Ending the Week with a Win at BSL: 73-62

We were guests of Bahçeşehir Koleji in the 20th-week match of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League and we won the fight 73-62. We were ahead 38-33 in the first half of the match played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall.

Our team went into the game with Erten, Micic, Elijah, Singleton, and Zizic starting five, and our first basket came from Micic in the third minute. After Zizic's layup, Elijah scored consecutive points, and the sixth minute was passed with a score of 11-18. While Zizic hits another six in the basket, Larkin's two three-point field goals brought the score to 19-20. The first 10 minutes of the game ended with this score. We started the second period with Larkin's three-pointer and took the lead for the first time in the game: 22-20. With the points of Buğrahan and Furkan, we brought the score to 27-23 at 12:30. In the next minute, when the score was 27-29, coach Ergin Ataman took a time-out. After the timeout, Elijah scored 11 points for the remainder of the quarter and we were ahead 38-33 in the first half of the game.

Our first basket in the second half came from Zizic, and Micic's three-pointer increased the lead to double digits in the 12th minute: 43-33. After Elijah's points, Larkin and Micic's three-pointers each increased the lead to 15 points in the 26th minute: 53-38. After Buğrahan and Singleton's points, we were ahead 57-43 in the last 10 minutes of the game. Our first point in the final period came from Micic on the foul line, while Elijah's two three-pointers made the score 64-48 at 33:30. With Egehan's layup, we brought the score to 66-48 in the 35th minute. After Micic's triple, Erten hit the foul line twice and brought the score to 71-54 in the 28th minute. We maintained our superiority in the remaining section and after Buğrahan's basket, we won the match 73-62.

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