ANKARA
Turkish Beko Basketball League leaders Banvit preserved their lead at the end of weekday 17 with an away win agianst Tofas 84-60. Fenerbahce Ulker, who were missing both of their centers, Slovenian Gasper Vidmar and Croatian Luka Zoric, due to injuries cruised past Anadolu Efes who have been on the rise in the last two rounds of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16, 73-64.
Besiktas Integral Forex toppled Galatasaray Liv Hospital in a derby game on Monday. The Black Eagles won the match by 4 points, 82-78. Besiktas Integral Forex's newly transferred Bosnian power forward Kenan Bajramovic played a crucial role in the win by scoring 25 points. In Galatasaray Liv Hospital the top scorer was Puerto Rican guard Carlos Arroyo who had 21 points.
Turkish Beko Basketball League Weekday 17 results: Mersin BSB 74 - 72 Pinar Karsiyaka; TOFAS 60 - 84 Banvit; Royal Hali Gaziantep Basketball 80 - 66 Turk Telekom; Olin Edirne 73 - 96 Trabzonspor Medical Park; Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler 68 - 74 Usak Sportif; Aliaga Petkim 82 - 73 Torku Konya Selcuk University; Anadolu Efes 64 - 73 Fenerbahce Ulker; Besiktas Integral Forex 82 - 78 Galatasaray Liv Hospital
Weekday 17 standings:
| Position |
Teams |
P |
W |
L |
| 1 |
Banvit |
17 |
16 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fenerbahce Ulker |
17 |
13 |
4 |
| 3 |
Galatasaray Liv Hospital |
17 |
12 |
5 |
| 4 |
Anadolu Efes |
17 |
12 |
5 |
| 5 |
Pinar Karsiyaka |
17 |
11 |
6 |
| 6 |
Usak Sportif |
17 |
10 |
7 |
| 7 |
TOFAS |
17 |
8 |
9 |
| 8 |
Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler |
17 |
8 |
9 |
| 9 |
Besiktas Integral Forex |
17 |
8 |
9 |
| 10 |
Royal Hali Gaziantep Basketball |
17 |
7 |
10 |
| 11 |
Olin Edirne |
17 |
6 |
11 |
| 12 |
Mersin BSB |
17 |
6 |
11 |
| 13 |
Trabzonspor Medical Park |
17 |
6 |
11 |
| 14 |
Turk Telekom |
17 |
6 |
11 |
| 15 |
Torku Konya Selcuk University |
17 |
4 |
13 |
| 16 |
Aliaga Petkim |
17 |
3 |
14 |
Due to Turkish Cup games commencing on Wednesday in Ankara there will be no league games played at the weekend. Besiktas Integral Forex, Fenerbahce Ulker, Anadolu Efes, Galatasaray Liv Hospital, Trabzonspor Medical Park, Turk Telekom, TOFAS and Pinar Karsiyaka will all compete to win the Turkish Cup.
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