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Tofas Bursa improved its Turkish League record to an impressive 17 – 3 after defeating Istanbul Buyiksehir 80 – 73 on the road.
For Tofas, Sammi Mejia scored 17 points while Raymar Morgan and Pierria Henry added 12 points apiece.
Ivan Buva, who is reported to be considered as a transfer option by Unicaja Malaga, finished with 23 points plus 7 rebounds for the losing squad.
Earlier, Alex Renfroe dropped 21 points as Galatasaray grabbed an important victory over Eskisehir 84 – 78 to preserve its hopes of making the playoffs.
Josh Duncan led Eskisehir with a near double-double performance of 19 points plus 9 rebounds.
BSL Standings:
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
TOFAS
|
37
|
20
|
17
|
3
|
1651 – 1496
|
155
|
|
|
2
|
FENERBAHCE DOGUS
|
35
|
19
|
16
|
3
|
1646 – 1368
|
278
|
|
|
3
|
BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN
|
33
|
19
|
14
|
5
|
1490 – 1396
|
94
|
|
|
4
|
BANVIT BK
|
32
|
20
|
12
|
8
|
1583 – 1501
|
82
|
|
|
5
|
ANADOLU EFES SK
|
31
|
19
|
13
|
6
|
1542 – 1515
|
27
|
|
|
6
|
DARUSSAFAKA BASKETBOL
|
31
|
19
|
12
|
7
|
1503 – 1381
|
122
|
|
|
7
|
SAKARYA BUYUKSEHIR B.
|
30
|
19
|
11
|
8
|
1467 – 1446
|
21
|
|
|
8
|
ESKISEHIR BASKET SK
|
30
|
20
|
10
|
10
|
1604 – 1621
|
-17
|
|
|
9
|
GALATASARAY ODEABANK
|
28
|
20
|
8
|
12
|
1585 – 1584
|
1
|
|
|
10
|
ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR B.
|
28
|
20
|
8
|
12
|
1585 – 1639
|
-54
|
|
|
11
|
DEMIR INSAAT BUYUKCEKMECE
|
26
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
1503 – 1539
|
-36
|
|
|
12
|
TRABZONSPOR
|
26
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
1647 – 1710
|
-63
|
|
|
13
|
YESILGIRESUN BLD.
|
26
|
20
|
6
|
14
|
1578 – 1744
|
-166
|
|
|
14
|
PINAR KARSIYAKA
|
25
|
19
|
6
|
13
|
1454 – 1586
|
-132
|
|
|
15
|
USAK SPORTIF
|
23
|
19
|
4
|
15
|
1441 – 1567
|
-126
|
|
|
16
|
GAZIANTEP BASKETBOL
|
23
|
19
|
4
|
15
|
1430 – 1616
|
-186
|
|
BSL Saturday 9/3 Results:
|
HOME |
AWAY |
CURRENT SCORE |
FT |
HT |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BANVIT BK |
YESILGIRESUN BLD. |
104-80 |
104-80 |
62-34 |
31-23 |
31-11 |
22-22 |
20-24 |
0-0 |
|
GALATASARAY ODEABANK |
ESKISEHIR BASKET SK |
84-78 |
84-78 |
42-36 |
15-15 |
27-21 |
26-16 |
16-26 |
0-0 |
|
ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR B. |
TOFAS |
73-80 |
73-80 |
45-43 |
24-23 |
21-20 |
12-16 |
16-21 |
0-0 |