Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring defeated Beşiktaş BOA at home in the derby with a score of 84-73 in the 13th week of the Halkbank Women’s Basketball Super League.
Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring to the match; Teja Oblak, Ayşe Cora Yamaner (C), Kamiah Smalls, Elif Bayram and Elizabeth Williams started with the starting five. Our team’s first points came from Ayşe Cora Yamaner and Elif Bayram. The fight started at a high tempo and with mutual hits. Our yellow-red team was ahead by 5 points in the first 5 minutes. After the three-point field goal scored by Marine Johannès in the last part of the first quarter, our opponent used the first timeout of the match. Our team did not lose its rhythm after the break and maintained its superiority in the game. While the first quarter ended with our 20-13 lead, all of our top five contributed to the score in this section.
The second quarter started with a layup scored by Derin Erdoğan. While the first 5 minutes of the quarter witnessed intense bilateral fights, balance was achieved in the match as the opponent team caught the rhythm. Our yellow-red team used their time-out right with 3 minutes left. We finished the half with a 42-38 advantage thanks to the three-point field goal scored by Kamiah Smalls in the last seconds of the first half. In the first half, our team shot 12/22 two-point and 4/11 three-point shots.
Sultans of the Palace started the second half with two accurate free throws made by Ayşe Cora Yamaner. Our yellow-reds made a high-tempo start and increased the difference to 9 points in the first 5 minutes (51-42). As the tempo increased in the third quarter, our yellow-reds took control of the match again with the 8-point streak scored by Marine Johannès in the 3-minute period. We finished the third quarter ahead with a score of 64-51. We started the last quarter with a layup scored by Derin Erdoğan. The match was balanced again with the three-point baskets made by our opponent in the first 5 minutes of the last episode. Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring did not make any mistakes in the remaining minutes and left the derby with an 84-73 victory and continued on its way by winning.
📊Our Match Statistics
Kamiah Smalls: 9 points – 3 rebounds – 2 assists –2 steals
Elizabeth Williams: 10 points – 4 rebounds – 2 assists – 4 steals
Teja Oblak: 7 points – 2 rebounds – 5 assists – 1 steal – block
Sude Yılmaz: 3 points
Gökşen Fitik: 8 points – 4 rebounds – 1 assist –2 steals
Ayşe Cora Yamaner: 14 points – 6 rebounds – 3 assists
Derin Erdoğan: 9 points – 1 rebound – 4 assists
Elif Bayram: 2 points – 4 rebounds
Marine Johannès: 11 points – 1 rebound – 1 assist – 1 steal
Awak Kuier: 11 points – 8 rebounds – 1 assist – 2 blocks
