TOFAŞ Basketball Team defeated Darüşşafaka Basketball 81-65 in the 18th week of the league and extended its winning streak to 4 matches.
TOFAŞ hosted Darüşşafaka Basketball in the 18th week of the ING Basketball Super League. In the match played at Nilüfer TOFAŞ Sports Hall, the Blue Greens took the lead 7-3 at 2.30 with the points scored by Tomislav Zubcic. Bursa representative, who responded with Tyler Ennis, Elgin Cook and Tomislav Zubcic to the baskets of his opponent, who equalized the score 7-7, made the situation 20-15 with Kasey Shepherd’s score, but the first quarter ended with 20-20 equality.
Entering the second period with an 8-0 series, Darüşşafaka took the lead by 20-28 at 12.30. While Tyler Ennis’ free throws ended this series, Yiğit Arslan answered Pineiro’s three pointer. While Yiğit Arslan, Elgin Cook and Jeremy Simmons’ baskets put TOFAŞ 34-33 ahead in the 17th minute, the home team, continuing to score with Tomislav Zubcic, Tyler Ennis and Berk Uğurlu, entered the locker room with a superiority of 41-37.
Trying to hold the upper hand with the baskets of Kasey Shepherd and Jeremy Simmons at the beginning of the third quarter, TOFAŞ Basketball Team fell back 45-46 at 23.30. While the guest team increased the lead to 9 points (46-55) at the end of the 25th minute, TOFAŞ, who scored points with Tomislav Zubcic and Elgin Cook after Yiğit Arslan’s three-point field goal, entered the last quarter behind 54-60.
Increasing the defensive strength in the fourth quarter, TOFAŞ Basketball Team took the lead again 61-60 in the 32nd minute with the baskets of Elgin Cook and Tyler Ennis after Tomislav Zubcic’s three pointer. Completing the balls they grabbed with fast attacks, the Blue Greens increased the lead to double digits with 4.13 left with the points of Berk Uğurlu and Yiğit Arslan: 71-61. The Bursa team, which gradually widened the gap with Yiğit Arslan and Tyler Ennis’s three-pointers, managed to leave the park 81-65 with the baskets of Jeremy Simmons and Tomislav Zubcic.
HALL: Nilüfer Tofaş
REFEREES: Mehmet Şahin, Hüseyin Çelik, Yiğit Gönültaş
TOFAŞ: Emre Tanış 0, Tomislav Zubcic 20, Kasey Juwan Shepherd 4, Tyler Ennis Mcintrey 11, Berke Büyüktuncel 0, Berk İbrahim Uğurlu 8, Yiğit Arslan 18, Jeremy Byron Simmons 6, Elgin Rashard Cook 14
DARÜŞŞAFAKA: Gabriel Olaseni 6, Troy Wendel Caupain 14, Isaiah Pineiro 12, Eren Has , Wayne Douglas Mc Cullough 7, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu 15, Bora Yaşar 0, Ege Özçelik 0, Sinan Güler 2, Ragıp Berke Atar 4, Nathan Newman Boothe 5
1st PERIOD: 20-20
PERIOD: 41-37 Tofaş
3rd PERIOD: 54-60 Darüşşafaka
5 FOUL AREAS: 33.45 Wayne Douglas Mc Cullough, 36.10 Gabriel Olaseni (Darüşşafaka)
DISQUALIFIED: 28.49 Burak Selçuk Ernak (Darüşşafaka/2.technical foul)
Muammer IRTEM/BURSA(DHA)
