By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
There couldn’t be a better start to Aliaga Petkimspor’s first-ever season in the Basketball Champions League, as they are on a perfect 2-0 after two weeks of competition.
This time, after beating King Szczecin on the road, they managed to take down Filou Oostende 77-74 with a late push and a huge contribution from Breein Tyree, who went off for 33 points over 5/7 from deep against his former team, torching fire in the ultimate minutes of the encounter.
His backcourt partner DeWayne Russell had a tough shooting night with 11 points over 3/10 from the field, while the 13th Turkish team in the history of the competition was helped by Peyton Aldridge’s 10 points. They collectively shot 10/22 (45.5%) from three-point range.
On the other end, newcomer Timmy Allen led the Belgian side with 14 points and 6 rebounds, followed in scoring by Mathias Tass, who had 13 points off the bench. Another newcomer like Chase Audige went close to a double-double with 9 points and 8 rebounds.
In the season of young and promising talents, 2005-born playmaker Noah Meeusen had 4 points and 5 assists. Contrarily enough, the veteran forward Pierre-Antoine Gillet had 12 points over 4/10 from three.
Waiting for the reigning champion Unicaja Malaga to host King Szczecin later in the evening, the Turkish team is Last week, in their debuting game in the Basketball Champions League, they beat the Polish side while Filou Oostende suffered a home defeat to Ibon Navarro’s team.
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