Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 10-11, 2012 - Turkey

May 20, 2013

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 10-11, 2012

Nothing changed atop the Turkish League table over the weekend as the top five teams in the standings all recorded victories. GS Medical Park remains alone in first place after beating Trabzonspor 70-88 on the road to improve to 18-3. Preston Shumpert scored 22 on 5-of-7 three-point shooting, Jaka Lakovic added 19 while make 4 of 5 from downtown and Furkan Aldemir posted a double-double and Ender Arslan dished 9 assists for Galatasaray, which outscored Trabzon in each of the four quarters. Anadolu Efes and Banvit BK are tied for second place at 17-4 after respective wins. Efes bested Pinar Karsiyaka 59-71 on the road on the strength of 13 points and 9 assists from Kerem Tunceri. Efes’s defense did the trick by only allowing the hosts to score more than 15 points in a quarter once. Sinan Guler added 13 points and Tarence Kinsey 12 for the winners. Banvit held on for a 79-84 win at Antalya Bsb. Serkan Erdogan scored 22 and Kalin Lucas 18 for Banvit. Fourth-placed Besiktas routed Aliaga Petkim 101-78 thanks to 25 points and 10 rebounds from Pops Mensah-Bonsu. And defending champ Fenerbahce Ulker came from behind to edge Mersin Bsb. 82-81 on Engin Atsur’s buzzer-beater. Bojan Bogdanovic carried FB Ulker to the finish line with 20 points and 6 assists and James Gist posted 18 points and 9 boards for the winners.

LAST GAME GAME 22 March 10-11, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 10	Besiktas Milangaz vs. Aliaga Petkim	101-78
Mar. 11	Pinar vs. Anadolu Efes	59-71
Mar. 11	Bandirma Kirmizi vs. Olin Edirne	68-74
Mar. 11	Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Mersin BSB.	82-81
Mar. 10	Antalya BSB. vs. Banvit	79-84
Mar. 10	Turk Telekom vs. Erdemir	80-76
Mar. 10	Tofas vs. Hacettepe Univ.	71-79
Mar. 10	Trabzonspor vs. GS Medical Park	70-88

NEXT GAME GAME 23 March 17-18, 2012
Day	Match
Mar. 17	Mersin BSB. vs. Pinar
Mar. 17	GS Medical Park vs. Antalya BSB.
Mar. 17	Erdemir vs. Fenerbahce Ulker
Mar. 18	Banvit vs. Bandirma Kirmizi
Mar. 17	Hacettepe Univ. vs. Trabzonspor
Mar. 18	Aliaga Petkim vs. Turk Telekom
Mar. 18	Anadolu Efes vs. Tofas
Mar. 17	Olin Edirne vs. Besiktas Milangaz

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Beşiktaş Milangaz	22	17	5	1915	1707
2	Galatasaray Medical Park	21	18	3	1739	1476
3	Banvit	21	17	4	1704	1541
4	Anadolu Efes	21	17	4	1768	1485
5	Fenerbahçe Ülker	22	16	6	1794	1670
6	Pınar Karşıyaka	22	12	10	1816	1733
7	Tofaş	22	11	11	1722	1731
8	Erdemir	22	10	12	1576	1643
9	Aliağa Petkim	21	11	10	1594	1608
10	TÜRK Telekom	22	9	13	1758	1814
11	Hacettepe Üniv.	22	8	14	1570	1748
12	Mersin Bşb.	22	8	14	1737	1808
13	Olin Edirne	22	7	15	1571	1671
14	Antalya Bşb.	22	5	17	1782	1906
15	Trabzonspor	22	5	17	1587	1790
16	Bandırma Kırmızı	22	3	19	1472	1774