Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 15: January 13-15, 2012 - Turkey

May 21, 2013

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 15: January 13-15, 2012

Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray Medical Park warmed up for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 with big wins to remain in the top two spots in the Turkish League, but defending champion Fenerbahce Ulker slipped down to fifth place after losing at Tofas. Efes routed Mersin BSB. 104-72. Sasha Vujacic scored 18 and Dusko Savanovic 17 to lead six Efes scorers in double figures. Efes effectively put the game away early by leading 34-18 after 10 minutes and 66-31 by halftime. Efes to 13-2 with the win, which is one victory more than GS Medical Park after it took down Aliaga Petkim 90-72. The hosts raced to a 28-11 first-quarter advantage and never trailed. Luksa Andric starred with 26 points and Josh Shipp and Darius Songaila added 14 points apiece for the victors. Banvit and Besiktas are tied for third after respective wins. Banvit bested Olin Edirne 89-71 led by Cliff Hammonds’s 15 points. The score was close at the half, 44-41, but a big third-quarter put the hosts up 18, which proved to be the final difference. Serkan Erdogan scored 13 and Cemal Nalga hauled in 12 rebounds for the winning side. Filip Videnov led Edirne with 15 points. Besiktas defeated Antlaya 75-85 as Zoran Erceg and Carlos Arroyo combined for 38 points. The surprise result of the weekend came at Tofas, which upset FB Ulker 89-87 on Bradley Buckman late basket. A close game seemed in the visitors’ control when Omer Onan helped Fener jump to a 71-79 advantage, but Austin Nichols, Buckman and Can Altintig carried Tofas back to an 87-87 tie in the last minute. And then with the game on the line Buckman came through. Tomislav Ruzic led Tofas with 17 points and Nicholas added 15. James Gist scored 16 and Bojan Bogdanovic and Marko Tomas added 14 each in defeat. The result put Fener and Tofas on even terms along with Pinar Karsiyaka, all with 10-5 records.

LAST GAME GAME 15 January 13-15, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Jan. 14	Pinar vs. Bandirma Kirmizi	89-62
Jan. 14	Antalya BSB. vs. Besiktas	75-85
Jan. 14	Anadolu Efes vs. Mersin BSB.	104-72
Jan. 14	Banvit vs. Olin Edirne	89-71
Jan. 14	Trabzonspor vs. Turk Telekom	89-78
Jan. 14	Hacettepe Univ. vs. Erdemir	73-76
Jan. 13	Tofas vs. Fenerbahce Ulker	89-87
Jan. 15	GS Medical Park vs. Aliaga	90-72

NEXT GAME GAME 16 January 28-29, 2012
Day	Match
Jan. 28	Hacettepe Univ. vs. Aliaga
Jan. 28	Trabzonspor vs. FB Ulker
Jan. 29	GS Medical Park vs. Olin E.
Jan. 28	Tofas vs. Mersin BSB.
Jan. 28	Pinar vs. Banvit
Jan. 28	Anadolu Efes vs. Erdemir
Jan. 28	Antalya vs. Turk Telekom
Jan. 28	Bandirma vs. Besiktas

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Anadolu Efes	15	13	2	1308	1095
2	Galatasaray Medical Park	15	12	3	1256	1068
3	Banvit	15	11	4	1192	1078
4	Beşiktaş Milangaz	15	11	4	1300	1183
5	Pınar Karşıyaka	15	10	5	1251	1171
6	Fenerbahçe Ülker	15	10	5	1186	1092
7	Tofaş	15	10	5	1190	1164
8	Erdemir	15	8	7	1083	1109
9	Aliağa Petkim	15	8	7	1129	1142
10	TÜRK Telekom	15	7	8	1217	1237
11	Hacettepe Üniv.	15	6	9	1083	1173
12	Olin Edirne	15	4	11	1067	1164
13	Mersin Bşb.	15	4	11	1143	1217
14	Antalya Bşb.	15	3	12	1205	1294
15	Trabzonspor	15	3	12	1060	1206
16	Bandırma Kırmızı	15	0	15	993	1270