By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Trento entered the last period leading by four, after a first half in which Bahcesehir College Istanbul had the advantage. However, when it was all said and done, the leaders of Group A got the 73-69 road win and kept their distance in the standings.
Jaleen Smith with 15 points made the go-ahead bucket and Sehmus Hazer sealed the deal from the free throws line. Jordan Ford with 19 points was not enough for the hosts.
In the other game of Group A, the Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius defended their home court over Joventut Badalona, thanks to a great last quarter (25-16) which led to a 91-78 win.
Kristupas Zemaitis with 17 points was the top scorer of the winning side which had five more players scoring in double digits, while Ante Tomic had 18 points in 13 minutes for Joventut.
In Group B, Turk Telekom Ankara closed the game the right way for a 98-89 win over Bourg-En-Bresse with Anthony Brown stealing the show with 32 points.
Olivier Hanlan also added 23 as the dynamic duo of the Turkish club made things happen. Xavier Castaneda had 18 points for the losing side.
In the other game of the same group, U-BT Cluj-Napoca beat Veolia Towers Hamburg by 21 points (104-83) with Adam Mokoka (photo) scoring 19 points and Gediminas Orelik adding 18.
BKT EuroCup Round 13
Group A
ratiopharm Ulm – Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul 104-87
Trefl Sopot – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 69-81
Dreamland Gran Canaria – Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 64-87
Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius – Joventut Badalona 91-80
Dolomiti Energia Trento – Bahcesehir College Istanbul 69-73
Standings
- Bahcesehir 11-2
- Gran Canaria 9-4
- Ratiopharm Ulm 9–4
- Hapoel Tel Aviv 8–5
- Besiktas 7-6
- BC Wοlves 7-6
- Buducnost 6-7
- Trento 4-9
- Joventut 4-9
- Trefl Sopot 0-13
Group B
7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys – Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana POSTPONED
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – Aris Midea Thessaloniki 90-85
Umana Reyer Venice – Valencia Basket 81-74
Turk Telekom Ankara – Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse 98-89
U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Veolia Towers Hamburg 104-83
Standings
- Valencia 11-2
- Hapoel Jerusalem 8-5
- Turk Telekom 8-5
- Cedevita Olimpija 7-5
- Venice 7-6
- Cluj-Napoca 7-6
- JL Bourg 6-7
- Lietkabelis 4-8
- Hamburg 3-10
- Aris 3-10
PHOTO CREDIT: BKT EuroCup