In the 24th week of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League, TOFAŞ faced Darüşşafaka Lassa at home. The Blue Greens started the match played at Nilüfer TOFAŞ Sports Hall with Cassius Winston, Mustafa Kurtuldum, JJ O’Brien, Zeljko Sakic and Austin Wiley, and scored their first basket with JJ O’Brien. Although Cassius Winston and Austin Wiley’s points brought the score to 6-8, the guest team, which was effective with outside shots, entered the television break at 4.30 with a 6-16 lead. After the break, after JJ O’Brien’s basket, the difference was 16 this time at 6.30. It went up to: 8-24. At the end of the quarter, the home team scored three points with Zeljko Sakic and Tolga Geçim and closed the first period trailing 14-26.
At the beginning of the second period, Tolga Geçim’s baskets reduced the difference to single digits (17-26), while TOFAŞ Basketball Team continued to score with Ege Demir, Tolga Geçim, Austin Wiley, and entered the 16th minute with the points of JJ O’Brien and Omar Prewitt. He drew it to 4: 32-36. Scoring points with Cassius Winston and Austin Wiley at the end of the quarter, the Blue Greens entered the locker room trailing 37-45.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team started the third period quickly with points by Cassius Winston and Tolga Geçim, making the score 46-47 at 23.30. Bursa team responded to the opponent’s points with Cassius Winston, Omar Prewitt, Tolga Geçim and Austin Wiley, with Omar Prewitt’s three-pointer at 28.30. While they were ahead 59-57 in 2017, they entered the last quarter with a 62-60 advantage after Mustafa Kurtuldum’s three-pointer.
TOFAŞ, which made the score 65-61 with Omar Prewitt’s three-pointer at the beginning of the fourth period, fell behind 65-66 in the 32nd minute when its opponent gave a 5-0 run. The Blue Greens were ahead 69-68 in the last 6 minutes with points from JJ O’Brien and Austin Wiley. After JJ O’Brien’s basket (71-71), the guest team gained a 71-75 advantage with 4 minutes left. After Tolga Geçim’s free throw points, the difference increased to 6 (73-79) with 1.35 left, and when their efforts to convert the score in the remaining time did not yield any results, TOFAŞ left the court defeated 83-90.
Cassius Winston and Omar Prewitt scored 18 points each for TOFAŞ against Darüşşafaka Lassa; Tolga Geçim 16 points; Austin Wiley 12 points; JJ O’Brien scored 11 points; Caleb Homesley, who had a flu infection, and Marcus Denmon, who was still injured, did not play in the match.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team will play its next match in the league against Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım on Friday, March 29. The match at Nilüfer TOFAŞ Sports Hall will start at 20.30.
Editor: News Center
2024-03-25 04:53:08
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