Pınar Karşıyaka, who won the third consecutive victory in the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League at home by beating Aliağa Petkimspor 96-75, became assertive again in the race.
After starting the season with 3 out of 3 in the league, Kaf-Kaf, who lost 3 games and was injured, stepped on the gas again in the last 3 weeks. After the Yukatel Merkezefendi Municipality Basket and Anadolu Efes victories, McCollum, the star of the green-red team, who did not make any mistakes in front of Petkim, was the name that brought the victory with 38 points. Playing with a 7 out of 8 three-pointer throughout the match, the US guard took the win with 5 threes out of 5, especially in the last period.
Pınar Karşıyaka Coach Ufuk Sarıca said after the match, “Winning is very important and beautiful. It’s obvious from the score, how we played. We clearly won the match. The match would have been very difficult if we hadn’t done our job on defense today. We conceded 35 points in the first half, which increased to 40 in the second half with the widening of the gap, but 75 is an acceptable figure. Offensive we were very fluent, Errick McCollum also had a great performance today, but I’m very happy with the energy. We fixed the mistakes we made during the week, especially in the defense part. This needs to be continued. We got our 6th win. We are playing very important away games. If we can pass here without loss, we will have an important fixture advantage in the second half.”
Sarıca also said the following about McCollum:
“We know about Errick McCollum’s career, his game. This team is there to show these performances from time to time. If we look at the key point of the match, it was defense and offense that we all did together in the first half. In the third period of the game, we were in trouble for a certain part, Errick McCollum showed his talent in those parts. If we can do it this way anyway, it’s a big plus for us. Errick McCollum is a very good actor. I hope we can continue together.”
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