In our second match of the GSA-Smart Casual Event Tournament as part of our pre-season schedule, we played against Beşiktaş Sompo Japan and won the match 72-67. We were leading 39-37 at the halftime of the match, played at Gloria Sports Arena.
Starting the match with Granger, Cedi, Cotton, Brown and Dunston, we got the first points of the match with Dunston’s layup, assisted by Cotton. With some easy scoring led by successful ball movement, we were ahead 16-10 at the 5-minute mark of the quarter. After this moment, we put up tougher defense, not allowing Beşiktaş Sompo Japan to score. Getting consecutive points through steals, we were leading 25-15 at the end of the first quarter.
Thomas Heurtel scored our first points in the second quarter with a three-pointer. As Beşiktaş Sompo Japan closed the gap with 3-pointers in the beginning of the quarter, we responded with Deshaun Thomas and Bryce Cotton’s field goals. After an exchange of field goals, we were up 35-29 past the first 5 minutes of the quarter. Following the field goals by our opponents in the second part of the quarter, we kept the lead 39-37 at the end of the first half.
Our starting five for the second half of the match were Doğuş, Granger, Cedi, Brown and Dunston, and we got the first field goal of the quarter with Cedi’s layup. Although we kept the lead in the majority of the quarter, we were only leading 56-55 while heading into the final quarter.
We got into the final quarter with points by Jayson Granger from the free throw line. While the score was close while heading into the final moments, we continued to dictate the pace and won the match 72-67.
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| # | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deshaun Thomas | 16:02 | 6 | 2 / 5 %40,00 | 0 / 3 %0,00 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Tyler Honeycutt | 11:36 | 2 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Oğulcan Baykan | 00:00 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 19:58 | 5 | 1 / 3 %33,33 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Derrick Brown | 32:16 | 13 | 5 / 8 %62,50 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Cedi Osman | 26:23 | 18 | 4 / 5 %80,00 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Bryce Cotton | 14:38 | 5 | 1 / 3 %33,33 | 1 / 3 %33,33 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Samet Geyik | 00:00 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Furkan Korkmaz | 02:01 | 0 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Jayson Granger | 26:11 | 12 | 2 / 5 %40,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 8 / 9 %88,89 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 31 | Thomas Heurtel | 19:18 | 5 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 42 | Bryant Dunston | 31:37 | 6 | 3 / 4 %75,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| TOPLAM | 72 | 20 / 36 %55,56 | 7 / 20 %35,00 | 11 / 13 %84,62 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
