Turkish TBL Round-Up Week 3

Results and top performances of the week

TED Kolejliler 91-73 Royal Hali Gaziantep BSB (Top Performances: Jovo Stanojevic 26 points+6 rebounds+4 assists, Kirk Penney 23 points+2 assists, Vanja Plisnic 13 points+5 rebounds for TED. Yunus Cankaya 20 points+3 rebounds+4 assists, Charles Rhodes 16 points+6 rebounds, Isaiah Swann 12 points+8 rebounds+2 assists+4 steals+2 blocks for Gaziantep.)

Olin Edirne 60-81 Hacettepe (Top Performances: Artsiom Parakhouski 18 points+5 rebounds+2 assists, David Jelinek 10 points+2 rebounds, Bekir Yarangume 9 points+4 rebounds+3 steals for Olin. Michael Glover 20 points+8 rebounds, Cameron Bennerman 15 points+4 rebounds+2 assists, Onder Kulcebas 14 points+8 rebounds+2 assists, Polat Kaya 12 points+4 rebounds+4 assists, Courtney Eldridge 11 points+6 assists for Hacettepe.)

Erdemir 75-82 Banvit (Top Performances: Sean Marshall 19 points+4 rebounds, Alper Ozcan 15 points+2 rebounds, Jure Balazic 12 points+6 rebounds, Gerrod Henderson 14 points+3 rebounds+5 assists for Erdemir. Sammy Mejia 19 points+4 rebounds+2 assists, Vladimir Stimac 12 points+12 rebounds+2 assists, Kalin Lucas 13 points+2 rebounds+2 assists, Keith Simmons 10 points+3 rebounds+2 assists+2 steals for Banvit.)

Pinar Karsiyaka 79-66 Turk Telekom (Top Performances: Robert Lee Dixon 21 points+6 assists, Umit Sonkol 10 points+5 rebounds, Alade Aminu 20 points+11 rebounds+3 steals, Will Thomas 12 points+5 rebounds+2 assists for Karsiyaka. Alper Saruhan 14 points+3 rebounds+4 assists, Dee Brown 12 points+6 assists+2 steals for Telekom.)

Fenerbahce Ulker 74-50 Mersin BSB (Top Performances: Ilkan Karaman 15 points+10 rebounds+2 blocks, JR Bremer 10 points+3 assists, Baris Ermis 7 points+5 rebounds+3 assists+3 steals, Emir Preldzic 9 points+2 rebounds+6 assists for Fenerbahce. Ali Karadeniz 16 points+2 rebounds+3 steals, Omar Sneed 13 points+4 rebounds+2 assists for Mersin.)

Aliaga Petkim 74-92 Antalya BSB (Top Performances: Orhan Haciyeva 26 points+6 rebounds, Torin Francis 14 points+11 rebounds, Ersin Gorkem 11 points+3 rebounds+2 assists, Lionel Chalmers 11 points+2 rebounds+4 assists for Aliaga. Warren Carter 23 points+3 rebounds+2 steals, Hakan Demirel 16 points+3 assists, Ron Lewis 15 points+7 rebounds+4 assists+4 steals, Jordan Theodore 13 points+2 rebounds+4 assists+2 steals for Antalya.)

Besiktas 72-55 Tofas (Top Performances: Patrick Christopher 20 points, Curtis Jerrells 14 points+2 rebounds for Besiktas. Josh Heytvelt 11 points+6 rebounds, Steve Burtt 11 points+3 rebounds for Tofas.)

Anadolu Efes 73-83 Galatasaray MP (Top Performances: Jordan Farmar 23 points+5 rebounds+7 assists, Semih Erden 14 points+5 rebounds, Kerem Gonlum 11 points+3 rebounds for Efes. Milan Macvan 19 points+3 rebounds, David Hawkins 17 points+3 rebounds+6 assists, Jamont Gordon 13 points+4 rebounds+5 assists for Galatasaray.)

MVP OF THE WEEK

Milan Macvan 19 points+3 rebounds (3/3 3PT, 5/6 2PT) (Galatasaray Medical Park)
Played very well against Anadolu Efes. His best game in Turkey so far, keep it up Milan!

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Galatasaray Medical Park
After beating Anadolu Efes on the road, Galatasaray deserves that award. Honorable mention: Hacettepe and Antalya

COACH OF THE WEEK

Ergin Ataman

TOP 5 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jovo Stanojevic (TED Kolejliler)
Michael Glover (Hacettepe)
David Hawkins (Galatasaray MP)
Robert Lee Dixon (Pinar Karsiyaka)
Alade Aminu (Pinar Karsiyaka)

STANDINGS

1) Galatasaray MP (3-0)
2) Fenerbahce Ulker (3-0)
3) Pinar Karsiyaka (3-0)
4) Anadolu Efes (2-1)
5) Banvit (2-1)
6) TED Kolejliler (2-1)
7) Besiktas (2-1)
8) Antalya BSB (1-2)
9) Hacettepe (1-2)
10) Aliaga Petkim (1-2)
11) Turk Telekom (1-2)
12) Olin Edirne (1-2)
13) Erdemir (1-2)
14) Tofas (1-2)
15) Royal Hali Gaziantep BSB (0-3)
16) Mersin BSB (0-3)

SCHEDULE OF THE 4TH WEEK

3 November: 16.00 Galatasaray-Olin Edirne, Royal Hali Gaziantep BSB-Mersin BSB, 17.00 Tofas-Pinar Karsiyaka, 18.00 Banvit-TED Kolejliler.
4 November: 13.00 Antalya BSB-Anadolu Efes.
5 November: 17.00 Hacettepe-Erdemir, 19.00 Turk Telekom-Aliaga Petkim, 19.30 Fenerbahce Ulker-Besiktas.

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