Rethymno Aegean defeated Aris for Greek Basketball League fourth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Aris BC for the fourth day of Greek Basketball League. The two teams were close in score in the first half. Rethymno Aegean managed to finish first half with a 3 points lead and started better the second half where with Justin Hurtt made a 10 points difference. The third quarter finished with Aris 9 points behind and this was the crucial point since the team from Thessaloniki couldn't lower the difference less than 5 points in the last minutes and lost the game. Rethmyno's captain Avraam Kallinikidis scored a crucial three pointer which secured the victory for his team. Aris made 17 turnovers which was a drawback for the team. Justin Hurtt scored 23 points and Kenny Gabriel didn't make his fourth double double in a row but he scored 11 points and collected 9 rebounds. For Aris Athinaiou scored 17 points, Pelekanos and Asimakopoulos 12 points each.

Quarters' scores: 23-22, 46-43, 69-60, 84-77.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 23, Kallinikidis 5, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos 14, Pruitt 11, Kalampokis 5, Kanonidis, Sinnis, Latovic 2, Alexander 8, Arbet, Gabriel 11.

Aris BC: Bochoridis 5, Hunt, Pelekanos 12, Gikas 7, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 12, Charisis 9, Laretzakis 2, Vezenkov 4, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 9, Athinaiou 17.

Aris defeated Nea Kifisia for the third day of Greek Basketball League

Aris hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for the third day of Greek Basketball League. Liakopoulos and Crocker helped their team to took the lead but Vezenkov and Bochoridis managed to balance the first quarter which finished with score 17-17. Aris was ahead in score by 4-5 points in second and third quarter but Nea Kifisia was following close. Liakopoulos equalized for Nea Kifisia two times in the last two minutes. Garrett equalized one minute before the end, Pelekanos was successful in two pointer and gave Aris the two point difference. Sioutis missed the last shot, a three pointer, and Aris defeated Nea Kifisia by only two points. Aleksandar Vezenkov finished the game with a double double, 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 17-17, 37-31, 51-46, 67-65.

Aris BC: Bochoridis 7, Pelekanos 11, Gikas 17, Tsakaleris 4, Asimakopoulos 1, Poulianitis, Charisis 2, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 15, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 2, Athinaiou 8.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljević 1, Liakopoulos 17, Diamantopoulos, Crocker 25, Menoudakos, Sioutis, Psathas, Garrett 7, Petrodimopoulos 4, Woods, Tsaldaris 9, Barlos 2.

Aris wins KAOD for the first day of Greek Basketball League

Aris wins KAOD in Drama with 66-58 for the first day of the Greek Basketball League 2013-2014. KAOD started the game more prepared than Aris with Chrisikopoulos in a great day but Aris defense tightened in the last quarter. Quarters' scores 18-17, 33-28, 45-48, 58-66.

KAOD: Saftsakis 3, Covic 6, Jones 2,  Polk 8, Vaughn 8, Marković 5, Spyridonidis 4, Bavcic 7, Zaras 2, Benas, Chrisikopoulos 13
Aris: Bochoridis 9, Pelekanos 15, Gikas 11, Tsakaleris 10, Asimakopoulos 2, Poulianitis, Charisis 5, Vezenkov 7, Mourtos 7, Athinaiou.

Aris BC roster 2013-2014

Aris BC roster 2013-2014
(Update with Milan Minic replacing Vangelis Angelou and Giannis Athinaiou release)

#4 Bochoridis Eleftherios

#6 Jeremy Hunt

#7 Pelekanos Michalis

#8 Gikas Nikos

#9 Tsakaleris Efthimios

#10 Asimakopoulos Antonis

#11 Poulianitis Stelios

#12 Charisis Kostas

#14 Vezenkov Aleksandar

#15 Sarikopoulos Zisis

#16 Mourtos Spyros

#19 Mitoglou Kostas 

Coach: Milan Minic

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aris BC in Domreiter Cup

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aris BC in Domreiter Cup with 86-76. For Lietuvos the Greek center Andreas Glyniadakis scored 9 points in first half and helped his team to win Aris. For Aris BC Mihalis Pelekanos scored 20 points, Asimakopoulos 15 points and Vezenkov 14 points.

Aris defeated KAOD in friendly game

Aris BC defeated KAOD with 78-72 in friendly game. Quarters' scores were 23-24, 37-47, 51-62, 78-72, so KAOD was leading three quarters before Aris turned the game upside down. 

Vezenkov scored 20 points leading the score for one more game.

Aris BC: Gikas 14(3), Athinaiou 5, Poulianitis 2, Mourtos 5(1),  Bochoridis 6(1), Pelekanos 11(3), Charisis 12, Asimakopouls 3(1), Larentzakis, Tsakaleris, Vezenkov 20(3).

KAOD: Zarras 3(1), Benas 4, Chrisikopoulos, Polk 13(2) , Vaughn 11, Covic 12(1), Marković 11(2), Slaftsakis 2, Jones 8(1), Spyridonidis 3.

Aris defeated Lukoil Academic in friendly game

Aris BC defeated PBC Lukoil Academic in friendly game with 85-75.

Quarters' scores were 21-18, 40-40, 59-59, 85-75.

Dimitris Verginis who played for Aris BC last season, played for the first time against his previous team and scored 17 points with 2 three points shoots.

Aris BC: Gikas 10(2), Athinaiou 6(1), Poulianitis, Mourtos 4,  Bochoridis 9(1), Pelekanos 17(2), Charisis 11, Asimakopouls 8, Larentzakis, Tsakaleris 10, Vezenkov 10. 

Lukoil Academic: Grozev 5(1), Verginis 17(2), Tucker 9, Kolev 9, Minkoff 3(1), Abramov 12(1), Martinovic 8, A.Georgiev 8(1), Banev 2, Vasiliev, N.Georgiev 2.