Hosting Aliağa Petkimspor in the 12th week of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League, TOFAŞ defeated its opponent 78-65.
TOFAŞ hosted Aliağa Petkimspor in the 12th week of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League. Starting the game effectively, Tofaş started with the effective play of Boubacar Toure and Berke Büyüktuncel. Effective in the first 5 minutes, Tofaş brought the score to 12-8. After this period, Tofaş remained ineffective under the hoop, and Aliağa Petkim Spor, who recovered, finished the first period ahead with 5 points with the effective play of İsmail Cem Ulusoy, Simmons and Aldridge. 15-20
Recovering in the 2nd period, TOFAŞ brought the score to 21-22 in the first two minutes and gave the visiting team a timeout. After this period, Aliağa Petkimspor, who started to defend hard, was successful in this and stopped the host team in the attack. Thanks to Prewitt’s effective play in the guest team, who was also effective in offense, he brought the score to 37-28 with two minutes left. 3 points scored by Tofaş captain Berk Uğurlu determined the score of the first half 31-37.
Both teams struggled to score in the 3rd period. While İsmail Cem was effective in the visiting team, Chery’s free throw at the end of the quarter made the difference 38-49. After this period, TOFAŞ recovered effectively and effectively reduced the gap to 4 49-53. The visiting team, especially with Chery’s effective play, finished the third period ahead 49-55.
While the home team was recovering in the last quarter, with 7 minutes left, Arturas Milaknis took the lead by 58-57 with consecutive numbers. Effective in defense, Tofaş increased the lead to double digits with Berke Büyüktuncel’s dunk with 3 minutes to go 71-61. With Gray’s effective game, TOFAŞ defeated Aliağa Petkim Spor 78-65.
While Robert Gray’s 22 points and Milaklis’s 16 points had a significant share in the victory in the home team, Prewitt and Simmons’ 14-point contribution in Aliağa Petkimspor could not prevent the defeat.
HALL: TOFAŞ
REFEREES: Yener Yılmaz, Serdar Ünal, Erhan Gürsel
TOFAŞ: Deon Thompson 10, Berke Büyüktuncel 9, Berk Uğurlu 9, Bora Satır, Ege Demir, Suleiman Okhaifoede 8, Boubacar Toure 4, Robert De Juan Gray Jr 22, Arturas Milaknis 16, Tevfik Akdamar, Emre Tanışan, Özgür Cengiz
ALIAĞA PETKİM SPOR: Ege Arar, Omar Morgan Prewıtt 14, İsmail Cem Ulusoy 13, Kenny Fred Chery 10, Yiğit Kayalar, Tai Jack Webster, Murat Meriç Kuntker, Jeremy Byron Jerome Simmons 14, Ömercan Engin, Nusret Yıldırım, Peyton James Aldridge 12, Dorukhan Engindeniz 2
1st PERIOD: 15-20
PERIOD: 31-37
3rd PERIOD: 49-55
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