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Basketball: Besiktas beat Gaziantep Basketbol

Point guard Jordan Theodore helps his team end Gaziantep Basketbol's three-game winning streak

Emre Asikci  | 16.12.2019 - Update : 16.12.2019
Basketball: Besiktas beat Gaziantep Basketbol

ANKARA

Besiktas Sompo Sigorta defeated Gaziantep Basketbol 78-73 Sunday in a home game in the ING Basketball Super Lig.

Besiktas point guard Jordan Theodore dominated the game with 27 points and eight assists.

American-Azerbaijani small forward Shaquielle O'Neal McKissic and Montenegrin forward Nemanja Djurisic played with 11 points each.

For Gaziantep Basketbol, Serbian power forward Stevan Jelovac scored 19 points, becoming the highest scorer for his team.

Small forward Drew Crawford and power forward Ivan Buva also posted a double - double with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

- Anadolu Efes at top of table

Anadolu Efes are at the top of the Lig at the end of the 12th week in the ING Basketball Super Lig after defeating Fenerbahce 79-66 in a home game Saturday, taking their 11th win.

In an away match, Bursa team TOFAS defeated beat Ankara team OGM Ormanspor 94-76.

For TOFAS, Dominican shooting guard Sammy Mejia became the highest scorer for his team with 20 points, while Bosnian center Elmedin Kikanovic was the top scorer for OGM Ormanspor, playing with 22 points at the Mehmet Sait Zarifoglu Sports Dome in Ankara.

Results:

Arel Universitesi Buyukcekmece Basketbol - Galatasaray Doga Sigorta: 77-87

OGM Ormanspor - TOFAS: 76-94

Anadolu Efes - Fenerbahce Beko: 79-66

Frutti Extra Bursaspor - Bahçeşehir Koleji: 79-78

Besiktas Sompo Sigorta - Gaziantep Basketbol: 78-73

Pınar Karsiyaka - Darussafaka Tekfen: 84-78

Sigortam.net İTU Basket - Turk Telekom: 85 -101

Teksut Bandırma Basket - Meksa Yatirim Afyon Bld: 80-83

- Here are the standings of ING Basketball Super Lig:

Teams

P

W

L

Pts. Scored

Pts.Conceded

+/-

Pts.

1

Anadolu Efes

12

11

1

1084

902

182

23

2

P. Karsiyaka

12

10

2

996

815

181

22

3

TOFAS

12

9

3

1060

947

113

21

4

Fenerbahce

12

9

3

930

844

86

21

5

Bandirma

12

8

4

965

945

20

20

6

Galatasaray

12

8

3

1001

946

55

19

7

Darussafaka

12

6

6

925

883

42

18

8

Bursaspor

12

6

6

929

966

-37

18

9

Besiktas

12

5

7

922

931

-9

17

10

Turk Telekom

12

5

7

931

941

-10

17

11

Gaziantep

12

5

7

948

973

-25

17

12

Afyon Bld.

12

3

8

910

936

-26

16

13

Ormanspor

12

4

8

942

1021

-79

16

14

B. Cekmece

12

3

9

948

1070

-122

15

15

Bahcesehir

12

2

10

928

1014

-86

14

16

Sigortam.net ITU

12

1

11

899

1184

-285

13

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