Karditsa took Horchler

The 26-year-old 2.04 m tall American-British power forward is known to the Greek public, as he played with Aris Thessaloniki and Lavrio in the previous two seasons.

Born on New Year’s Day 1998 in Melbourne, Florida, his first year in US college basketball was with East Florida State, where he played in the 2016-17 season. He then moved to North Florida, where he played for two seasons with a m.o. 14.1 points and 9.3 rebounds in 59 games. In 2020, he transferred to the famous Providence, one of the best college basketball programs in the USA, where for two seasons he was the main power forward of the “Friars”, with Nate Watson, the new transfer acquisition of A.S., as the team’s main center. .Karditsas JAPONIKI for the new season!!! The two players are back in Greece and on the same team, while two years ago, specifically in 2022, they led Providence to a 27-6 record, the Big East title and the round of 16 of the league’s final tournament, where they were eliminated with a 66- 61 by the eventual champion Kansas team. Noah Horchler finished his college career with 120 games (105 in the starting five) averaging 11.1 points on 50% 2-pointers, 37% 3-pointers, 62% field goals and 8.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks. .

In his first season in Europe (2022-23) he joined Aris Thessaloniki, where in 23 games and 26.4 minutes of participation he had 8.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 0.9 blocks. The following year (2023-24) he started in France with Orléans with 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds, to join Lavrio in December, in which he counted 8.6 points and 7.6 rebounds (3rd best rebounder in the league) in 24.6 minutes of participation.

He holds dual citizenship as he is also a British citizen, as a result of which he will compete with the British Men’s National Team from 2021.