There will not be any fear factor for Panionios star Kennedy Winston when he and his team-mates travel to Catalonia to face unbeaten Akasvayu Girona in the opening game of their EuroCup quarter-final series.

Winston's played in the arena before.

He was on the books of Gran Canaria in the ACB last season.

Akasvayu are undefeated and do look like good bets to win the title, but Winston has something to say about that.

		Kennedy Winston is averaging over 14 ppg for Panionios.

"Akasvayu are deep and talent and they've been playing very well," he said to PA Sport.

"But anybody can be beat on any given night.

"They'll bring their best game, and we'll bring ours and we'll see what happens."

Panionios would not, it's safe to say, be contending for honours in Europe had the 22-year-old Winston not joined the club in the summer.

The 1.96m forward has been lights out in the EuroCup, shooting 42.9% from three-point range and averaging better than 14 points.

One of the reasons the former University of Alabama star has been so effective was his experience last year in the ACB.

"It's a good league," he said.

"I felt like in Spain I improved my transition game, coming off screens and shooting, learned to play better defense.

"Here in Greece, I've been learning how to be better in the half-court situations, my half court defense, helping."

Panionios finished second in the first two rounds of the EuroCup to Turk Telekom.

"We could have been in a better position in the second round, but we had some injuries," Winston said.

"We had to go without our starting point guard for two or three games, but at least we were able to get into the quarter-final."

Lokomotiv Rostov, like Panionios, also won three of their six games in Round II Group K but the Greek team advanced on a tie-breaker.

Winston says he is optimistic about the rest of the season.

"When I first got here, it took me a little while to get adjusted," he said.

"But lately, we've been playing well."