Peristeri signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos

Peristeri signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 35-year-old Greek guard penned a two years contract. Xanthopoulos started his career with Olympiacos junior teams and played for professionally for Near East before moving to Panathinaikos in 2004. Xanthopoulos has played for PAOK, Panellinions, Panionios, Aris, and AEK in Greece and with Obradoiro in Spain. Xanthopoulos has won the Euroleague with Panathinaikos, Basketball Champions League and FIBA Intercontinental Cup with AEK.

AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos

AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 33 years old Greek guard penned a two years contract with AEK. Xanthopoulos started his career with Olympiacos and played for Near East before moving to Panathinaikos in 2004. Xanthopoulos has played for PAOK, Panellinions, Panionios, and Aris in Greece and with Obradoiro in Spain. Xanthopoulos has won 3 Greek Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 1 Euroleague with Panathinaikos. In 2011 he averaged 4.1 assists per game with Panionios, ranking first in the domestic league.

Aris BC roster 2015-2016

Aris BC roster 2015-2016

Jerel McNeal
Slaven Čupković
Dominic Waters
Nikos Gikas
Michalis Pelekanos
Vasilis Xanthopoulos
Thodoros Zaras
Vasilis Simtsak
Ogo Adegboye
Dimitris Flionis
Stelios Poulianitis
Mourtos Spyros
Jamelle Hagins
Okaro White
Jake Cohen

Coach: Dimitris Priftis

Aris signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos

Aris signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 31 years old guard penned a two years contract with Aris. Xanthopoulos will play for the first time for Aris, but has played for PAOK in the season 2005-2006. In the previous year the experienced guard played for Panionios and although he had a good season, his team did not manage to avoid relegation. Xanthopoulos finised third in assists in the Basket League Greece 2014-2015, with 129 in total, only behind Spanoulis and Diamantidis, and first in steals with Torey Thomas, having 39 steals each.

Panelefsiniakos beat Panionios for Basket League twenty fourth day

Panelefsiniakos beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty fourth day. The two already relegated teams played good basketball and Panelefsiniakos won in the last second with a shot by Stelios Ioannou. For Panionios Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 17 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds. William Coleman had 23 points with 11/13 free throws, 9 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn. Justin Tubbs scored 16 points and Will Sheehey had 4 points before being fouled out. For the winners Kurt Looby and Nikola Markovic made a double double each. 16 points and 13 rebounds for Looby, 26 points and 10 rebounds for Markovic. Nemanja Mitrović had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 18-27, 39-47, 63-70, 94-95.

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 17 (3), Verginis 11, Sheehey 4, Spyropoulos 9, Strand 3 (1), Oikonomopoulos, Billis, Stamatis 11, Coleman 23, Tubbs 16.
Panelefsiniakos: Mitrovic 15, Tsakaleris 1, Looby 16, Athanasoulas 5 (1), Markovic 26 (2), Dorkofikis, Ioannou 13, Johnson, Ofoegbu 6, Avramidis 2, Simpson 11 (2).

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League twenty second day

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. Panionios was competitive in the first half but in the second half did not follow the greens. With this defeat the historic club of Panionios was officially relegated to the second division. For the home team Xanthopoulos served 8 assists, Korolev collected 9 rebounds. William Coleman made a double double with 21 points and 10 rebounds but were not enough. For the winners AJ Slaughter had 18 points with 3/6 three pointers, Nikos Pappas had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Antonis Fotsis collected 8 rebounds. Esteban Batista made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 14-14, 34-34, 41-62, 46-79

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 6(2), Petropoulos, Verginis 5(1), Strnand 2, Oikonomopoulos, Biris, Stamatis 1, Achelin 2, Coleman 21, Korolev 5(1), Tubbs 4, Diamantopoulos.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 18(3), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits, Fotsis 1, Nelson 1, Pappas 12(2), Diamantidis 9(3), Gist 2, Batista 14, Lountzis 3(1), Lawal 6.

Aris beat Panionios for Basket League twenty first day

Aris hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. Panionios had one last chance to avoid relegation but Aris was loose only for one quarter. Aleksandar Vezenkov was once more the leader of Aris with 21 points and 9 rebounds. This time Drew Naymick made a double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Muhamed Pašalić had 11 points and 7 assists. Panionios had 11/26 three pointers but also had 12 rebounds less than Aris. Justin Tubbs had 23 points and 5 rebounds, William Coleman had 6 points and 9 rebounds, and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 9 points and 6 assists. Unfortunately for the Greek Basketball Panionios is only one defeat away from relegation. On the other hand Aris is back on good times and remains third in the league table.
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 38-22, 50-40, 67-63

Aris: Pasalic 11(3), Reed, Thomas 9(2), Poulianitis, Karathanasis 4, Vezenkov 21(3), Naymick 11(11ρ), Mourtos 4, Simtsak 2, Adegboye 5(1)
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 9(3), Verginis 12(3), Spyropoulos, Strnand 3(1), Bilis, Stamatis 2, Achelin, Coleman 6, Korolev 8(1), Tubbs 23(3).

Korivos Amaliadas beat Panionios for Basket League twentieth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2105 twentieth day. With Guille Rubio scoring 19 points and collecting 9 rebounds, and Tim Bowers having 16 points and 6 rebounds, Korivos managed to beat Panionios and make a crucial step to avoid relegation. For the winners Sasa Vasiljevic had 12 points and 6 assists, Rawle Marshall had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Panionios William Coleman had 20 points and 6 rebounds, Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 15 points and 7 assists, Justin Tubbs had 12 points, but they were not enough to save the game and avoid relegation.
Quarters' scores: 19-22, 42-39, 58-59, 83-74.

Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Marshall 11, Giannakidis 9, Aggelopoulos 13, Bowers 16, Vasiljevic 12, Turner 3, Rubio 19.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 15, Verginis 8, Spyropoulos, Strnand 5, Stamatis 4, Achelin 1, Coleman 20, Korolev 9, Tubbs 12.

Rethymno Aegean beat Panionios for Basket League seventeenth day

Panionios hosted Rethymno Aegean for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventeenth day. Panionios wanted the victory but Rethymno Aegean had Giannis Kalampokis on fire! Kalampokis scored 28 points (5/9 3p, 7/8 ft), served 5 assists, collected 3 rebounds and had 6 fouls drawn. The game was tight in the first half but in the second Rethymno was keeping a secure difference. In the end Panionios tried but the visitors did not let the home team complete its counter attack. For the winners, besides Kalampokis, Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 12 points and 14 rebounds, Roeland Schaftenaar had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Dejan Kravic had 8 points and 7 rebounds. For Panionios Vasilis Xanthopoulos made his second double double with 11 points and 10 assists! William Coleman had 24 points and 5 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 18 points, Dimitris Verginis had 16 points before being fouled out and Mackey McKnight in his debut scored one free throw and had 0/4 field goals. Bad result for Panionios that needs home wins in order to avoid relegation.
Quarters' scores: 17-15, 36-38, 52-60, 79-84.

Panionios (Hugaz): Xantopoulos 11, Verginis 16 (3), Spyropoulos, Strnand, McKnight 1, Stamatis, Woods 3, Coleman 24, Korolev 18 (2), Tubbs 6.
Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 6 (2), Schizas, Koumpouras 2, Schaftenaar 9, Council 4, Allen 9 (1), Kalampokis 28 (5), Faye 12, Cheilaris 6, Kravic 8.

Aries Trikala beat Panionios for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day

Aries Trikala hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League 2014-2015 sixteenth day. In a three pointers game Trikala had 10/23 and Panionios had 10/28 three pointers shots. In his last game with Trikala Kenny Kadji had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Justin Ingram had 11 points and 5 assists, Slaven Cupkovic had 12 points, Alex Harris had 14 points and Steven Panos had 10 points. For Panionios William Coleman had 16 points and 9 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 14 points and Dimitris Verginis had 15 points. A rare double double for Vasilis Xanthopoulos with 10 points and 11 assists in a flawless game without any turnovers. Aries Trikala won a crucial game and Panionios is now facing relegation with less hope.
Quarters' scores: 24-23, 48-38, 54-54, 78-69

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 11, Nikolopoulos 8, Tracey 2, Harris 14, Cupkovic 12, Panos 10, Matalon 6, Kadji 13, Houhoumis, Milutinovic 2.
Panionios (Hugaz): Xanthopoulos 10, Verginis 15, Spyropoulos, Strnand 6, Billis, Stamatis, Woods 2, Coleman 16, Korolev 14, Tubbs 6.

Panionios beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eleventh day

Panelefsiniakos hosted Panionios for Basket League eleventh day. Panionios seem to roll from game to game and against Panelefsiniakos started the game with 31 points in the first quarter. Yaroslav Korolev had 13 points and 5 rebounds in the first half and Vasilis Xanthopoulos 6 assists. Panelefsiniakos was lowering the difference in the second, third and fourth quarter but could not won the game and lost by two points. For Panionios two players made a double double, William Coleman had 12 points and 13 rebounds, Yaroslav Korolev had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Justin Tubbs and Dimitris Verginis had 12 points each and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 9 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Kurt Looby debuted with a double double, 12 points and 12 rebounds. Elijah Johnson had 10 points, Stelios Ioannou had 6 points and 6 rebounds, Nikola Markovic had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Great road victory for Panionios that seems to steadily improve.
Quarters' scores: 15-31, 38-46, 53-59, 68-70.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox 3, Robinson 4, Tsakaleris 8, Vasilopoulos 1, Looby 12, Athanasoulas 9, Markovic 5, Dorkofikis 4, Ioannou 6, Johnson 10, Kalles, Avramidis 6.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 5, Petropoulos, Verginis 12, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 6, Motsenigos 2, Stamatis, Woods 2, Coleman 12, Korolev 19, Tubbs 12.

Panionios beat Aris for Basket League eighth day

Panionios hosted and beat Aris for Basket League eighth day. Luke Hancock had a massive first quarter with 5/5 field goals, 1/1 free throws and with 13 points led Panionios.Panionios kept this small lead in the whole game and beat Aris easier than expected. This was the second win in a row for Panionios, after six defeats, but it was the first against a strong opponent. For the winners Luke Hancock finished the game with 24 points, Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Tony Woods had 8 points and 6 rebounds, William Coleman had 6 rebounds and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 4 assists. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 8 points and 6 assists. Panionios had 7 turnovers in the whole game and none in the third quarter but also collected only 3 offensive rebounds in total.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 37-31, 59-47, 71-65

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 2, Petropoulos, Verginis 7(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnand 12(3), Stamatis, Woods 8, Coleman 4, Korolev 10(1), Pruitt 4, Hancock 24(5)
Aris: Pasalic 8(2), Gikas 3(1), Reed 11(1), Thomas 8(1), Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 14(2), Naymick 11, Mourtos 5, Symtsak 2, Adegboye 1.

Panionios beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day

Panionios hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day. This was the first victory for Panionios in Basket League 2014-2015 after six defeats! Korivos started the game with a 5-14 run and finished first half leading the score by four points but in the second quarter Panionios balanced the game. With a 10-2 run Panionios finished first half leading by four points with Yaroslav Korolev making another great game. Korivos approached Panionios to one point at the end of the third quarter but did not manage to win the game. The visitors collected 7 rebounds more than Panionios but also made 17 turnovers. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 23 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, Tony Woods had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Dimitris Verginis had 14 points and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 7 points and 5 rebounds. For Korivos Amaliadas Guille Rubio made a double double with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Rob Lowery had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 14-18, 39-35, 53-52, 74-69.

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 7, Verginis 14, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 2, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 14, Coleman 6, Korolev 23, Pruitt, Hancock 8.
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 20, Giannakidis 8, Aggelopoulos 5, Papapetrou, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis 2, Filippakos, Garrett 8, Rubio 21, Galiotos, Archimandritis.

Vasilis Xanthopoulos turned down Andorra

The Greek player had an offer by Bàsquet Club MoraBanc Andorra to replace the injured Victor Sada but he preferred to stay in Panionios. The team approached Xanthopoulos since he is experienced in the Spanish ACB Liga with Obradoiro and would have another Greek (Giorgos Bogris) in the team.

PAOK beat Panionios for Basket League fifth day

Panionios hosted PAOK for Basket League fifth day. Panionios was about to make its first victory and led the score 55-52 two minutes before the end but PAOK was more focused with an 8-0 run made the score 55-60. PAOK had more players to score and won a tough game. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 20 points, Gabe Pruitt and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 10 points each and Tony Woods had 5 points and 8 rebounds. In his debut Luke Hancock had 7 points. For PAOK Julian Vaughn made a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Charalampidis had 11 points, Marc Carter had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Christos Saloustros had 6 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 33-35, 38-46, 61-65.

Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos 10, Verginis 4, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 3, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 5, Fitzpatrick 2, Korolev 20, Pruitt 10, Hancock 7.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Lanford 4, Liapis, Charalampidis 11, Carter 9, Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 5, Dedas, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 17, Saloustros 6.

AEK beat Panionios for Basket League second day

AEK hosted and defeated Panionios for Basket League second day. Both teams faced financial and management problems this summer but AEK solved them earlier than Panionios who is still forming its roster. This was the first Basket League home game for AEK after the team was relegated to A2 division and the fans were waiting for it. AEK dominated the first quarter and finished it with double score plus one point, 27-13, and continued like this in the second quarter. In the first half AEK had 7/11 three pointers with David Kyles having 11 points while for Panionios only Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points. Panionios started second half with a 7-0 run and lowered the difference up to 8 points, 50-42, AEK expanded it back to two digits but with four free throws in the end Panionios finished the third quarter only seven points behing the home team. In the last quarter AEK made a 7-0 run and restored the difference to two digits score up to the end. AEK made its first victory for the Basket League 2014-2015 and Panionios doubled its defeats. For AEK Dusan Sakota scored 18 points, David Kyles and Leonidas Kaselakis scored 11 points each while Zisis Sarikopoulos collected 10 rebounds and scored 8 points. For Panionios Vasilis Xanthopoulos scored 16 points, Yaroslav Korolev scored 15 points and collected 9 rebounds, Tony Woods scored 14 points and collected 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 27-13, 47-27, 60-53, 77-64.

AEK: Papantoniou 9, Kyles 11, Sakota 18, Kaselakis 11, Polytarchou 6, Wright 9, Kamperidis, Williamson 2, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 8, Milosevic 3, Goodrigde.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 16, Verginis 8, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 3, Motsenigos, Bilis, Stamatis, Woods 14, Fitzpatrick 8, Korolev 15, Moraitis.

Panionios signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos

Panionios signed Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 30 years old player returns to Panionios for third time after 2011-2012 and 2007-2009 seasons. Xanthopoulos started his career in Olympiacos and had played for Near East, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Panellinios in Greece and for Obradoiro in the Spanish League.

Vassilis Xanthopoulos moves to Obradoiro

Vassilis Xanthopoulos, 29 point guard, leaves Panathinaikos Athens for Obradoiro. The Greek player will play abroad for the first time after a career in Greek Basketball League with Panathinaikos, Panellinios, Panionios, PAOK and Near East. His contract with the spanish team is for 1+1 years.