Olympiacos beats Peristeri 91-62 to stay unbeaten in Greek Basket League

Olympiacos pulls away after the first quarter

Olympiacos beat Peristeri 91-62 on Sunday, 1 November, at the Sunel Arena in Ano Liosia, taking its fifth win from five games in the Stoiximan GBL. Peristeri, coached by Vasilis Xanthopoulos, stayed competitive early in the second quarter, but the hosts led 25-18 after the first ten minutes and 48-30 at half-time. Olympiacos extended the gap to 37 points in the third quarter and led 76-42 at the end of that period. Peristeri, now 3-2, was short on depth and committed 19 mistakes over the game, according to one report.

Vezenkov and the scoring

Sasha Vezenkov led the winners with 21 points and 7 rebounds, while Omiros Netzipoglou added 16 points and Cory Joseph scored 12 points with 2 assists. Every one of the 12 Olympiacos players who appeared scored, and Antonis Karagiannidis put up 6 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes. For Peristeri, Kostas Papadakis scored 12 points and Hatzidakis added 10 points and 6 rebounds. Tai Nichols did not play for Peristeri, and Anderson left the game with a knee problem in the 25th minute. Olympiacos was without Montero, Dorsey, Jones, Kontsar, Dantson and Fournier, and Montero is expected to be out for six months.

Sasha Vezenkov21

Omiros Netzipoglou16

Cory Joseph12

Kostas Papadakis12

Hatzidakis10

Sasha Vezenkov

21 points

Omiros Netzipoglou

16 points

Cory Joseph

12 points

Kostas Papadakis

12 points

Hatzidakis

10 points

Data from the article text

“Peristeri is a very good team, we knew whom we were facing. We started strong and did not give them room.”

After the game, Vezenkov credited the squad depth, saying that every player has to take the next step because the team is healthy and competitive in training.

Awards before tip-off

Before the match, Olympiacos handed out awards for last season. Evan Fournier, named MVP of the 2025-26 GBL season, received his trophy along with Vezenkov and Nikola Milutinov, who were both selected in the best five. Panagiotis Angelopoulos presented the awards, and Giorgos Bartzokas was named coach of the year. Nikos Plotas was honored as the league's best young player, and Milutinov returned to the court after an injury during the game.

Olympiacos91

Peristeri Betsson62

Olympiacos

91 points

Peristeri Betsson

62 points

Data from the article text

What comes next

Olympiacos faces Red Star at the Sunel Arena on Friday, 6 November at 21:15, in round 10 of the Euroleague, and Fournier is expected to play in that game. Its next league game is against Marousi. Peristeri has no BCL fixture the following week and will face Kolossos in Rhodes next.