Promitheas signed Jake Odum

Promitheas signed Jake Odum. The 27-year-old American guard returns to Basket League Greece and Champions League Basketball. Odum graduated from Indiana State and after going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft he started his career in Greece with PAOK. Odum has also played in Germany for Medi Bayreuth and s.Oliver Würzburg, in Turkey for Banvit, and more recently in Russia for Nizhny Novgorod. With Nizhny Odum averaged 8.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. 

Kolossos Rodou signed Sterling Gibbs

Kolossos Rodou signed Sterling Gibbs. The 25-year-old American guard graduated from Connecticut and went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft. Gibbs started his career in Hungary with Egis Kormend and continued with Kaposvari ΚΚ where he averaged 27 points, 3.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds. Gibbs also played two games with Nizhny Novgorod. 

Kastoria signed Aliaksandr Pustahvar

Kastoria signed Aliaksandr Pustahvar. The 33-year-old Belorussian forward has played professionally in Russia for Avtodor, Dynamo Moscow, Novosybirsk, Sojuz Zaretchny and BC Nizhny Novgorod, in Ukraine for Polit-Halychyna, in Romania for Targu Mures and Medias, and in Belarus for Tsmoki-Minsk. In the last two seasons Pustahvar played in Hungary for Falco-Vulcano where he averaged 7.3 points and 3 rebounds per game. 

Panathinaikos results at Gomelsky Cup

Panathinaikos participated at Gomelsky Cup and finished second with one victory against Nizhny Novgorod and one defeat against CSKA Moscow. For Panathinaikos Mavrokefalidis, Bochoridis, Fotsis were not available due to injuries and Blums debuted for his new team.

Panathinaikos - Nizhny Novgorod 63-55

Quarters' scores: 17-13, 26-21, 43-38, 63-55
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 16, Giankovits 5, Blums 4, Pappas 6, Diamantidis 2, Gist 11, Batista 19.
Nizhny Novgorod (Bagacic): Baburin 3 , Daniels 2, Papakhouski 6, Antonov 2, Khvostov 3, Kinsey 12, Rochestie 16, Savelyev, Krivosheev, Tompkins 11.

CSKA Moscow - Panathinaikos 75-46

Quarters' scores: 22-12, 41-29, 52-40, 75-46
CSKA Moscow (Itoudis): Astapkovich 8, Teodosic 8, Fridzon  8, Nichols 6, Jackson 7, Markoishvili 10, Korobkov 8, Zozulin, Strebkov 3, Vorontsevic 2, Kaun 9, Hines  6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 4, Slaughter  5, Giankovits 11, Blums 3, Pappas 11, Diamantidis 5, Batista 3 (11 rebounds), Diamantakos 4, Koniaris.

Nizhny Novgorod beat Panionios for Eurocup Last 32

Nizhny Novgorod beat Panionios for Eurocup Last 32 round. This was the second time Nizhny defeated Panionios this year and the fourth victory against Greek teams, since Nizhny had won PAOK twice. Dijon Thomson finished the game with a double double, 19 points and 11 rebounds. For Panionios 10 players scored. Panionios didn't avoid its fifth defeat in five games in the Last 32 round, although the team improved its game.
Quarters' scores: 24-13, 43-35, 57-50, 80-67.

Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 7, Brezec, Ivlev 2, Antonov 10, Korobkov 9, Khvostov 5, Gubanov 16, Panin 9, Thompson 19, Rochestie 3, Saleyev.
Panionios: McCollum 22, Duvnjak 7, Carter 9, Milbourne 2, Athanasoulas, Batis 2, Skordilis 5, Langford 7, Michel, Symtsak 2, Kyritsis 8, Saloustros 3.

Panionios lost from Nizhny Novgorod in Eurocup Last 32

Panionios lost from Nizhny Novgorod in the first game of Group L for Eurocup Last 32. This was the third victory of Nizhny Novgorod against Greek teams this season, after defeating PAOK in Thessaloniki and in Russia. Nizhny led the score from the first quarter with Panionios making its counter attack in the third quarter. For Panionios Errick McCollum scored 31 points, Landon Milbourne 15 points and Kevin Langford 10 points but that was all. Nizhny had Luke Babbitt and Dijon Thompson scoring 17 points each with Taylor Rochestie following with 16 points.

Quarters' scores: 17-24, 42-47, 59-63, 75-89.

Panionios: McCollum 31, Stamatis, Duvnjak, Carter 2, Milbourne 15, Athanasoulas 1, Batis, Langford 10, Michel, Symtsak 2, Kyritsis 14, Saloustros.

Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 2, Babbitt 17, Ivlev, Antonov 9, Korobkov 8, Khvostov 9, Gubanov 2, Panin 9, Thompson 17, Rochestie 16, Paul.

Panionios in Group L of Last 32 Eurocup

Panionios qualified for the Last 32 round of Eurocup and the draw placed the team on Group L. Besides Panionios in the Group L are Crvena Zvezda Telekom, Nizhny Novgorod and Bilbao Basket. Crvena Zvezda Telekom was in Euroleague where it lost two games by another Greek team, Panathinaikos. Nizhny Novgorod was in the same group with PAOK, where the Greek team was eliminated and Nizhny won it twice. From first two teams of the group qualify to the next round.

PAOK lost by Nizhny Novgorod for Eurocup

PAOK hosted Nizhny Novgorod for Eurocup. The Greek team had lost in the first game, after a very long and tiring trip to Russia, but lost the second game too. PAOK was leading the game only in the first quarter but the Nizhny Novgorod with a counter attack in the second quarter took the lead and kept it until the end. Semen Antonov finished the game with a double double, 14 points and 11 rebounds. For PAOK Giorgos Dedas was the top scorer of the game. PAOK didn't have a motive for the game since it has already been disqualified from the next round.

Quarters' scores: 21-13, 24-29, 39-46, 52-60.

PAOK: Cooper 6, Charalampidis 6, Tsochlas , Vucicevic 2, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 11, Margaritis 5, Bogris 7, Kaselakis 3, Liapis, Koniaris 2, Kottas.
Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 9, Babbitt , Brezec 16, Ilev 4, Antonov 14, Khostov 9, Panin, Thomson, Savelyev 1, Paul 7.

Nizhny Novgorod defeated PAOK for Eurocup fifth day

Nizhny Novgorod hosted PAOK for Eurocup fifth day. Both teams had 3 victories in the first 4 games. PAOK team had a long trip to Russia, which tired the players and had an impact in the game. Only Michalis Tsairelis scored more than 10 points for PAOK while DJ Cooper and Kostas Charalampidis weren't productive. For Nizhny Novgorod Dijon Thomson made a double double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 19-12, 37-30, 55-40, 87-53.

Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 2, Babbitt 5, Brezec 10, Ilev 3, Antonov 9, Khostov 12, Gubanov 3, Panin 14, Thomson 15, Savelyev 2, Paul, Golovin 13.
PAOK: Payne 2, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 8, Tsochlas 6, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 13, Dedas, Margaritis 8, Kalles 1, Bogris 5, Kaselakis 3, Liapis 2.