Frutti Extra Bursaspor defeated TOFAŞ 90-83 in the 22nd week of ING Basketball Super League.
TOFAŞ hosted Frutti Extra Bursaspor in Bursa derby in the 22nd week of ING Basketball Super League. Starting the match played at Nilüfer TOFAŞ Sports Hall with five of Kasey Shepherd, Yiğit Arslan, Elgin Cook, Tomislav Zubcic, Jeremy Simmons, the Blue Greens got their first basket with Simmons. After Yiğit Arslan and Kasey Shepherd’s three-pointers, the guest team made the score 11-17, while TOFAŞ Basketball Team, responding to the opponent’s points with Jeremy Simmons and Elgin Cook, made the situation 18-23 at 7.30. However, Bursaspor, which increased the difference to double digits with the numbers it found on top of each other, closed the first quarter ahead 20-33.
Starting the second quarter with Muhsin Yaşar and Elgin Cook’s baskets and drawing the lead to single digits (24-33), TOFAŞ made the score 26-33 with Yiğit Arslan’s free throws. While the guest team increased the lead to 20 points (28-48) in the 17th minute, the Blue Greens entered the locker room 32-53 behind.
Starting the third quarter fast with Elgin Cook, Emre Tanışan and Kasey Shepherd’s points, TOFAŞ Basketball Team drew the lead to 11 at 25.30 with the scoring contribution of Emre Tanışan and Yiğit Arslan: 50-61. After Emre Tanışan’s three-pointer, Elgin Cook’s baskets reduced the lead to single digits (58-66), and the last quarter was dominated by the guest team 60-71.
Starting the fourth quarter with Tomislav Zubcic’s three-pointer, TOFAŞ went up to 15 points (63-78) in the 33rd minute and went up to 6 points (76-82) with 4 minutes left, with baskets from Elgin Cook, Jeremy Simmons, Yiğit Arslan and Kasey Shepherd. While the team with Pako Cruz and Yiğit could not take advantage of the critical three-pointers in this section, the Blue Green team could not prevent the lead to double inns again with 2.41 left: 76-86. Kasey Shepherd and Elgin Cook’s points scored 83-89 with 36 seconds remaining, but TOFAŞ, who could not make a comeback in the remaining time, was defeated 83-90.
Elgin Cook scored 22 points in TOFAŞ against Frutti Extra Bursaspor; Yigit Arslan 19 points; Kasey Shepherd had 15 points; Captain Berk Uğurlu was injured and Tyler Ennis did not play due to the foreign quota.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team will play its next match in the league on Sunday, March 13 at 13.00 away with Gaziantep Basketball. Blue Greens will be the guests of Darüşşafaka Basketball on Tuesday, March 8, in the 4th week of Group J of the Basketball Champions League TOP 16 tour. The fight at Volkswagen Arena will start at 20:00.
HALL: Nilüfer TOFAŞ
REFEREES: Kerem Baki, Kaan Büyükçil, Seher Ayşe Nur Yazıcıoğlu
TOFAŞ: Shepherd 15, Yiğit Arslan 19, Simmons 9, Cook 22, Zubcic 5, Cruz, Emre Tanışan 9, Bora Satır, Muhsin Yaşar 4
Frutti Extra Bursaspor: Needham 35, Onuralp Bitim 12, Andrews 12, Hayes 11, Dudzinski 7, Tarık Sezgün, Mithat Can Özalp, Ömer Utku Al 11, Ayberk Olmaz 2
1st PERIOD: 20-33
CIRCUIT: 32-53
3rd PERIOD: 60-71
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