Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye, sitting in the leadership in the ING Women’s Basketball Super League, showed everyone how assertive it is in this arena by beating its strong rival Avenida 85-80 in EuroLeague.
Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye hosted Perfumerias Avenida in the 8th week match of the FIBA Women’s EuroLeague Group B. Starting the match with Briann Januray’s points, Çukurova’s biggest plus against a strong opponent like Avenida was Bonner’s comeback. The second plus of our representative was the basketball fans who filled the stands. The reaction of Çukurova, who fell back 12-6 after failing to prevent Avenida’s two-pointers in the match, which started on balance, was proof of how much he wanted the victory. With the Hayes-Bonner-Gray trio, the hosts caught 5 differences at 17-12 and finished the period ahead 20-12.
In the second quarter, the gap narrowed when the opponent went to the easy pot. It was Hayes who said ‘stop’ to this in Çukurova. The star basketball player regained the advantage of 5 points, which he found with baskets in a row. Çukurova, who did not take a step back in the continuation of the fight, went ahead 45-41 to the locker room. While Gray-Hayes-Bonner trio carried Çukurova in the third period, it was very important with contributions from other lucky names. At this point, Sinem stepped in and sent 5 points to the opponent’s basket. Çukurova started the last 10 minutes ahead 64-62.
Even the referees could not stop Çukurova in the fourth quarter. Despite repeated technical fouls, our representative, who wanted more victory, was victorious 85-80. Bonner starred with 21 points, while Gray, Hayes and Hollingsworth narrowly missed the double-double.
trophy enthusiasm
Before the match, Çukurova Mersin Yenişehir Belediye experienced the enthusiasm of the President’s Cup, which he won by beating Fenerbahçe, with his supporters. There was great enthusiasm when the important trophy was brought to the field before the fight, and the enthusiasm of the basketball fans in the stands almost doubled. On the other hand, the match started 15 minutes late due to the celebration.
CUKUROVA MERSIN YENİŞEHİR MUNICIPALITY: Bonner 21, Gökşen 3, Gray 19, Hayes 17, Hollingsworth 10, Sinem 5, January 7, Esra, Asena 3
AVENIDA: Carleton 13, Cazorla 9, Crvedakic 10, Fasoula 22, Onyenwere 12, Dominguez 1, Gulbe 3, Reisingerova 5, Leonor 6, Vilaro
