Aliağa Petkimspor took a giant step towards salvation by defeating Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediye Basket in the Aegean derby, which is very closely related to the lower ranks in the ING Basketball Super League: 78-93.
Petkimspor, who scored 3 points in a row with Armand and Perkins in the first period of the match, took the lead and carried the lead up to 14 points. In the first 10 minutes, 30-16 guests resulted in the superiority of the team. With a good defense in the second period, Merkezefendi melted the gap by giving his opponent 19 points and scoring 29 points. The half ended 49-45 in favor of Aliağa representative, with Petkimli Thomas’s 2-pointer.
Petkimspor put their weight back into the game in the third period. Opening the gap again with the effective play of their foreigners, the green-whites started the last quarter again with a 14-point lead, 70-56. Continuing to play effectively in the last period, the guest team won the hall 93-78. In Petkimspor, Thomas scored 20, Perkins and Armand, who saved his team from relegation with a last-second basket in front of Semt77 Yalovaspor last week, scored 17 each. With this result in the league, both teams entered the last week with 8 wins in 29 matches, one win each over Yalovaspor, whose Bahçeşehir College match was postponed.
HALL: Pamukkale University
REFEREES: Mehmet Keseratar (xx), Ali Serkan Emlek (xx), Hüseyin Çelik (xx)
YUKATEL CENTRAL MUNICIPAL BASKET: Hollowell (x) 4, Upson (xxx) 16, German (xxx) 25, Lomazs (xx) 10, Sestina (x) 3, Hakan (xx) 7, Emircan (x) 1, Altan (x) ) 2, Thomas (xx) 5, Yigitcan (xx) 5
ALIAGA PETKİMSPOR: Armand (xxx) 17, Perkins (xxx) 17, Thomas (xxx) 20, Sinan (xx) 7, Aldridge (xx) 7, Denmon (xxx) 16, Nusret (x) 2, Doğukan (x), Erol Can (xx) 7, Hakan (x)
1st PERIOD: 16-30
FIRST HALF: 45-49
3rd PERIOD: 56-70
DHA
