By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Once more Benfica will represent Portugal in the Basketball Champions League, while Turkish club Petkim Spor managed to upset PAOK and make it also to the regular season.
Two of the four finals of the BCL Qualifying tournaments were played on Saturday in Antalya, Turkey, and the hosts stole the show.
PAOK was leading for most of the three first quarters, but Breein Tyree started the last period with a four-point play to give Petkim the lead (54-53) and ultimately the 79-69 win.
PAOK couldn’t even tie the game after that. Bryson Williams with 19 points was the top scorer of the winning side, DeWayne Russell added 16 and Tyree 12. For the losing side, Shavar Reynolds had 16 points.
Benfica (photo) on the other hand prevailed over Fribourg Olympic (89-85) thanks to Ahmaad Rorie scoring 24 points and Marcus Thornton adding 17.
Anthony Williams with 16 led a balanced effort for the losing side which had the 81-80 lead with five minutes left only to see Benfica finish the game on a 9-4 run.
The last two tickets will be decided on Sunday (22/9) between ERA Nymburk – Kalev/Cramo and Telekom Baskets Bonn – Dinamo Sassari.