Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team defeated Greek representative Panathinaikos 94-88 in the 18th week of the THY Europa League.
Finishing the first quarter of the match played at OAKA Arena with a 19-18 lead, the host team entered the locker room with a superior 39-36.
Maintaining its superiority in the third quarter, Panathinaikos went ahead 59-51 in the final period. The visiting team equalized 78-78 with Marko Guduric’s three-pointer with 24 seconds left and the match went into overtime.
Fenerbahce Beko won the overtime with a score of 94-88.
Fenerbahçe Beko, who had great difficulty in rebounds throughout the match, gave his opponent 45 rebounds, 26 of which were offensive.
Nigel Hayes-Davis was the architect of the victory with 24 points in the visiting team. In the representative of Greece, Dwayne Bacon’s 27 points could not prevent the defeat.
After five matches, the yellow-dark blue team won 11 wins. Panathinaikos suffered its 12th defeat, 6 in a row.
