In the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League, Pınar Karşıyaka won its sixth consecutive victory by beating Gaziantep Basketball in the postponement match: 96-91.
Pınar Karşıyaka hosted Gaziantep Basketball in the postponement match in the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League. Starting the game with a 6-0 series with Frankamp and Dotson’s three-pointers, Gaziantep Basketball tried to respond with Karsiyaka Kenan and Delgado and Vitto Brown from the bottom of the basket. Having 5 hits in the first 6 3-pointers, the guest team increased the lead to 14 points with a score of 23-9, with Muhsin’s contribution from under the basket. After this minute, the hosts, who shared the game with McCollum’s threes in a row, reduced the difference to 6. The first period ended in favor of the 32-26 Gaziantep team.
McCollum’s three pointer again reduced the lead to 3 at the start of the second period. Vitto Brown’s basket made the score 35-35 and equalized the score for the first time since the beginning of the match, while Karşıyaka then took the lead 37-35 with 6 minutes and 16 seconds left in the half with the points of Jaylon Brown. After taking the lead, Pınar Karşıyaka found a 10-point advantage with the baskets of McCollum, Kuzminskas, Vitto Brown and Berkan, who played with a 6-pointer in 7 in the first half, and this time increased the lead to double digits. Gaziantep representative did not break away from the game with Dotson’s three-pointers, and the half ended with the superiority of Karşıyaka 53-48.
Dissolving the difference in the third period, Gaziantep Basketball made the score 58-57 with Frankamp’s three-pointer and took the lead again. The dominance kept changing hands during the period, which turned host McCollum’s duel from the visitors to Dotson’s mutual duel. McCollum had 35 points and Dotson had 26 points at the end of 3 periods, and the fourth period started with 73-73.
Pınar Karşıyaka, who took the lead 93-91 with Vitto Brown’s three pointer with 2 minutes to go in the last quarter, which was very competitive, and then scored points with the star of the match McCollum, won the hall 96-91. McCollum was the architect of the victory with 43 points in the green-red team, which climbed to the third place in the league with 9 victories in 12 matches.
HALL: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
REFEREES: Emin Mogulkoç, Can Mavisu, Yiğit Gönültaş
PINAR KARŞIYAKA: McCollum 43, Jaylon Brown 9, Kenan Sipahi 13, Vitto Brown 16, Delgado 6, Kuzminskas 3, Berkan 6, Ali Efe, Mert
GAZIANTEP BASKETBALL: McIntyre 29, Hammonds 7, Dotson 28, Frankamp 13, Muhsin 14, Egbunu, Metin, Leon Harun, Birkan
1st PERIOD: 26-32
FIRST HALF: 53-48
3rd PERIOD: 73-73
