By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Fenerbahce outdid Trabzonspor 98-78 at home, improving its Turkish league record to 10-2, while at the same time dropping their opponents to 4-8.
Luigi Datome led the hosts with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, James Nunnally contributed 16, Ahmet Duverioglu scored 15 and grabbed 9 rebounds, while Jan Vesely and Nikola Kalinic scored 12 points each.
For Trabzonspor, Dwight Hardy finished the game with 22 points, Caleb Green had 19 and Erol Cinko added 12 more for the visitors.
Despite a rough beginning for the hosts in the first half (Trabzonspor had grabbed a 13-point lead with 24-37 at 13′), Datome helped his team bounce back, trim the deficit and even lead at halftime, 43-42.
After the break, Fenerbahce accelerated and left no chance to the visitors to answer. After 30 minutes in the game, the hosts had an 11-point lead with 69-58, one which they later expanded, despite notable resistance by Trabzonspor halfway through the final period). With less than 3 minutes to go, Fenerbahce was up by 16 and set its sights for its 10th win in 12 games.