In the 24th week of the ING Basketball Super League, TOFAŞ defeated Semt77 Yalovaspor 75-66.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team defeated Semt77 Yalovaspor 75-66 in the match of the 24th week and scored its 13th victory in the league. In the 24th week of the ING Basketball Super League, TOFAŞ faced Semt77 Yalovaspor at home. The Blue Greens started the match with Berk Uğurlu, Tyler Ennis, Yiğit Arslan, Tomislav Zubcic, Muhsin Yaşar and scored their first basket with Berk Uğurlu’s three pointer. The Bursa representative, who was leading 9-6 in the 6th minute with the points of Tyler Ennis and Muhsin Yaşar, fell back 9-10 on the timeout return, but returned the first quarter 18 by responding to the opponent’s points with baskets from Jeremy Simmons, Yiğit Arslan, Emre Tanışan and Tayler Ennis. -14 closed ahead.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team made the score 27-22 with the points scored by Pako Cruz and Kasey Shepherd at the beginning of the second period, which started with mutual points, while the Yalova representative brought the situation to 27-27 at 15.30. Returning from timeout Emre Tanışan’s mid-range basket took the lead in TOFAŞ, Koç Ahmet Çakı’s team fell 29-32 behind and took their second timeout in a row. After the break, the Blue Green team, who scored two three-pointers with Emre Tanışan and Pako Cruz, went into the locker room 35-38. entered behind.
Starting the third period quickly with captain Berk Uğurlu and Tyler Ennis’ three-pointers, TOFAŞ took the lead by 41-40 in the 21st minute, and caught a 9-point lead in the 25th minute with the 14-2 series they found: 49-40. Blue Greens, Pako Cruz and Tomislav Zubcic’s points increased the lead to double digits (50-40) with Jeremy Simmons’ free throw, leading 59-53 in the last quarter.
Trying to hold the upper hand with the baskets of Pako Cruz and Kasey Shepherd at the beginning of the fourth quarter, TOFAŞ could not prevent Luka Rupnik’s three pointer, and the lead went down to 1 in the last 5 minutes: 63-62. Falling back 63-64 with Alex Brown’s basket, Bursa’s representative again gained the advantage 67-64 with 2.30 left, with the points scored by Jeremy Simmons and Tomislav Zubcic. After Jeremy Simmons’ middle-distance basket, TOFAŞ caught the 8-point lead (72-64) with 1.18 remaining Pako Cruz’s three-pointer and made no mistakes in the remaining time and was victorious 75-66 from the park.
Pako Cruz was the team’s top scorer with 16 points-2 rebounds-2 assists against Semt77 Yalovaspor in TOFAŞ; Tyler Ennis 11 points; Berk Uğurlu finished the game in double digits with 10 points. Elgin Cook and Eigirdas Zukauskas did not play in the match due to the foreign quota.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team will play its next game in the league on Saturday, March 26 at 15.30 with Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediye Basket on the road. In the 6th and last week of Group J of the Basketball Champions League TOP 16, the Blue Greens will play against BAXI Manresa on Tuesday, March 22 at 22.30 on the road to Spain.
HALL: Nilüfer TOFAŞ
REFEREES: Ali Serkan Emlek, Mehmet Şahin, Sehat Büker
TOFAŞ: Zubcic 7, Ennis 11, Berk Uğurlu 10, Cruz 16, Simmons 9, Emre Tanışan 8, Shepherd 8, Yiğit Arslan 2, Muhsin Yaşar 4, Berke Büyüktuncel,
SEMT77 YALOVASPOR: Jones 2, Galliant 10, Ilkan Karaman 8, Brown 11, Efe Ergi Tırpancı 8, Lee 13, Rupnik 14, Oğulcan Baykan, İsmail Kerem Gülmez, Mert Celep.
1st Period: 18-14
Circuit: 35-38
3rd Period: 59-53
(DHA)
