Basketball: Besiktas beat Gaziantep Basketbol
Point guard Jordan Theodore helps his team end Gaziantep Basketbol's three-game winning streak
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 |