PF/C Kosta Koufos (CSKA Moscow)

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

After reading the above article, I hope most on this board realize what a quality kid, Koufos is and what an outstanding player he will be at OSU. The kid has heart and desire, to go along with great ability.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

i have a ticket for tonights game. the reality is probably fifty fifty at best i can make it up there. though, it would be nice to meet up some old friends in stark co. i likely wont be able to make it up there. i really would like to see kof in action in person.

You better get up there, we need a first hand report...:tongue2:

I'll have one for Mullens and Kellog this friday...

As for that article it is great that even tho the kids we are brining in are ranked so high they are all still very humble...

 

[bucknut11]

You better get up there, we need a first hand report...:tongue2:

I was planning on going to this game, but have one of my own and can't skip it.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

KK and the Eagles won 55-51...

Don't have numbers but we are going to see a great matchup with KK and Frease going up against each other in the District Finals...

Wish I could go...

 

[osugrad21]

Canton

Koufos, GlenOak eke out victory
Friday, March 9, 2007
By Chris Beaven
repository sports writer

CANTON They often defy conventional basketball wisdom.

They regularly surround a 7-foot-2 star with four small guards. They rely on young kids to hit big shots. And they even rely, at times, on 7-2 Kosta Koufos' 3-point marksmanship.

But on nights such as Thursday, it all makes sense for the GlenOak Golden Eagles. The Eagles rallied for a 55-51 win over Warren Harding in the Division I district semifinals at Memorial Civic Center. A crowd of 3,580 watched them make 7-of-9 second-half 3-pointers to get the win.

It sets up a game Stark County fans have waited nearly two years for - GlenOak (20-3) and Perry (13-10) in Saturday's 7:30 p.m. district final. Seven-footers Koufos and Kenny Frease meet for the first time since 2005, as their teams pursue their first district titles in more than a decade.

Cont'd

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Koufos, GlenOak eke out victory

He reminded everyone why he is one of the nation's best players when Harding built a 34-27 lead early in the third. Koufos then calmly drilled a 3-pointer from the left.

"I just thought I could make the shot, and I was lucky enough to hit the shot when we needed it," said Koufos, who made 4-of-5 3-pointers in scoring 27 points.

 

[Worm02]

I was planning on going to this game, but have one of my own and can't skip it.

It was a great game. Koufos ended up with 27 points & 7 rebounds. He had 17 of his team's 22 points in the first half, but as the game went on, he starting finding his teammates wide open for threes and they delivered (Glen Oak was 11-23 from behind the arc). It was my first time seeing Koufos play and he's as good as advertised. He reminds me of Dirk Nowitski. He can post up (although he didn't dunk, but I'm sure that he can), set up his own shot, and handle the ball very well for a player his size. He's not the most physical player on defense (Damian Eargle & Chris Henderson combined for 34 points & 23 rebounds; Henderson even dunked on him), but he is a very gifted player to say the least. The Buckeyes are getting a great one.

 

[Buckskin86]

With his mother as a guiding hand, Koufos has stood above the rest at GlenOak High.
Photo courtesy of Kosta Koufus

Big-time Buckeye
Koufos to join a group of Ohio natives in Columbus
Posted: Friday March 9, 2007 4:47PM; Updated: Friday March 9, 2007 5:12PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/03/09/kosta.koufos/

 

[sandgk]

Classic - a higher force stops Koufos from falling prey to Amaker ....

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Canton

Clash of the Titans
Saturday, March 10, 2007
By TODD PORTER

Broken feet and broken faces kept them apart. Luck, teammates and fate have brought them together. The toughest ticket in town is gone, and Memorial Civic Center will rock tonight.

Kosta Koufos and Kenny Frease. Big men, big personalities and bigger potential.

Two of the best high school basketball players in the country live in our backyard. To have two 7-footers who live 15 minutes apart, play in the same league and have college coaches salivating, is rare.

They've never played a high school game against each other since becoming 7-footers.

Until tonight. This is a once-in-a-lifetime game.

Perry and GlenOak will play for the Division I district championship. It is the most anticipated individual matchup since McKinley's Nick Weatherspoon led the Bulldogs past Marlington and 7-footer Luke Witte in the 1969 district title game.

Continued....

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Canton

Koufos, Boudler, Orban grab top district honors
Saturday, March 10, 2007
By CHRIS BEAVEN

A 7-footer with guard skills, a powerful post player and a versatile forward highlight the Associated Press Northeast Inland District boys and girls basketball all-star teams.

A media panel from the district named GlenOak 7-foot-2 senior Kosta Koufos and Louisville 6-7 senior Dan Boudler boys players of the year in Division I and II, respectively. Hoover 5-11 junior forward Brittany Orban shared the honor in girls Division I.

Koufos hopes to lead GlenOak to its first district title in 11 years when the Golden Eagles play Perry tonight. The Ohio State recruit is coming off a career-best four 3-pointers in a district semifinal win. He averages 26 points and 16 rebounds a game.

 

[bucknut11]

Glen Oak handily beats Perry in a low scoring battle, 45-28. They advance to regionals.

Kosta got the best of Frease. 24 points on 10/22 shooting, 4 blocks, not sure about rebounds

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Congrats to Kosta and GO for advancing...

The battle many have waited on wasnt much of a battle in the end...

GO and KK will face off with Dallas Lauderdale and Solon in the regional semis on Wednesday...

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Canton

GlenOak?s Kosta Koufos (right) greets Perry?s Kenny Frease after GlenOak defeated Perry.

Koufos, GlenOak top Frease, Perry for title
Sunday, March 11, 2007

Repository Bob Rossiter
NOT THIS TIME Kenny Frease (right) blocks Kosta Koufos? shot late in the second quarter in Saturday?s Division I boys basketball district final at Canton Memorial Civic Center. Frease won that battle of high school 7-footers, but Koufos and the GlenOak Golden Eagles won the game, beating Perry, 45-28. Koufos finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds. Frease had 11 points and nine boards.​

By CHRIS BEAVEN

repository sports writer

CANTON They packed Memorial Civic Center hoping to see something special Saturday night.

Two of the nation?s top 7-footers leading their boys basketball teams into the Division I district finals created the toughest ticket in town.

After 21⁄2 quarters of more buzz than bang, GlenOak 7-2 senior Kosta Koufos delivered a loud dunk to finally ignite the Golden Eagles. He grabbed a missed free throw and slammed it down, sparking GlenOak to a 45-28 win over Perry.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Canton

Buzz unlike any other for county boys basketball
Sunday, March 11, 2007
By TODD PORTER

CANTON

There was still an hour left before Saturday night's Division I district championship game. The GlenOak team bus made its way down Market Avenue. The Golden Eagles saw the droves and droves and droves of fans walking toward Memorial Civic Center.

They saw the signs and the scalpers. They saw electricity in downtown Canton.

And they plugged into it.

Saturday night was rare. Two 7-footers from the same county who shop in some of the same stores went head to head for 32 minutes. It was top-seeded GlenOak against Perry, the hottest team in this district tournament.

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