Frutti Extra Bursaspor defeated Aliağa Petkimspor 81-75 in the 11th week of the ING Basketball Super League.
Frutti Extra Bursaspor hosted Aliağa Petkimspor in the 11th week of the ING Basketball Super League. While the host did not start the match well, the guest team was effective. Aliağa Petkimspor scored three points with Hamilton and Erol, while Bursaspor countered with Dudzinski. Falling back 6 points for a while, the green-whites caught an 8-point series and entered the TV break ahead. After the mutually scored points, the visiting team closed the first period ahead 20-18.
Starting the second quarter with Thomas and Foreman’s 5-point streak, the guest team increased the gap to 7 points. Green-whites balanced the score with Fremaan’s three pointer with 5 minutes and 24 seconds remaining. Frutti Extra Bursaspor, recovering in the last moments of the second quarter, entered the circuit ahead 39-34.
Starting the third quarter by increasing their pressure, the home team scored consecutive points with Egemen Güven and Freeman. Although Aliağa Petkimspor tried to counter Bursaspor’s effective performance with Foreman and Hamilton, they were ahead 62-49 in the last period with the effective play of hosts Onuralp and Freeman.
Aliağa Petkimspor started the last period with a 10-0 series, and the green-whites recovered with Freeman’s three pointer. Responding immediately to the effective play of the guest team, Frutti Extra Bursaspor increased the difference to double digits again in the last minutes. Frutti Extra Bursaspor, who did not let go of his control in the last moments of the match, won the match 81-75.
Freeman scored 23 points in Bursaspor, Onuralp 16 and Egemen Güven 14 points.
HALL: TOFAŞ
REFEREES: Mehmet Keseratar, Polat Parlak, Batuhan Söylemezoğlu
FRUTTİ EXTRA BURSASPOR: Needham 10, Onur Alp Bitim 16, Andrews 6, Hayes 4, Dudzinski 5, Freeman 23, Mithat Can Özalp, Metin Türen, Ömer Utku Al 3, Akif Egemen Güven 14
ALIAĞA PETKİMSPOR: Wright-Foreman 22, Doğukan Şanlı 3, Ramirez 5, Hakan Sayılı 4, Aldridge 9, Sinan Sağlam, Hamilton 10, Thomas 9, Erol Can Zinc 8, Nusret Yıldırım 5, Murat Kozan
1st PERIOD: 18-20
FIRST HALF: 39-34
3rd PERIOD: 62-49
5 FOUL: 39.05 Doğukan Şanlı (Aliağa Petkimspor), 39.40 Akif Egemen Güven (Frutti Extra Bursaspor)
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