Hosting the defending champion Sopron Basket in their second match in the Euroleague arena, ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Belediye was defeated by a score of 75-50.
Aiming to win the cup in every lane where it competed with the American stars it added to its squad at the beginning of the season, ÇBK Mersin made the tickets for its second match in the Euroleague free of charge and came out against the last champion Sopron Basket with great support from the fans.
Our representative Bonner, Fagbenle, Gökşen, Briann and Jones started the fight with five of them. Çukurova, who did not allow the opponent to pace, brought the score to 12-5 in the first 4 minutes with Jones’s scorer, and the opponent took a timeout. The team’s top scorer, Jones, came to the side due to foul problems, which affected ÇBK Mersin’s attacks. Sopron finished the quarter ahead 18-15 with his points.
As the gap increased in the second period, the fans also increased their support at the same rate. Çukurova basketball players also played a great game in the last three minutes of the period. This energy led to the locker room trailing only two points by a score of 33-31. In the second half of the match, our representative could not show his productivity in the first half of the attack. Especially with the scorer game in the last quarter, Sopron won 75-50 from the field.
On the other hand, after the match, ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Municipality thanked the fans who filled the hall in the post he shared on his social media accounts, and said, “We have a word to the thousands who do not leave us alone, we will be better. Thank you Mersin.”
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Municipality: Sinem, Fagbenle 4, Gökşen, Monika, Asena 2, Bonner 10, Hollingsworth 9, Briann 5, Janes 20
Sopron Basket: Fegyverneky 6, Kunek 12, Magbegor 10, Sykes 18, Varga, Borondy 7, Brooks 19, Czukor 3, Stankovic
1st PERIOD: 15-18,
CIRCUIT: 31-33,
3rd PERIOD: 46-55
