TOFAŞ played a competitive match against Unicaja Malaga in the 5th week of the Basketball Champions League TOP 16 round Group I. However, they lost 76-80 with their performance in the last quarter. The Blue Greens left their quarter-final hopes to the last week.
TOFAŞ was defeated 76-80 against Unicaja Malaga in the 5th week of the Basketball Champions League TOP 16 round Group I, after leading until the last quarter. With this result, the Blue Greens left their chance for the quarter finals to the last week.
Duygu DOĞAN / BURSA (İGFA) – TOFAŞ Basketball Team hosted Unicaja Malaga at home in the 5th week of the last 16 rounds of the Basketball Champions League.
The first quarter of the match held at Nilüfer TOFAŞ Sports Hall was completed with the home team leading 28-23.
In the second quarter, TOFAŞ, the Spanish representative, continued to put pressure on its opponent and entered the locker room ahead 45-43.
The second half of the head-to-head match also witnessed mutual points. Omar Prewitt could not continue the match when he suffered a lower back injury in the third period. It was 68-61 in the final period.
TOFAŞ had a 5-point lead with 2.14 left in the last quarter, but the opponent could not prevent the points. The match ended with the superiority of Unicaja Malaga.
With this result, TOFAŞ left its quarter-final chance to the last week. The Blue Greens will play their last match in the Basketball Champions League TOP 16 round against SIG Strasbourg away in France on Tuesday, March 19.
Salon: TOFAŞ Sports Hall
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Martin Horozov, Guidas Gedvilas
TOFAŞ: Özgür Cengiz 4, Cassiud Winston 19, Omar Prewitt 12, Caleb Homesley 10, Batin Tuna, Tolga Geçim 3, Ege Demir 2, JJ O’brien 5, Zeljko Sakic 6, Austin Wiiley 15, Mustafa Kurtulmuş
Head Coach: Orhun Ene
Unicaja Malaga: Dylan Osetkoski (7), Melvin Ejim, Tyler Kalinoski (5), Kameron Taylor (11), Jonathan Barreiro, Alberto Diaz (6), Tyson Carter (8), Nihad Dedovic (2), August Lima, David Kravish (13), Kendrick Perry (19).
Head Coach. Ibon Navarro
2024-03-14 04:02:19
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