The Cevat Soydas Basketball Tournament, which was held for the 22nd time this year, started with the Fenerbahçe Beko – Gaziantep Basketball match. Gaziantep Basketball took control in the first quarter with the effective play of Codi McIntyre. The first quarter ended with Gaziantep Basketball’s superiority of 18-16. The second quarter started with both teams scoring each other. Gaziantep Basketball, who scored points from the free throw line with Egbunu in the 12th minute of the match, made the score 22-22. Gaziantep Basketball, scoring with Dotson and Frankamp in the last minutes of the first half, entered the locker room leading 39-35.
At the beginning of the second half, Gaziantep Basketball scored with Egbunu’s basket, bringing the score to 41-35, increasing the gap to 6 points. Fenerbahce Beko, who was hit especially in the outside shots, quickly closed the 6-point gap and took the lead 48-46 in the 24th minute of the match. Fenerbahce Beko and Gaziantep Basketball scored reciprocally, and the last 5 seconds of the 3rd quarter were tied 62-62. Gaziantep Basketball entered the last quarter with a 65-64 advantage with Michael Frankamp’s free throw points in the last seconds.
Both teams started the last quarter with mutual points. Gaziantep Basketball Head Coach Tutku Açık was kicked out of the game by the referees in the 33rd minute of the match. Fenerbahce Beko, who scored especially with Scottie Wilbekin, passed the 38th minute of the match with an advantage of 84-79. In the last 5 seconds of the match, he scored 2 points from free throws with Gaziantep Basketball Egbunu, bringing the score to 86-86. Fenerbahce Beko won the match 88-86 with Dyshawn Pierre’s basket at the last second.
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