PAOK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League twenty fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty fourth day. The visitors had their Greeks in a good day and besides the first quarter troubled PAOK. For the winners Kevin Langford had 20 points and 7 fouls drawn, Christos Saloustros and Julian Vaughn collected 7 rebounds each, and Jake Odum served 8 assists. For the visitors Tsamis had 14 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, Ernest Scott had 8 points and 8 rebounds, Taylor Smith had 8 points and 5 rebounds. A game with few turnovers (8-12) and poor three pointers accuracy (6/22, 3/14).
Quarters' scores: 27-17, 45-37, 64-53, 77-72

PAOK: Langford 20(1), Liapis, Carter 8, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 5(1), Margaritis 7(1), Odum 14(2), Vaughn 12, Sinandinovic, Charitopoulos 4, Saloustros 4(7ρ.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 4, Larentzakis 8, Waters 10, Manolopoulos, Smith 8, Stefanidis 4, Linden 2, Scott 8, Tsamis 14(2), Hagins 7, Robinson 7(1).

Kolossos Rodou beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League twenty third day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. Kolossos secured the sixth place with a good game from two hot prospects, Toliopoulos and Larentzakis. Impressive statistic for the winners the nine blocks they made, 4 by Taylor Smith and 3 by Jamelle Hagins. Vasilis Toliopoulos had 15 points with only missed shot, Taylor Smith collected 9 rebounds, Dominic Waters served 8 assists. For Rethymno Damian Hollis scored 13 points, Faye had 7 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn, Roeland Schaftenaar scored 10 points with only two shots missed, and Fanis Koumpouras served 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 24-21, 46-35, 64-47, 77-63

Kolossos Rodou (Lycogiannis): Toliopoulos 15 (2), Larentzakis 7 (1), Siologkas, Waters 12, Manolopoulos 3 (1), Smith 6, Stefanidis 6 (2), Linden 8 (2), Scott 6 (2), Tsamis 4, Hagins 10, Robinson.
Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Schizas, Koumpouras 4, Shcaftenaar 10 (1), Council 4, Allen 9 (2), Kalampokis 10 (2), Faye 8, Cheilaris, Kravic 5, Hollis 13 (2).

Kolossos Rodou beat Aries Trikala for Basket League twenty second day

Kolossos Rodou beat Aries Trikala in Trikala for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. Kolossos Rodou had 16/25 three pointers and 20/33 two pointers. With so high shot accuracy the visitors did not let Aries Trikala any chance to lead the game nor the score. Justin Robinson had 19 points (5/6 3p), Taylor Smith had 14 points (7/9 2p). Christoforos Stefanidis served 5 assists and Dominic Waters served 7 assists. For Aries Trikala Slaven Cupkovic scored 24 points, Bryan Tracey collected 7 rebounds, Justin Ingram served 4 assists and made 4 turnovers. Mike Hall had 8 points (3/5 2p, 0/2 3p) and 4 rebounds in his last game with Trikala, since he had an argue with coach Flevarakis. Kwame Alexander had 14 points and Mario Matalon made 3 steals.
Quarters' scores: 18-20, 37-42, 58-66, 87-94

Aries Trikala: Ingram 11, Nikolopoulos, Tracey 12, Harris 12 (2), Cupkovic 24 (3), Panos 6, Spanos, Matalon 6, Varytimiadis, Alexander 14, Hall 8.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 9, Waters, Manolopoulos 13 (3), Smith 14, Stefanidis 9, Linden 11 (3), Scott 8, Tsamis 5, Hagins 6, Robinson 19 (5).

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League sixteenth day

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Olympiacos remained undefeated in Rhodes island with its captain Vasilis Spanoulis in a good day. Spanoulis scored 20 points, Darden added 14 points, Sloukas served 6 assists. For Kolossos Larentzakis, Scott and Hagins scored 10 points each. Dominic Waters had 9 points, 5 assists, and Taylor Smith made 5 blocks. Olympiacos had 13/27 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 11-23, 28-48, 49-66, 64-88.

Kolossos Rodou (Lycogiannis): Toliopoulos 4 (1), Larentzakis 10, Siologkas, Waters 9 (1), Manolopoulos 3 (1), Smith 7, Stefanidis, Linden 4, Scott 10 (2), Tsamis 7 (1), Hagins 10.
Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Petway 8 (2), Hunter 9, Dunston 2, Spanoulis 20 (4), Darden 14 (4), Sloukas 6, Lafayette 5 (1), Lojeski 20 (2), Christodoulou, Printezis 9, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 5.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League fifteenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Kolossos surprised Panathinaikos and the visitors were leading the score in the first quarter. Diamantidis entered the court and with his eight assists organized the counter attack. AJ Slaughter with 3 three pointers created a difference for Panathinaikos but in the end the youngsters Bochoridis, Koniaris, Charalampopoulos and Diamantakos secured the victory. For the winners Esteban Batista had 17 points, Dimitris Diamantidis had 9 points and 8 assists, Vlantimir Giankovits had 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Vasilis Charalampopoulos made 4 steals. Panathinaikos made only 8 team turnovers while Kolossos made 17 in total. For Kolossos Dominic Waters had 15 points and 6 assists, Taylor Smith had 8 rebounds, Giannoulis Larentzakis had 13 points and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-20, 42-35, 67-56, 90-65

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 7(1), Slaughter 15(3), Bochoridis 4, Giankovits 4, Fotsis 3(1), Nelson 3(1), Mavrokefalidis 11, Diamantidis 9(2), Gist 9, Batista 17, Koniaris 6, Diamantakos 2
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 2, Larentzakis 13(1), Siologkas, Waters 15(1), Manolopoulos 2, Smith 8, Stefanidis, Linden 6(1), Scott 12(3), Haggins 7.

AEK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day

AEK hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day. The first half was tight but in the third quarter AEK with partial score 30-16 created a secure difference. For the winners Carl English had 28 points, 7 assists and 7 fouls drawn. Dusan Sakota had 24 points and 7 rebounds, Zisis Sarikopoulos had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Tomas Delininkaitisi had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Taylor Smith had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, Aggelos Tsamis had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 41-41, 71-57, 96-73

AEK: Delininkaitis 11, Sakota 24, Kaselakis 3, Polytarchou 2, Kamperidis, Williamson 7, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 17, Boutris, Milosevic 4, English 28, Nikolic.
Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis 2, Siologkas, Jamar 8, James 23, Smith 9, Stefanidis, Liden, Tsamis 14, Haggins 3, Buljan 14.

Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day. With Angelos Tsamis scoring 25 points, collecting 12 rebounds and serving 6 assists, Mike James adding 22 points and 6 rebounds and Taylor Smith adding his 11 points and 9 rebounds  Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos more difficult than the final score misleads. For Panelefsiniakos Periklis Dorkofikis had 11 poitns and 5 rebounds, Aarick Murray had 12 points, Frank Robinson and Nikola Markovic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 21-20, 38-38, 61-62, 83-68

Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis, Kareem 2, James 22, Smith 11, Stefanidis 8, Linden, Tsamis 25, Haggins 7, Buljan 8.
Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 10, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 7, Murray 12, Markovic 10, Dorkofikis 11, Ioannou 9, Johnson 5, Kalles, Avramidis.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League second day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Panathinaikos for Basket League second day. In the first quarter Panathinaikos made an 8-0 run from 10-8 to 10-16 but Kolossos with its own run managed to finish first quarter with equal score, 17-17. Zvonko Buljan scored 10 points out of his team's 17 points, with 3/3 three pointers, in the first quarter. Panathinaikos started second quarter with a 5-0 run. Panathinaikos created an 18 points difference in the second quarter which kept until the end. Kolossos Rodou had 3/20 field goald in the first half and Zvonko Buljan didn't score any more points after the first quarter. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 21 points and Taylor Smith had 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Vlantimir Giankovits had 12 points and 6 assists. Antonis Fotsis and Janis Blums scored 9 points each with 3 three pointers each.
Quarters' scores: 17-17, 30-48, 48-61, 61-81.

Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologas, Kareem 3, James 21, Smith 9, Stefanidis 9, Liden, Tsamis 7, Hagins, Kanichis, Buljan 10.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 11, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 12, Fotsis 9, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 7, Gist 8, Batista 12, Blums 9, Wright 9.

Kolossos Rodou roster 2014-2015

Kolossos Rodou roster 2014-2015

Taylor Smith
Christoforos Stefanidis
Dimitris Siologkas
Vassilis Toliopoulos
Trevis Simpson
Giannoulis Larentzakis
Tom Liden
Jamelle Hagins
Mike James
Angelos Tsamis
Ernest Scott
Sotiris Manolopoulos
Dominic Waters

Head coach: Michalis Koutalianos

*On December 1st Kolossos Rodou released Kareem Jamar.
*On December 4th Kolossos Rodou signed Ernest Scott.
*On December 17th Kolossos Rodou signed Dominic Waters.
*On December 22nd Kolossos Rodou released Zvonko Buljan.
*On December 23rd Kolossos Rodou signed Sotiris Manolopoulos.

Taylor Smith renews with Kolossos Rodou

Taylor Smith renews with Kolossos Rodou. The 23 years old American had a great first season with Kolossos with 9.73 points and 5.92 rebounds per game.

Ikaros Chalkidas beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 25th day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 25th day. Ikaros Chalkidas wanted the victory in order to have chances to avoid relegation. With that victory Ikaros Chalkidas is in the bottom of the league table with other two teams but Kolossos Rodou lost any chances to enter the play offs. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska finished the game with 26 points and 9 rebounds while Dominique Sutton had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and Giannis Gagaloudis had 17 points and 9 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Taylor Smith finished the game with a double double, 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Bryan Hopkins had 28 points with 6/7 field goals, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 25-21, 42-43, 69-62, 96-88.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 15, Woodall 3, Aska 26, Sutton 14, Gagaloudis 17, Spanos 5, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 16, Bempis, Douzidis, Persidis.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 5, Car 11, Matsamas, Georgalis, Hopkins 28, Smith 14, Stefanidis 2, Simpson 5, Kakaroudis 16, Pantic 2, Danas, Nadjfeji 5.

Taylor Smith named MVP of Greek League 24th day

Taylor Smith named MVP of Greek Basket League 24th day. Smith played 25 minutes in the game against Ilisiakos and had 17 points, 8/8 field goals, 1/6 free throws, collected 14 rebounds and made one steal. His performance was rated with 27 points in the League ranking system.

Kolossos Rodou beat Ilisiakos for Greek League 24th day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 24th day. With that victory Kolossos avoided relegation while pushed Ilisiakos to its relegation. Kolossos Rodou had only 2/20 three pointers but also had 16 rebounds more than Ilisiakos. For the winners Taylor Smith was the best player with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Kostas Kakaroudis and Mladen Pantic were again positive with 13 and 10 points respectively. For Ilisiakos Courtney Pigram had 17 points and Cheikh Mbodj had 12 points.
Quarters' scores: 20-16, 39-31, 55-43, 72-60.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 7, Car, Matsamas, Georgalis 4, Hopkins 9, Smith 17, Stefanidis 5, Simpson, Tsamis 2, Kakaroudis 13, Pantic 10, Nadjfeji 5.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 5, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 2, Chatzis 2, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 9, Nikopoulos, Ioannou 6, Tzougarakis 7, Mbodj 12, Pigram 17.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 23rd day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Kolossos Rodou had only victory against Panathinaikos in 19 games and this was for the play offs. Panathinaikos' coach Fragiskos Alvertis used all available players and the team had its ups and downs. Panathinaikos started with a 20-8 score that Kolossos made 28-24, Panathinaikos made it again 35-24 and the first half finished with score 49-45. In the second half Panathinaikos was better and Kolossos Rodou couldn't follow the rotation so the difference went up to two digits. All twelve players of Panathinaikos played and scored at least two points. Stephane Lasme had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Roko Leni Ukić scored 8 points with 4/4 shots and no turnovers, Ramel Curry had 14 points. For Kolossos Rodou Kostas Kakaroudis and Mladen Pantić scored 18 points each, with Kakaroudis having 6 rebounds and Pantić 8 rebounds too. Nontas Papantoniou scored 8 points and missed a unique double double since he also had 10 assists. Taylor Smith had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 28-24, 49-45, 74-56, 102-69

Panathinaikos: Bramos 7, Curry 14, Fotsis 2, Ukić 8, Lasme 18, Mavrokefalidis 8, Diamantidis 11, Gist 10, Pappas 4, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 4, Wright 8.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 8, Car 6, Matsamas, Georgalis 5, Hopkins, Smith 10, Stefanidis 2, Tsamis 2, Kakaroudis 18, Pantić 18, Danas.

Kolossos Rodou lost by KAOD for Greek League 20th day

Kolossos Rodou lost by KAOD for Greek Basket League 20th day. KAOD was better and Kolossos Rodou only managed to balance the game in the end of the third quarter. Kolossos Rodou took the lead with 66-64 in the fourth quarter but the home team wasn't focused and lost three consecutive offenses and the game. J'Covan Brown with 27 points and Edin Bavčić with 25 points were the leaders of KAOD. Nontas Papantoniou with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists was the top player of the home team with Taylor Smith adding 13 more points. Tenth victory for KAOD who reached sixth place in the league table.
Quarters' scores: 21-26, 34-43, 51-52, 70-76

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 13, Car 3, Matsamas, Georgalis 4, Kommatos 10, Smith 13, Stefanidis 6, Simpson 7, Tsamis 7, Osby 7, Danas, Nadjfeji.
KAOD:  Slaftsakis, Jones 10, Stiggers, Brown 27, Vaughn, Markovic 6, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 25, Zaras 8, Benas, Kolovis.

Kolossos Rodou defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek League 18th day

Kolossos Rodou defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basket League 18th day. First half was balanced and the two teams were close in score. In the second half Kolossos Rodou made two runs with 11-0 and 12-2, which gave the team a clear lead and won the game. For Kolossos Rodou Christoforos Stefanidis was the top scorer with 17 points,6 rebounds and Taylor Smith had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Nestoras Kommatos added 7 points and 9 rebounds. For Panelefsiniakos Mouhammad Faye had 25 points, 6 rebounds and Rob Jones had 17 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-11, 28-25, 51-36, 67-57.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 6, Car 9, Matsamas, Georgalis 1, Kommatos 7,  Smith 15, Stefanidis 17, Simpson, Tsamis 2, Osby 8, Danas, Nadjfeji 2.
Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 2, Papamakarios 6, Arapis 1, Dimakos, Jones 17, Magounis, Faye 25, Fisher 2, Melissaratos, Turner 4, Mantzaris, Avramidis.

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 17th day

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 17th day. Olympiacos didn't face problems against Kolossos Rodou. Spanoulis scored 13 points with Papapetrou, Perperoglou and Moon having two digits score too. For Kolossos Rodou Taylor Smith made a double double with 15 points and 12 rebounds but only Nontas Papantoniou with 10 points and Bambale Osby with 6 points and 6 rebounds had a noticeable performance.
Quarters' scores: 18-16, 39-30, 60-45, 77-68.

Olympiacos: Moon 11, Dunston 5, Spanoulis 13, Perperoglou 11, Papapetrou 12, Sloukas 2, Collins 4, Simmons 7, Christodoulou 6, Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas 6, Katsivelis.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 10, Car 7, Matsamas, Georgalis, Kommatos 7, Smith 15, Stefanidis 4, Simpson 8, Tsamis 4, Osby 6, Danas, Nadjfedj 7.

Kolossos Rodou lost by Apollon Patras for Greek League 16th day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and lost byApollon Patras for Greek Basket League 16th day. Kolossos Rodou started better and was leading the score in the whole first quarter. Apollon Patras was massive in the second quarter, with partial score 18-34. With consecutive three pointers by Petrovic, Wilson and Bolds took the lead and was creating a difference. First half finished with 1/9 three pointers for Kolossos Rodou and 7/13 for Apollon Patras. Taylor Smith had 5 rebounds and 14 points with 6/6 shots and 2/2 free throws in the first half. Apollon Patras had three players with two digits score in the first half, Roland Ross, Jeremiah Wilson and Demarius Bolds. Third quarter was a balanced one and the difference of 13 points remained for the fourth quarter. In the last quarter Kolossos Rodou counter attacked and with partial score 29-18 tried to steal the victory but lost in the end. One minute before the end the score was 82-75 for Kolossos Rodou but Apollon Patras with a 9-0 run with 6 points from  Andreja Milutinović and a three pointer for Jeremiah Wilson took a great victory. Christoforos Stefanidis missed the last three pointer shot and his team lost a game that was behind in score for more than 30 minutes but was ahead by 7 points in the last minute. Double double for Taylor Smith with 23 points, 10/11 shots, 3/5 free throws, and 12 rebounds. 24 points for Angelos Tsamis whose origin is Patras. 22 points for Demarius Bolds, 18 for Jeremiah Wilson and 15 for Andreja Milutinović, 6 of those in the last minute.

Quarters' scores: 22-19, 40-53, 53-66, 82-84.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou, Car, Matsamas, Georgalis 7, Kommatos, Smith 23, Stefanidis 8, Simpson 11, Tsamis 24, Osby 6, Danas, Nadjfeji 3.

Apollon Patras: Ross 14, Argyropoulos 2, Kaperonis, Daniel 2, Wilson 18, Lianos 4, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 6, Pelekoudas 1, Molfetas, Milutinović 15, Bolds 22.

Aris lost from Kolossos Rodou for Greek League thirteenth day

Aris hosted Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League thirteenth day. The game didn't have fans attending due to Aris' penalty. Kolossos started the game better and took the lead in score that kept until the end. Aris approached to four points only for short time in the second quarter but Kolossos broadened the score in the third and fourth quarter. With that victory Kolossos shares the same points with Aris leaving the league table bottom. The team from Rodos keeps improving with Dimitris Priftis and the additions of Car and Nadjfeji, while Aris continued with another defeat. For Aris Asimakopoulos had 6 points and 12 rebounds, Michalis Pelekanos 15 points and 5 rebounds. For Kolossos Papantoniou had 14 points, Taylor Smith 13 points and 7 rebounds. The new players of Kolossos were positive. Nadjfeji had 8 points and 6 rebounds, Car had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Quarters' scores: 13-22, 30-35, 39-46, 57-68.

Aris BC: Bohoridis 4, Hunt 7, Pelekanos 15, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 6, Poulianitis, Laretzakis 4, Vezenkov 7, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 2, Athinaiou 12, Mitoglou.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 14, Car 3, Matsamas, Georgalis 5, Kommatos 5, Smith 13, Stefanidis 8, Simpson 6, Tsamis 2, Osby 4, Kapelan, Nadjfeji 8.

Kolossos Rodou defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League twelfth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League twelfth day. Ikaros Chalkidas started the game much better than Kolossos Rodou and managed to lead the score in the half time by 18 points. Ikaros Chalkidas blacked out in the last quarter and didn't score in the last three minutes, losing a game that was leading for three quarters. Christoforos Stefanidis, Angelos Tsamis and Taylor Smith were the best players for Kolossos Rodou. For Ikaros Chalkidas Darrin Govens and Giannis Gagaloudis were the top scorers.

Quarters' scores: 19-19, 31-49, 50-57, 70-64.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 4, Matsamas, Georgalis 3, Kommatos 5, Smith 15, Stefanidis 15, Simpson 4, Tsamis 15, Osby 4, Kapelan, Danas, Nadjfeji 5.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 6, Govens 16, Aska 6, Manolopoulos, Sutton 2, Gagaloudis 17, Spanos 2, Vougioukas, Masic 7, Richards 8, Bempis, Persidis.