Karsiyaka beaten, no undefeated teams in Turkey league

ANKARA

Fenerbahce Beko cruised to victory over Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 84-80 in a hard-fought game to gain their sixth win of the season in ING Basketball Super Lig on Sunday.

Besiktas were up by 2 points at the half (38-36), but in the last quarter Fenerbahce came back by scoring 10 more points (32-22) to beat their opponent 84-80 in Ulker Sports Arena.

Ahmet Duverioglu and Konstantinos Sloukas were the top scorers for Fenerbahce with 17 points in victory.

For the losing side, James Michael McAdoo was the high scorer with 24 points.

In another match of Sunday action, reigning champions Anadolu Efes defeated Gaziantep 88-83 in an away match to get fourth consecutive victory in Turkish basketball league.

Pinar Karsiyaka undefeated no more

Basketball fans at the Akatlar Arena witnessed the surprising match of the week on Saturday.

Bahcesehir ended the leaders Pinar Karsiyaka’s 6-game winning streak after beating them 72-70.

Bahcesehir gained their first victory this season while there are no unbeaten teams left on the table following Pinar Karsiyaka’s loss.

Here are the standings after game week 7:

# Team MP W L PS PC +/- Pts
1 Pinar Karsiyaka 7 6 1 597 465 132 13
2 Anadolu Efes 7 6 1 639 534 105 13
3 TOFAS 7 6 1 649 552 97 13
4 Fenerbahce Beko 7 6 1 557 494 63 13
5 Teksut Bandirma 7 5 2 579 551 28 12
6 Galatasaray 7 5 2 547 537 10 12
7 Darussafaka 7 4 3 557 524 33 11
8 Bursaspor 7 4 3 552 551 1 11
9 Turk Telekom 7 3 4 508 531 -23 10
10 Ormanspor 7 2 5 556 568 -12 9
11 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 7 2 5 542 555 -13 9
12 Afyon Bld. 7 2 5 529 548 -19 9
13 Gaziantep 7 2 5 513 542 -29 9
14 Bahcesehir Koleji 7 1 6 526 571 -45 8
15 B. Cekmece 7 1 6 523 637 -114 8
16 Sigortam.net ITU 7 1 6 497 711 -214 8

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