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03.04.2007

Beşiktaş Cola Turka:76 CASA Ted Kolejliler:77

Beşiktaş Cola Turka Men’s Basketball Team hosted CASA Ted Kolejliler at BJK Akatlar Sports and Culture Complex in the 27th week of Beko Basketball League. Ankara representative held on to a 77-76 tight victory over Black Eagle. 

Starting the game with a first five made of Erkan Veyseloğlu, Cevher Özer, Barış Güney, Erdal Bibo and  Danell Harvey, Beşiktaş Cola Turka took a 6-0 early lead in the game with shots taken from outside. However visiting Ted Kolejliler who has been playing quite impressively in recent weeks immediately came back and turned the game to its favor (7-6). Black & Whites tried to respond this sudden offensive surge of visiting team with Erkan Veyseloğlu but they were unable to contain Green of Ted Kolejliler who virtually dominated the first period and opened up a commanding deficit in favor of the visitors. Black Eagle trailed by 7 points going into the second period (22-15).
Beşiktaş Cola Turka tried to be effective with Harvey under both rims but defensive mistakes combined with the efficient play of Green and Alex gave a 10 point advantage 5 minutes left in the period. However, visiting team eventually lost its rhythm and Black & Whites started to come back and reduce the deficit thanks to consecutive points by Harvey. CASA Ted Kolejliler went to locker room leading (41-36) at the end of the first half.      
Beşiktaş Cola Turka Men’s Basketball Team entered the third period with Barış Özcan’s basket but visiting team's superiority continued during the early part of the second half as Casa Ted led 49-41 in the 24th minute of the game. From that point on Black Eagle made a serious attempt to get back into the game through well organized attacks which lowered the difference between the two teams to 2 points within one and a half minutes (50-48). During there remainder of the period, Black & Whites took control with accurate 3 point shots taken by Barış Özcan and Erkan Veyseloğlu but  simple defensive errors prevented Beşiktaş from taking the lead. The last minute free throws put the visitors 57-56 in front at the completion of the third period.
In order to pocket the victory both teams displayed everything they got in the final quarter of the game. Unable to gain any kind of advantage from the painted area, Beşiktaş Cola Turka turned to outside shots as a last resort to stay in the game. Despite of leveling the game in the 34th minute, the high quality performances by Green, Hansen and Jensen enabled visitors to take a good grip of the lead. When the score was 72 – 67 in favor of CASA Ted Kolejliler, Black Eagle made a final attempt to turn the game around with Erkan and Harvey and erased the deficit to 3 points (74-71) in the closing minutes. Within the last 30 seconds both teams had a chance the score but our Black Eagle missed its own opportunity to score. An ensuing basket by Hansen raised the point gap to 5 points but Harvey’s timely 3 point answer brought down the deficit to two points once again. Although Black & Whites had a good chance to tie the game when Erdal Bibo was awarded with two free throws but unfortunately he could only make one of his two free throws that reduced the gap to a single point Despite of this wasted chance Beşiktaş Cola Turka still head a last opportunity to steal the game but Barış Özcan's 3 point effort came off the rim. As a result underdog visiting CASA Ted Kolejlier recorded an unexpected 77-76 victory at the final buzzer.

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