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With his soul in his mouth, Panionios crossed Lamia and remains alone at the top of the elite league

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2 years ago

December 23, 2023

Madelyn

With his soul in his mouth, Panionios crossed Lamia and remains alone at the top of the elite league

A difficult double in Lamia for Heracles, a breather for Aedas, who defeated Mykonos in Euosmos.

Panionios celebrated its 12th win in 15 Elite League games on Saturday afternoon (December 23), overtaking Esperos Lamias’ home game (85-82 in overtime) and remaining alone at the top of the league.

Aris Lykogiannis scored 10/10 on the bench of the Nea Smyrni team, which did its job without fuss, while Ayantas Evosmou continued his good performances in his stadium with the 86-79 victory over Mykonos.

A big game took place at a packed Ivanofeio, with Heraklis defeating Doxa Lefkada 81-78 in the second overtime thanks to Sarantis Mastrogiannopoulos’ three-pointer with 15 minutes left. The visitors found the shot to win the third overtime, but Donovan Donaldson missed a free 3-pointer.

The results of the 15th game

Esperos Lamias – Panionios 82-85 (Par.)
Ayantas Evosmou – Mykonos 86-79
Milonas – Megarida 82-51
Charilaos Trikoupis of Messolonghi – Papagos 76-85
Hercules – Glory of Lefkada 81-78 (2nd paragraph)
Eleftheroupolis – Amyntas 83-68
Hermes Schimatariou – Panerythraikos 75-61
Koroivos Amaliadas – Psychiko 70-66

The game sheets

Esperos Lamia – Panionios 82-85 (par.)

THE REFEREES: Tarenidis, Agrafiotis, Anastasiadis

THE DECADES: 19-21, 43-38, 59-59, 73-73 (qa), 82-85

ESPEROS LAMIA (Sofogiannis): Nikolaidis, Liapis 15 (3/6 two-pointers, 3/4 three-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists), Alexiadis 4 (2/10 shots), Djordjevic 19 (3/5 shots, 8/12 two-pointers Player, 0/4 3-point player, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Legikas 18 (5/7 2-point player, 0/2 3-point player, 6 rebounds), Brewer 11 (1/4 2 -point players, 3/7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Papantoniou 12 (2/2 shots, 2/3 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers) , Xydis 3 (1)

Panionios (Lykogiannis): Zanlouis 11 (1/4 shots, 2/6 two-pointers, 2/7 three-pointers), Milendijevic 13 (2 three-pointers, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Papadionisiou, Antonakis, Chalaris 2, Kaklamanakis 6 (16 rebounds, 4 assists), Verginis 12 (1/9 2-pointers, 2/4 3-pointers), Davis 19 (2/3 2-pointers, 4/7 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Gikas 22 (5/6 shots, 4/9 2-points, 3/5 3-points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals)

AIANTAS EVOSMOS – MYKONOS 86-79

THE REFEREES: Euframidis, Gerakini, Maramis

THE DECADES: 22-18, 42-38, 62-58, 86-79

AIANTAS EVOSMOS (Boutskos): Etienne 9 (3/9 threes, 9 assists), Victor 21 (3/6 shots, 9/17 twos, 3 assists, 6 turnovers), Ambatzas 17 (6/6 shots, 4/5 twos, 1 /3 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Konstantinidis 3 (1), Papadopoulos 12 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Naoumis, Petrakis, Petanidis 12 (6/6 shots, 3 /3 two-pointers, 4 rebounds), Garezos 12 (3/4 3s, 6 rebounds)

MYKONOS (Skarafigas): Houhoumis, Stamatis 16 (3/3 shots, 5/8 two-pointers, 1/4 three-pointers, 3 rebounds, 6 assists), Kapsalos 4, Kamaras 11 (5/7 two-pointers, 0/6 three-pointers, Spyropoulos 5, Diamantakos, Stavrakoukas 6 (2/9 shots), Wojciechovski 16 (5/6 two-pointers, 1/4 three-pointers, 9 rebounds), Pacheco-Ortiz 15 (4), Pavlos, Efstratiou 6 (3/4 two-pointers, 4 assists)

MILONAS – MEGARIDA 82-51

THE REFEREES: Skaltsis, Spyropoulos, Sideris

THE DECADES: 20-14, 32-25, 50-34, 82-51

MILONAS (Karagiannis): McKissick 9 (3/5 2-points, 1/6 3-points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Skordilis 2, Petridis 15 (6/7 2-points, 1/1 3-points , 5 rebounds), Melissaratos 7 (6 rebounds, 5 assists), Pagonis, Motsenigos 12 (2), Bart 2 (1/6 shots, 5 assists), Dobrogiannis 2, Markou, Zoubos 7 (1), Dimakos 17 (2 /2 shots, 3/4 two-pointers, 3/6 three-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists), Kanonidis 9 (1)

MEGARIDA (Mandalos): Bradford 21 (7/8 shots, 7/16 twos), Gatzias 3 (1), Papagelis, Zaraidonis 2, Tsochlas 1, Kallinikidis 2 (6 rebounds), Arnokouros 4 (5 rebounds), Stewart 8 (2 ), Mantikos 3 (1), Geromichalos 6 (6/8 shots, 0/8 twos, 0/5 threes), Giulis 1

HERMIS SCHIMATARIOU – PANERYTHRAIKOS 75-61

THE REFEREES: Martinakos, Tsahakis, Koulis

THE DECADES: 19-18, 35-29, 55-45, 75-61

HERMES SCHIMATARIOU (Oikonomou): Bryant 11 (4/6 shots, 2/3 two-pointers, 1/4 three-pointers), Gravas 11 (5/6 two-pointers), Ioannou, Kostopoulos 12 (3/5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Bolatoglou, Aggeli, Margelis 5 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Tsukuemeka 14 (2/2 shots, 6/12 two-pointers, 10 rebounds, 3 steals), Geromichalos 16 (7/7 shots, 3/9 two-pointers, 1/4 three-pointers, 3 rebounds , 8 assists), Mitsibonas 6 (2/8 threes)

PAN ERYTHRAIKOS (Houchoulis): Tsirnics 5, Nikolaidis 4 (5 rebounds), Papadimitriou 2, Koufopoulos 2, Ioannidis 2, Tsurgiannis 5 (2/7 shots), Bazinas 3 (1), Samonturov 9 (1/2 shots, 1/2 two -Pointers, 2/3 threes, 5 rebounds), Kouroupakis 23 (7/9 shots, 8/10 twos, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks), Athenaiou 6 (2/10 shots, 8 rebounds, 4 assists)

ELEFTHEROUPOLI – AMYNTAS 83-68

THE REFEREES: Dellas, Tsantali, Ekizoglou

THE DECADES: 23-13, 40-33, 63-50, 83-68

ELEFTHEROUPOLI (Papadopoulos): Allen 9 (5/6 shots, 2/9 shots), Guthright 20 (2/3 shots, 6/15 twos, 2/3 threes, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals0, Stylidis, Kambouridis 12 ( 1/6 two-pointers, 3/5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Iatridis 6 (2), Logothetis 2, Mastoros 12 (8/9 shots, 2/7 shots, 9 rebounds, 9 assists) , Kourtidis 16 (3/7 two-pointers , 3/7 threes, 12 rebounds), Cellos, Kalogerias 6 (2)

DEFENDER (Kouris): Kambouris 3 (1/7 shots, 5 rebounds), Bilalis 2 (4 rebounds), Damianos 3 (1), Sioudris 5 (1/7 shots, 7 rebounds), Grekas 5 (1/5 shots, 7 rebounds), Peterson 27 (5/7 shots, 11/18 two-pointers, 7 rebounds), Beli 2, Wilson 18 (8/9 shots, 4/11 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers, 10 rebounds), Zoupas, Boldoglou 2, Yovanis

CHARILAOS TRIKOUPIS – PAPAGOS 76-85

THE REFEREES: Rizos, Anastopoulos, Nastos

THE DECADES: 19-18, 42-45, 63-59, 76-85

CHARILAOS TRIKOUPIS (Moutsios): Henry 6 (2/7 2-points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists), Glasper 16 (5/5 2-points, 1/7 3-points, 3/6 3-points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists , 3 steals), Arfaras, Angelopoulos 10 (4/5 shots, 3/5 twos), Tsurgiannis 9 (4/5 twos, 4 rebounds), Samardzic 21 (2/2 shots, 8/11 twos) pointers, 1/ 2 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Stamatogiannis 8 (5/6 shots, 1/3 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Zarkadoulas 5 (1)

PARROT (Karakostas): Griffin14 (4/6 2-points, 1/5 3-points, 5 rebounds), Karakostas 12 (3/4 shots, 3/4 2-points, 1/7 3-points, 6 rebounds, 5 Assists), Kyrilis 20 (5/6 shots, 3/3 twos, 3/6 threes), Stamatiou, Toulatios, Kois 10 (1), Matsangos 19 (5/5 shots, 4/6 twos, 2/4 threes, 6 rebounds), Tzougarakis 4, Sandramanis 4, Gargalis 4

KORIIVOS AMALIADAS – MENTAL 70-66

THE REFEREES: Teftikis, Kanellopoulos, Fasolis

THE DECADES: 18-20, 33-34, 46-47, 70-66

KORIIVO AMALIADAS (Liogas): Cuxhausen 16 (8/9 shots, 1/3 two-pointers, 2/8 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Nafpliotis 3 (1), Noeas 4, Georgalas 2, Karras 2, Alexander 22 (3/5 shots, 5 /10 2-points, 3/7 3-points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists), Dermitzakis 9 (3/6 2-points, 1/5 3-points, 5 rebounds), Kalaitzakis 12 (4/ 4 shots, 1 /6 2-points, 2/3 3-points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Karageorgiou

MENTALLY (Remendelas): Papanikolaou 6 (1/2 shots, 1/6 2-points, 1/4 3-points), Burke 18 (2/2 shots, 2/7 2-points, 4/7 3-points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals), Koukas 1 (6 assists), Topali 5, Tris 19 (1/6 shots, 9/17 twos, 15 rebounds, 2 blocks), Kontoudis, Athanasoulas 10 (1), Balos 7 ( 5 rebounds), Anagnostopoulos, Pitoulis

HERACLES – DOXA LEFKADAS 81-78 (2nd paragraph)

THE REFEREES: Katotikidis, Pazolis, Douras

THE DECADES: 18-21, 33-35, 52-52, 63-63 (qa), 69-69 (1st para), 81-78

HERCULES (Yaples): Thompson 5 (1/2 2-pointers, 1/9 3-pointers), Paparegas 5 (1/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Sock 12 (1/2 shots, 1/5 2 points, 3/7 3 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Poulianitis 10 (4/7 shots, 3/10 shots), Proiskos 6 (2), Mermigis 4 (7 rebounds), Sprintzios 5 (1), Kottas 4 (2/8 two-pointers, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks), Sarikopoulos 12 (6/9 2-pointers, 9 rebounds), Mastrogiannopoulos 18 (6/9 shots, 3/7 2-pointers, 2/11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 4 assists , 2 blocks)

Glory of Lefkadas (Kalambakos): Donaldson 21 (3/3 shots, 3/8 two-pointers, 4/10 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Ermeidis 13 (5/11 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Gorgonis 4, Naoumis 2, Sahpatzidis 13 (5/11 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers, 14 rebounds), Skoulidas 6 (2 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists), Efstathiadis 11 (2/2 shots, 3/3 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers, 7 rebounds), Voulgaropoulos 8 (6 rebounds, 3 blocks)

The status (after 15 games

27 Panionios
Eleftheroupoli 26
Milona’s 25th
Megarida 24
Koroivos 24
Hermis Schimatariou 24
Mykonos 23
Hercules 23
Papagos 23
Doxa Lefkada 22
Amyntas 21
Panerythraikos 20
Charilaos Trikoupis 20
Esperos Lamias 20
Ayantas Evosmou 20
Clairvoyant 20

The program for the 16th matchday (13.1.)

Eleftheroupolis – Panionios 16:00
Ayantas Evosmou – Papagos
Esperos Lamia – Doxa Lefkada
Heracles – Mykonos
Psychiko – Amyntas
Charilaos Trikoupis from Messolonghi – Megarida
Milonas – Panerythraikos
Koroivos Amaliadas – Hermis Schimatariou

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

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OFFICIALLY. Legendary Bayern coach takes charge of the team again

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10 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Ralph

OFFICIALLY. Legendary Bayern coach takes charge of the team again

Bayern announced the appointment of the team’s head coach on its official website. Svetislav Pesic.

The most successful coach in German basketball history signed a contract with Munich until the end of the season.

The Serbian specialist will replace Gordon Herbert as head coach, with whom the German champions agreed to end their cooperation early by mutual consent.

76-year-old Pesic took over as head of Bayern Munich for the second time. He first joined the Munich team in the autumn of 2012 and remained with them until 2016, winning the first Bundesliga title in the club’s history in 2014.

Svetislav’s greatest achievements include the 2002 World Cup title with Yugoslavia, the 1993 European Championship victory with the German team, and the gold medal at EuroBasket 2001 with Yugoslavia. At club level, the Serbian specialist won the treble in Spain, including winning the Euroleague with Barcelona in 2003. Alba won five championships and two German Cups with Berlin.

In 2024, Pesic won the Olympic bronze medal with the Serbian national team, which he led until last summer, by beating Germany and finishing third in the match.

Source: Sport UA

Ralph

Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.

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Zaporozhye coach: “It was a serious challenge for our team”

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11 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Ralph

Zaporozhye coach: “It was a serious challenge for our team”

Head coach of BC Zaporozhye Dmitry Shchiglinsky He summarized the results of the team’s last matches in 2025 against Krivbass (68:84) and Niko-Basket (78:67).

“Going into the last calendar bubble this year we clearly understood how important this was for us in terms of tournament position. “Krivbass” were right behind us in the table and “Niko-Basket” were playing at home, so both matches promised to be extremely difficult. We were also without our captain Anton Buts, who was injured, which significantly affected the preparations.

We had a bad start to our match against Krivbass, the opponent scored their first long range shots, became confident and kept control of the match for most of the game. We managed to reduce the difference to 4 points in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately we did not have the strength to do more. Krivbass’ last attack with 11:0 gave them an important victory. In the absence of Anton Buts, they had to use rotation and it was not easy for Vyacheslav Kiktev to counter the opponent’s big players.

Our expectations were also the highest for our second match against Niko-Basket. We recently met with this team at the Ukrainian Cup and made a comprehensive analysis. I would like to thank my assistant for her quality work. We analyzed the mistakes in the previous match in detail and focused on playing defense. Even though we made many interventions at the beginning of the match, we could not immediately gain the scoring advantage. The team added more after the first quarter. There were quick breaks, easy points and a more organized attack, and these ultimately brought results. We got the win we needed.

Overall, I am happy with the results of this dough. We maintained our place among the top four teams in the Super League, so I evaluate the performance positively. Playing without one of the starting five players is a serious challenge for our team. I thank the men for their character; “After the defeat in the first match, no one gave up and the next day we played a high-quality game, first of all, as a single team.”

Source: Sport UA

Ralph

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PHOTOGRAPH. The symbol team and MVP of the Super League match week have been announced

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12 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Ralph

PHOTOGRAPH. The symbol team and MVP of the Super League match week have been announced

5 matches were played in the eighth round of the regular season in the Super League. Four more matches were played in Nikolaev and one in Rivne.

Six clubs played their matches during the weekend and the symbolic team was determined according to the results:

Mikhail Gorobchenko (Dnepr) – 8.5 points, 7.5 assists, 3.0 steals, 3.0 rebounds (PE 18.5)

Alexander Peacock (Krivbass) – 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists (PE 24.0)

Vladimir Konev (Dnepr) – 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists (PE 20.0)

Tarig Eisa (Zaporozhye) – 19.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals (PE 15.5)

Yaroslav Karpyuk (Kyiv-Sepet) – 15 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals (PE 23)

Dnepr forward was chosen as the MVP of the tour Vladimir Konev. The leader of the Ukrainian champions helped his team to two confident victories in Nikolaev. He recorded 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists (RE 16) in the match against Niko-Basket (96:56) and 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists (RE 24) against Kryvbas (77:58). In these two games, Vladimir showed high efficiency in attack, converting 7 out of 11 three-point shots and 4 out of 6 two-point shots.

Source: Sport UA

Ralph