AEK beat Aris for Basket League twenty second day

AEK hosted and beat Aris for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. In a tight game Aris was following AEK for more than thirty minutes but in the end Wilbekin, Mensah-Bonsu and English gave their team a victory and covered the points difference of the first round defeat. For the winners Carl English was the top scorer with 18 points, Malik Hairston scored 16 points. Mensah-Bonsu made a double double with 16 points, 12 fouls drawn (12/17 ft), and 12 rebounds. Wilbekin had 10 points and 6 assists and Athinaiou had 14 points. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Torey Thomas had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists! Drew Naymick had 20 points with 10/13 two pointers, and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-21, 48-35, 67-62, 93-77

AEK : Wilbekin 10, Delininkaitis 7, Sakota 2, Hairston 16, Sarikopoulos, Athinaiou 14, Milosevic 10, Mensah-Bonsu 16, English 18. 
Aris : Pasalic 2, Reed 2, Thomas 16, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 23, Naymick 20, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 2, Adegboye 8.

Aris beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League nineteenth day

Aris hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League nineteenth day. Korivos Amaliadas started with Turner scoring and took an early score lead. Aris balanced the game in the second quarter. By the half time Aleksandar Vezenkov had 12 points and 6 rebounds for Aris, and Bowers had 11 points and 4 rebounds for the visitors. Korivos had 1/7 three pointers and 11/15 free throws in the first half. In the second half Aris took the lead of the game and Korivos could not compete. The team of Amaliada continues without a road victory and Aris counted its eight victory in nine games. For the winners Aleksander Vezenkov finished the game with 25 points (2/3 2p, 5/6 3p, 6/6 ft), 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Kostas Charisis scored 4 points and made 5 blocks! Torey Thomas had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. All players of Aris played and scored, except Giannis Karathanasis who played only for two minutes. For Korivos Amaliadas Tim Bowers had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Guille Rubio had 10 points, Josh Magette served 6 assists. Korivos had 4/22 three pointers and 13/20 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 16-20, 35-34, 59-45, 80-59
 
Aris : Pasalic 7(1), Dimas 3(1), Reed 11(1), Thomas 7, Poulianitis 3, Charisis 4, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 25(5), Naymick 6, Simtsak 7, Adegboye 7(1)
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette 5(1), Marshall 9(1), Giannakidis 3(1), Aggelopoulos, Papapetrou, Bowers 17, Vasiljevic 4, Kanonidis 5(1), Filippakos, Turner 6, Rubio 10, Galliotos.

Aris beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League eighteenth day

Aris beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League eighteenth day. This was the sixth victory for Aris in the last seven games. Aris is improving while Nea Kifisia is going worse in the second round of the League. For Nea Kifisia Xavier Silas had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Giannis Psathas had 12 points and 4 rebounds, Uros Duvnjak had 11 points and 4 assists, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 6 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 fouls drawn and 4 assists. LeMarcus Reed had 16 points and 9 rebounds, Torey Thomas had 18 points and 7 assists, Ogo Adegboye had 10 points and Vasilis Simtsak had 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 19-25, 29-37, 46-55, 65-79

Nea Kifisia: Silas 16(1), Popovic 3(1), Pesakovic 2, Menoudakos, Mavroeidis 5, Psathas 12, Duvnjak 11, Davis 6, Barlos 8, Vasilopoulos 2.
Aris: Pasalic 8(1), Dimas, Reed 16(1), Thomas 18(5), Poulianitis, Charisis 4, Vezenkov 17, Naymick, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 4, Adegboye 10.

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.

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 Panelefsiniakos for Basket League first day

Aris beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League first day. Panelefsiniakos hosted Aris but could not take advantage of its home in the second half. Panelefsiniakos had 5 players with two digits score but six players without any points. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 19 points and 8 rebounds while Spyros Mourtos made a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Torey Thomas had 18 points and Drew Naymick had 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 42-40, 54-65,70-78.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 15, Robinson 12, Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 4, Murray 14, Athanasoulas 11, Markovic 14, Dorkofikis, Ioannou, Kalles, Avramidis, Sotirakis.
Aris: Pasalic, Manolopoulos 9, Gikas, Reed 3, Thomas 18, Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 19, Naymick 6, Mourtos 12, Symtsak 2.

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 defeat Banvit for Nick Galis Cup

Aris defeat Banvit for Nick Galis Cup. Banvit seemed tired and Aris supporters helped the team won the game with ease. For Aris Alexander Vezenkov was the leader and scored 25 points with Torey Thomas adding ten more. For Banvit Rowland scored 11 points.
Quarters' scores: 16-11, 35-18, 46-31, 66-48.

Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic 6 (2), Gikas 7 (1), Reed 6, Thomas 10 (1), Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 25 (2), Naymick 7, Mourtos 1, Simtsak 4. 
Banvit (Lukić): Veyseloglu 2, Rowland 11 (2), Candan 8 (1), Edge 3 (1), Davis 7, Mejia, Veremeenko 4, Simmons 5 (1), Gecim 2, Mutaf, Ozer 6 (2).

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 Torey Thomas

Aris signed Torey Thomas. Thomas graduated from Holy Cross where he played for three years in the NCAA with Holy Cross Crusaders. In the previous season the combo guard played in France for Cholet Basket and has also played in Sweden for Akropol BBK, in Netherlands for Hanzevast Capitals and Matrixx Magixx, in Poland for Turów Zgorzelec, in Russia for Spartak Primorye, in Dominican Republic for Metros de Santiago, in Serbia for Partizan, in Italy for Scavolini Pesaro, in Turkey for Aliağa Petkim and again France for Le Mans Sarthe.