barlos had 14 points, Uros Duvnjak had 13 points. Nikos Liakopoulos had 8 assists, 6 points and 4 rebounds. Patrick Ewing Junior had 8 points against his previous team.
Quarters' scores: 21-28, 40-50, 56-72, 89-96.

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 17 (2), Nikolopoulos, Tracey 10 (2), Bowie 13 (2), Cupkovic 9 (1), Pano 2, Spanos 3, Matalon 7 (1), Kadji 8, Hodžić 20.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Remecun 2, Kafkis 2, Ewing 8, Liakopoulos 6, Popovic, Mavroeidis 17, Kakiouzis 9, Tsaldaris 15 (2), Duvnjak 13 (2), Davis 10 (3), Barlos 14 (2).

Nea Kifisia beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League sixth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Nea Kifisia for Basket League sixth day. The home team troubled Nea Kifisia's defense that made five fouls in the first four minutes of the game while Kolossos had zero. First quarter finished with the home team leading the score but in the second quarter Nea Kifisia improved and tightened its defence. In a balanced third quarter Nea Kifisia preserved a secure difference. Kolossos Rodou did not manage to counter attack and Nea Kifisia won the game returning to victories. Another great game and a double double by Dimitris Mavroeidis with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Uros Duvnjak was the top scorer with 19 points and Nikos Liakopoulos had 10 points and 7 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Jamelle Hagins had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and Mike James had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-17, 34-42, 50-59, 64-73.

Kolosos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Laretzakis, Siologkas, Kareem 7, James 11, Smith, Stefanidis 7, Liden 2, Tsamis 8, Hagins 20, Kanichis, Buljan 9.
Nea Kifisia: Remecun 2, Kafkis 4, Liakopoulos 10, Popovic, Pesakovic 12, Mavroeidis 15, Psathas 2, Kakiouzis 7, Tsaldaris 2, Duvnjak 19, Davis, Barlos.

Nea Kifisia beat Apollon Patras for Basket League fourth day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League fourth day. Nea Kifisia continued with impressive victories and remains in the top of the League table. With Michalis Kakiouzis making a double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds and 10 of its players scoring the home team won Apollon Patras who had its foreign players in a bad day. Besides Kakiouzis for Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos had 8 points and 4 assists, Cade Davis had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Giannis Psathas had 8 crucial points and Uros Duvnjak had 5 points and 5 rebounds. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 22 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 7 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Penn had 0/7 three pointers but also had 8 rebounds. Kevin Galloway didn't score and Apollon Patras' coach Vetoulas charged him for not being focused in the game.
Quarters' scores: 22-17, 41-27, 55-41, 63-54.

Nea Kifisia: Remecun 5, Kafkis, Ewing 2, Liakopoulos 8, Pesakovic 2, Mavroeidis 6, Psathas 8, Kakiouzis 12, Tsaldaris 5(1), Duvnjak 5, Davis 10(1).
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 10, Galloway, Penn 7, Fitzpatrick 7(1), Antonakis, Batis 8(2), El-Amin 22(2), Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas. 

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League third day

Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League third day. With Dimitris Mavroeidis making a double double with 20 points and 12 rebounds and the 38 years old Michalis Kakiouzis scoring 16 points and collecting 6 rebounds Nea Kifisia beat Panelefsiniakos in Elefsina and continued its winning streak. For Panelefsiniakos only Frank Robinson with 18 points and 6 rebounds and Nikola Markovic with 13 points were a threat for Nea Kifisia's defense. For Nea Kifisia besides Mavroeidis and Kakiouzis, Nikos Liakopoulos with 11 points, Dimitris Tsaldaris with 10 points and Cade Davis with 7 rebounds were in a good day.
Quarters' scores: 17-27, 38-42, 47-65, 68-79

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 2, Robinson 18(1), Vasilopoulos 3(1), Marrey 8, Athanasoulas 6(1), Markovic 13(2), Dorkofikis 8(2), Ioannou 7, Johnson 3, Kalles. 
Nea Kifisia: Remekoun 2, Kafkis 4, Ewing 1, Liakopoulos 11(1), Popovic, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 20(12r), Psathas 4, Kakiouzis 16(2), Tsaldaris 10(3), Duvnjak 8(1), Davis 3(1).

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia in friendly game

Rethymno Aegean beat Nea Kifisia in friendly game. In another home friendly game for Nea Kifisia but this time could not win. For Rethymno Aegean Trevis Simpson scored 18 points and Giannis Sinis 20 points. For Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos scored 10 and Michalis Kakiouzis scored 12 points but all players scored.
Quarters' scores: 10-14, 25-30, 41-43, 62-66

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Jackson 6 , Kafkis 6, Liakopoulos 10 (1), Popovic, Pesakovic 8 (2), Mavroeidis 1, Kakiouzis 12 (1), Tsaldaris 5 (1), Duvnjak 4, Ewing 4, Davis 6 (1).
Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 18 (4), Koumpouras 8 (1), Fitzpatrick 7 (1), Council 8, Kalampokis 8, Faye 1, Sinis 10 (1), Chilaris, Kravic 6, Doulgerakis.

Nikos Liakopoulos renewed with Nea Kifisia

Nea Kifisia announced that the player Nikos Liakopoulos will continue to play for the team as he renewed his contract.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League Play Offs

PAOK beat and eliminated Nea Kifisia for Greek League Play Offs round one. PAOK was leading the score in the first half but Nea Kifisia counter attacked in the second quarter and lowered the difference to 3 points, 72-75, but PAOK managed to win a very tight game. Kostas Charalampidis with 23 points, Michalis Tsairelis with 17 points and 9 rebounds were the best players for PAOK. For Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos with 13 points, 5 assists and Dimitris Tsaldaris with 14 points were the top scorers while the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis had 14 rebounds and 8 points. In the last minutes Saša Vasiljević was charged with a foul and then was charged with a technical foul. Tight game for PAOK that doubled its victories against Nea Kifisia and continued in the play offs.
Quarters' scores: 17-23, 31-42, 56-60, 75-79

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 8, Liakopoulos 13, Reece 2, Kompodietas 9, Psathas 5, Peterson 4, Woods 3, Tsaldaris 14, Adegboye 2, Kakiouzis 8, Barlos 7.
PAOK: Payne 8, Cooper 4, Charalampidis 23, Tsochlas 5, Tsairelis 17, Dedas 8, Margaritis 2, Bogris  4, Kaselakis 8, Liapis.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for for Greek League play offs round one

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for for Greek Basket League play offs round one. PAOK faced problems to win Nea Kifisia that was very competitive and led the score by 17-20. DJ Cooper with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists was the best player of PAOK and the leader of his team. Kostas Charalampidis added 15 points and Vangelis Margaritis 10 points and 5 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos had 14 points, Nikos Barlos 15 points, Ogo Adegboye 10 points and Dimitris Tsaldaris 12 points. Tough victory for PAOK that made 1-0 in the play offs in its home.
Quarters' scores: 17-15, 44-32, 54-47, 70-66

PAOK: Payne 10, Cooper 20, Tsochlas 5, Charalampidis 15, Tsairelis 8, Dedas, Margaritsis 10, Bogris, Kaselakis 2.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 14, Reece 3, Kompodietas, Psathas 6, Peterson, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris 12, Adegboye 10, Kakiouzis 2, Barlos 15.

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 24th day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 24th day. Nea Kifisia was leading the score in the first half but Apollon Patras with good defense in the third quarter took the lead and won the game. With that victory Apollon Patras secured a place in the play offs. Apollon had only 3/17 three pointers but also made only 10 turnovers. Andreja Milutinović with 14 points were the top scorer for the winners. Jeremiah Wilson collected 12 rebounds and scored 8 points, while Roland Ross had 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Tsaldaris and Nikos Liakopoulos were the top scorers with 14 points each. Darrius Garrett had 8 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 29-36, 57-49, 75-67.

Apollon Patras: Ross 13, Argyropoulos 11, Daniel 11, Wilson 8, Lianos, Petrovic 9, Pelekoudas 4, Molfetas 2, Niforas, Zafeiris, Milutinović 14, Hot 3.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 9, Liakopoulos 14, Chatzinikolas, Sioutis 3, Psathas, Garrett 8, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 11, Tsaldaris 14, Adegboye 4, Kakiouzis 2, Barlos 2.

Nea Kifisia beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 23rd day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Nea Kifisia played without Tony Crocker who had a knee surgery earlier this week. The home team with high shot accuracy and 14 more rebounds controlled the game, although Nea Kifisia had double turnovers than Rethymno. For Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Dimitris Tsaldaris had 20 points and Nikos Liakopoulos had 13 points and 8 assists. For Rethymno Aegean had Luka Drča had 14 points, Kenny Gabriel had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Eziukwu had 10 points and 4 rebounds. 
Quarters' scores: 24-14, 43-35, 64-54, 84-76.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 2, Liakopoulos 13, Kompodietas, Sioutis 2, Psathas 16, Garrett 2, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 11, Tsaldaris 20, Adegboye, Kakiouzis 13, Barlos 5.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 5, Kallinikidis 4, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos, Wright 11, Kalampokis 9, Kanonidis, Sinis 8, Latovic 3, Eziukwu 10, Drča 14, Gabriel 10.
 

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 22nd day

PAOK hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Nea Kifisia had won the first round game by 9 points. PAOK played without Mark Payne and Nea Kifisia without Tony Crocker. PAOK started better and was leading the score for three quarters but Nea Kifisia managed to balance the game and equalize it in the end. The game went to extra time where PAOK won by nine points. Great game by Kostas Charalampidis who scored 29 points. DJ Cooper had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Double double for the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis who had 12 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nikos Liakopoulos had 17 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds. PAOK seems to secure the fourth position in the regular season.
Quarters' scores: 24-21, 45-36, 59-52, 74-74. Extra time: 92-83

PAOK: Cooper 6, Charalampidis 29, Tsochlas 4, Tsairelis 14, Dedas 5, Margaritis 13, Kalles, Bogris 12, Kaselakis 9, Liapis.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 13, Liakopoulos 17, Sioutis 6, Psathas 3, Garrett 12, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris, Adegboye 8, Kakiouzis 12, Barlos 8.