OFI withdraws from A2 League

The board of OFI (Iraklio) announced that the team withdraws from A2 League 2015-2016 and as a result is relegated to C League. In this season many teams have been relegated and promoted due to economic reasons before the start of the leagues, but OFI is the first team to withdraw after the league started. This is of course bad news for the league since the competition will not be that tough.

Lavrio replaces KAOD, Peristeri replaces Panionios

Panionios was relegated to A2 League but the board decided to start the season from B League (third division), so that the team can face its economic problems.
KAOD remained in the Basket League but cannot find enough budget to play and will participate in the A2 League. So KAOD goes to A2, and Panionios that was in A2 goes to B. The "lucky" teams Lavrio, Peristeri and Evropi Pefkohori get promoted in the last minute.
Lavrio will participate in Basket League 2015-2016, replacing KAOD.
Peristeri will replace Lavrio and Evropi Pefkohori will replace Panionios in the A2 League.
Let's hope that there will be no further relegations due to economic problems, because such disrupts harm the league and the scheduling of all teams.

Korivos Amaliadas beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League twenty third day

Korivos Amaliadas beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. With this victory Korivos avoided relegation in its first year in the League and Panelefsiniakos will get relegated. Panelefsiniakos was leading the score for more than 37 minutes but in the end Korivos stole the victory with a shot by Josh Magette. Korivos had 3/16 three pointers but Panelefsiniakos collected only 23 rebounds, and only 7 offensive rebounds. For Panelefsiniakos Nemanja Mitrovic had 18 points (5/5 3p) and Nikola Markovic had 16 points (5/12 2p). Kurt Looby collected 4 offensive rebounds. For the winners Tim Bowers had 12 points and 6 assists, Guille Rubio had 14 points, Kirk Donnavan had 11 points and 2 blocks, Nikos Angelopoulos collected 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 26-22, 51-43, 60-55, 70-72.

Panelefsiniakos: Mitrovic 18 (5), Looby 6, Athanasoulas 4, Markovic 16 (1), Dorkofikis 8, Ioannou 3, Johnson 2, Ofoegbu 4, Avramidis 5 (1), Simson 4.
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette 10 (1), Marshall 5, Giannakidis, Angelopoulos 4, Bowers 12, Vasiljevic 5 (1), Kanonidis 9 (1), Donnavan 11, Rubio 14, Galiotos 2.

Rethymno Aegean beat Ilisiakos for Greek League 26th day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 26th day. Ilisiakos wanted the victory in order to avoid the relegation but with a crucial mistake in the final seconds lost the game and relegated in the second division after five consecutive years in the Greek Basket League. Ilisiakos started the game with a 6-0 run and was leading the score in the first quarter. Rethymno Aegean counter attacked in the second quarter and with a 12-0 run took the lead in score. Rethymno Aegean was keeping the lead in the third and last quarter until the end. Ilisiakos took a small lead and was close to avoid relegation but Courtney Pigram made a crucial turnover and lost the ball. Giannis Kalampokis scored and made the score 63-62. Ilisiakos made another turnover and lost the game which led to the relegation in the second division. For Rethymno Aegean Kenny Gabriel was the top scorer with 15 points and 8 rebounds, Luka Drča had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Callistus Eziukwu had 8 points and 9 rebounds. For Ilisiakos Cheikh Mbodj had 22 points and 17 rebounds but he lost crucial free throws in the last minute also Courtney Pigram had 16 points but he made the crucial turnover in the last minute. Panagiotis Kafkis had 16 points and 7 assists.
Quarters' scores:14-18, 32-29, 47-43, 63-62.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 2, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos 7, Antonopoulos, Kalampokis 12, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 8, Drča 14, Gabriel 15.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 16, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis, Chatzis, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 6, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 2, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 22, Pigram 16.