After the break in the ING Basketball Super League due to the Turkish Cup and national matches, Pınar Karşıyaka lost 85-83 to Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket in the Aegean derby at home.
After the break in the ING Basketball Super League due to the Turkish Cup and national matches, Pınar Karşıyaka was the guest of Yukatel Merkezefendi Municipality Basket in the Aegean derby. In the fight at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sports Hall, the new transfer German, who played in the second match from the guest team, carried his team to victory with 33 points. With this score, Karşıyaka met with a defeat in the league after 3 matches, and had 14 victories in 21 matches. Merkezefendi took his second win in a row, reaching 7 wins in 21 weeks and took a breath.
The match started with Merkezefendi’s Hakan and German, Karsiyaka’s Yunus and M’Baye’s mutual 3-pointers. With the contribution of Upson and Sestina, who came from the side in the period where Merkezefendi was trying to outflank their opponents with Karşıyaka from under the basket, the guest team finished the first period ahead 26-20 with Thomas’s three pointer. Even though Denizli’s representative carried the lead up to 8 points at the beginning of the second period, Kaf-Kaf, who melted the lead with Roll and Can Korkmaz’s three-pointers, took the lead 35-32 with M’Baye’s three-pointer.
Merkezefendi took the lead again with Lomazs’s baskets and found a 6-point advantage, and the half ended in favor of the guests 47-44 with a 3-pointer by Can Korkmaz. In the third quarter, Merkezfendi increased the lead up to 12 points with German’s effective play. Even though Karşıyaka narrowed the gap to 3 points with Tyus, Burak Can and Taylor, the guest team started the last quarter ahead 68-63 with German’s last-second layup.
Pınar Karşıyaka, who closed the gap within 1 minute in the last quarter, equalized 68-68 with Can Korkmaz’s basketball foul. Merkezefendi, who did not allow Karşıyaka to take the lead with the top scorer of the match, German, went ahead by 6 points again with Lomazs and Hakan in the last section. Karsiyaka, Taylor and Merkezefendi could not take advantage of free throws with Yiğitcan in the final moments of contention. The match ended with the superiority of Merkezefendi 85-83.
HALL: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
REFEREES: Emin Moğulkoç (xx), Duhan Köyiçi (xx), Batuhan Söylemezoğlu (xx)
PINAR KARŞIYAKA: Taylor (xxx) 18, Yunus (x) 3, Colson (xx) 9, M’Baye (xxx) 16, Tyus (xxx) 12, Roll (xx) 7, Can Korkmaz (xxx) 14, Mahir ( x), Berkan (x), Burak Can (x) 4
YUKATEL MERKEZEFENDI MUNICIPALITY BASKET: Emircan (x) 2, Altan (xx) 4, German (xxxx) 33, Lomazs (xxx) 13, Hakan (xxx) 9, Sestina (xxx) 11, Upson (xx) 8, Thomas (xx) ) 5, Yigitcan (x)
1st PERIOD: 20-26
FIRST HALF: 44-47
3rd PERIOD: 63-68
5 FOUL: 39.56 Hakan (Yukatel Merkezefendi Bld)
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