Fenerbahce beat Pinar Karsiyaka, advance to the Cup Semifinals

Fenerbahce Ulker beat Pinar Karsiyaka 77-69 in the Turkish Cup Quarter Final. Omer Onan led his team with 18 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points+2 rebounds+2 assists and Bo McCalebb had 15 points for the winners side. Emir Preldzic, coming from injury, finished the game with 8 points+2 rebounds+2 assists. Will Thomas scored 14 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, made 4 assists, Jon Diebler added 12 points+2 rebounds+3 assists, Bora Hun Pacun had 10 points+6 rebounds and also Alade Aminu scored 10 points, grabbed 4 rebounds for Karsiyaka but that performances not enough for the win.

Maybe, for the first time this season we've seen something on defence from Fenerbahce. Fenerbahce Ulker allowed 69 points to Karsiyaka. They're averaging 79 points per game at the league. Bobby Dixon, who averages 16.7 points per game at the league, only scored 7 points (2/6 2PT, 1/4 3PT). There is only 2 games in the league Dixon couldn't reach to double digits, and this had been his third time. (Dixon's performance against Fenerbahce Ulker on TBL's 5th week: 9 points (1/10 3PT !!)+4 rebounds+6 assists.). Fenerbahce was coached by Luca Dalmonte because Simone Pianigini was hospitalized.

Fenerbahce Ulker will face Besiktas at the semi's. Game will be played on Friday, starts at 6:30 PM local time.