Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 31 - April 2, 2012 - Turkey

May 21, 2013

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 31 - April 2, 2012

Galatasaray Medical Park and Anadolu Efes both won to remain tied atop the Turkish League standings and Banvit stayed hot on their tails by winning too. GS Medical Park bested Besiktas 92-81 on Monday, a result that dropped the visitors to fifth place at 18-7 – four wins fewer than the co-leaders. New signing Nihad Djedovic debuted with 17 points and 5 assists to pace Galatasaray, which dominated the middle two quarters 49-31 to set up the win. Cevher Ozer added 14 points and Jaka Lakovic, Preston Shumpert and Jamon Lucas had 13 apiece for the winners. Pops Mensah Bonsu led Besiktas with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Efes held on for a 77-70 win over Antalya. After taking a 12-point lead through one quarter, Efes’s lead slowly melted away until the hosts reasserted themselves late. Oliver Lafayette paced the winners with 17 points and 8 rebounds and Kerem Tunceri added 12 points. Frank ELegar posted 14 points and 12 rebounds in defeat. Banvit topped Turk Telekom 82-76 as Serkan Erdogan led a balanced scoring effort with 14 points. Kenan Bajramovic added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Baris Ermis had 13 points and 6 assists for the winners. Michael Wright led Telekom with 18 points. Fenerbahce Ulker strolled past Olin Edirne for its 19th win to climb into fourth place. Bojan Bogdanovic led the way with 23 points and Kaya Peker tallied 13 points and 11 boards for the winners.

LAST GAME GAME 25 March 31 - April 2, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 31	Erdemir vs. Pinar	81-93
Mar. 31	Anadolu Efes vs. Antalya BSB.	77-70
Mar. 31	Olin Edirne vs. Fenerbahce Ulker	48-81
Apr. 1	Aliaga Petkim vs. Mersin BSB.	90-80
Mar. 31	Hacettepe Univ. vs. Bandirma Kirmizi	74-58
Mar. 31	Tofas vs. Trabzonspor	84-83
Apr. 1	Banvit vs. Turk Telekom	82-76
Apr. 2	GS Medical Park vs. Besiktas Milangaz	92-81

NEXT GAME GAME 26 April 6-7, 2012
Day	Match
Apr. 7	Erdemir vs. Aliaga Petkim
Apr. 6	Bandirma Kirmizi vs. Anadolu Efes
Apr. 7	Mersin BSB. vs. Olin Edirne
Apr. 7	Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Banvit
Apr. 7	Pinar vs. Trabzonspor
Apr. 7	Besiktas Milangaz vs. Hacettepe Univ.
Apr. 7	Antalya BSB. vs. Tofas
Apr. 7	Turk Telekom vs. GS Medical Park

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Galatasaray Medical Park	25	21	4	2068	1781
2	Anadolu Efes	25	21	4	2063	1745
3	Banvit	25	20	5	2008	1824
4	Fenerbahçe Ülker	25	19	6	2035	1860
5	Beşiktaş Milangaz	25	18	7	2133	1927
6	Pınar Karşıyaka	25	15	10	2089	1959
7	Aliağa Petkim	25	12	13	1912	1941
8	Tofaş	25	12	13	1930	1971
9	TÜRK Telekom	25	11	14	2000	2051
10	Erdemir	25	10	15	1806	1912
11	Hacettepe Üniv.	25	10	15	1802	1979
12	Mersin BŞB.	25	9	16	1994	2072
13	Olin Edirne	25	7	18	1752	1905
14	Antalya BŞB.	25	7	18	2043	2145
15	Trabzonspor	25	5	20	1808	2021
16	Bandırma Kırmızı	25	3	22	1671	2021