Despite losing 80-72 to AEK in the last match of the FIBA Champions League Group B, Pınar Karşıyaka, who had her name written on the Play-In stage, could not be happy with her tour.
Despite leading by 25 points in the first half of the match, played without spectators due to the host’s penalty, Karşıyaka could not prevent the defeat and escaped being eliminated in the other match in the group when Reggio Emilia lost 90-66 to Telekom Baskets Bonn at home. Kaf-Kaf, who lost the last 3 games in a row and won 2 wins and 4 losses in 6 games, overtaking the Italian representative Emilia by double average, got his name written on the Play-In stage.
If they beat AEK, they would complete the group in second place and be matched with Tofaş, one of our representatives, to gain the field advantage in Play-In and to avoid the cost of far away travel. Karşıyaka lost its advantage with the defeat. In the last match of the Play-In stage, Pınar Karşıyaka beat Tofaş 87-77 in Bursa and matched with Spanish team UCAM Murcia, who finished Group A in second place with 4 wins and 2 losses. will play the rematch at home on January 10-11. If necessary, the third match will be held in Spain on 17 or 18 January in the series where the side with a total of two wins will make it to the last 16.
MITCHELL lit
Pınar Karşıyaka surrendered to former player Akill Mitchell in AEK away game. Mitchell, who was transferred to Karşıyaka at the beginning of last season and sent to be replaced by Alex Tyus on the grounds that he was insufficient, destroyed his old team with the AEK jersey. The US center made a double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds and became the top scorer of the match.
PLAYED WITH MURCIA IN 2018
Pınar Karşıyaka previously faced her rival UCAM Murcia in the Play-In stage of the FIBA Champions League in the quarter-finals of the 2017-2018 season in the same organization. Kaf-Kaf, who lost 79-65 in the first match in Izmir in the quarter-final match that season, lost the rematch in Murcia 81-72 and was eliminated before reaching the Final Four. Karşıyaka has not had a chance for the Spanish teams in Europe for the last 2 years. The green-red team was eliminated by Tenerife in the Play-In of the Champions League again last season, and after eliminating Zaragoza in the Final Four in Russia in 2021, they lost the final they played with Burgos and lost the cup. In the Champions League this season, Galatasaray will be in the last 16 as NEF group winner, while Karşıyaka, Tofaş, Bahçeşehir College and Darüşşafaka will play Play-In. (DHA)
