Bahçeşehir College was the guest of Great Britain representative London Lions in the FIBA Europe Cup Second Round 4th Week match. The Red Dragons, who had to wait at the airport due to the intense weather opposition in Istanbul and arrived in London approximately 12 hours later than planned, controlled the match from the beginning to the end despite being tired and left the park with a 76-61 victory, achieving their third victory in the group.
Bahçeşehir College, Langston Hall, Jamar Smith, Jamal Jones, Berkay Candan and Oğuz Savaş; the home team started with Marquis Teaque, Isaiah Reese, Julian Williams-Washburn, Aurimas Majauskas and Kylor Kelley.
While the Red Dragons started the game with simple turnovers and missed shots, the first three minutes were passed with a 3-0 advantage by the hosts. Bahçeşehir College, which took control of the scoreboard with three-pointers in a row from its short players in the middle of the quarter, entered the last five minutes of the quarter with a 10-5 lead. The London Lions time-out, which came 3 minutes before the end of the period, was entered with a score of 8-16. The first quarter of the match was passed with the superiority of Bahçeşehir College 24-13.
The home team started the second quarter with a 7-2 streak and the score was 20-26 in the first three minutes. With 2 minutes and 50 seconds remaining at the end of the half, the television break was entered by Bahçeşehir College 31-24. He caught a 7-0 series in the last part of the first half and went to the locker room with a score of 24-38.
As the London Lions started the second half with a 10-4 run, Bahçeşehir College time-out came with 7 minutes and 33 seconds left in the quarter (34-42). While both teams played a balanced game in the middle of the quarter, the last three minutes were entered with a score of 40-50. In the last part of the period, the dynamic of the game did not change and the last quarter of the match was entered with a score of 45-55.
The side that started the last quarter of the match well was Bahçeşehir College under the leadership of Smith, and when the score was 47-61, the London Lions time-out came with 5 minutes 58 seconds left in the game. In the last part of the match, the Red Dragons, who managed to stay calm despite the efforts of their opponent to increase the tempo and maintained their advantage in the score with the hits they found in the attack, left the field with a 76-61 victory and achieved their third victory in the group.
Bahçeşehir College Head Coach Erhan Ernak made the following comments after the struggle: “We had a very difficult journey due to the weather opposition in our country, we spent almost 23 hours to reach here. We did not have the opportunity to practice. Considering the injuries we have experienced, our priority today was to get the win somehow on our record. I would like to thank my players who did their best in these difficult conditions and our Turkish audience who did not leave us alone here.
