Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye, which is in the leadership seat of the ING Women’s Basketball Super League, defeated Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta 92-87 and got the 8th win in the 9th match.
In the ING Women’s Basketball Super League, Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye storm did not stop at the weekend. Cukurova, which knocked out Çankaya University within the week, won the away match of Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta with a score of 92-87. With this result, the guest team won the 8th time in the 9th match, and the black-whites suffered their 7th defeat. With the addition of World Cup MVP Chelsea Gray to the star ensemble roster, Çukurova strengthened its power.
In the first quarter, both teams had no trouble finding a score. While this period was tied 20-20, it was the Hayes-Jones-Gray trio who took the burden of the guest team’s score. 17 of the 20 numbers came from these names. Çukurova, who could not start the second period as she wanted, melted the increasing difference with her stars. In the last minutes, the difference was reduced to 4 with the points of Jones, Gray and Sinem, while the guest team went to the locker room behind 47-43.
Çukurova had a three-point rain in the third quarter. Jones, Gray and Gökşen’s points made the score return to the guest team. Çukurova made a great comeback at the end of the quarter and started the last 10 minutes with a 74-68 lead six different times. Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye, which responded instantly to the comeback efforts of its opponent in the fourth quarter, won the field 92-87. Jones, one of the stars of the team, scored 28 points and 16 rebounds and made a double-double away from Beşiktaş after the Çankaya match, while Gray, the World Cup MVP who just joined Çukurova, scored 27 points and made 9 assists.
Beşiktaş HDI Insurance: Evans 41, İrem Naz 3, Elif 15, Melek 8, Reimer 18, İnci 2
CUKUROVA MERSIN YENİŞEHİR MUNICIPALITY: Sinem 5, Gray 27, Hayes 13, Jones 28, Asena 2, Gökşen 10, Holingsworth 7
1st PERIOD: 20-20, CIRCUIT: 47-43, 3rd PERIOD: 68-74
