Visiting Beşiktaş Cola Turka Men’s Basketball Team posted a 91-81 victory over Beykoz in the 28th week of Beko Basketball League at game played in R. Şahin Köktürk Sports Saloon.
The first period started with both teams exchanging baskets while the host team eventually asserted its supremacy under both rims. Beşiktaş Cola Turka tried to respond this attempt with consecutive accurate shots taken from outside but Beykoz managed to hold on to a 25-19 lead at the end of the period.During the early part of the second period Black Eagle started to make its presence felt and took control of the game with timely baskets scored by Donnel Harvey. However the home team refused to give up the game and prevented our visiting Black & Whites from opening up a serious gap between two teams. As a result Beşiktaş Cola Turka took a slim lead at the half (49-44).
The aggressive defensive performances by both teams kept the score low in third period and thanks to a more productive offensive effort Beykoz was able to level the game in 25th minute of the game (54-54). However, getting a lift from Erkan's accurate 3 point shot near the end, Black Eagle squeezed past home side 63-62 at the end of the period.
Beşiktaş Cola Turka Men’s Basketball made a fast entry into the final quarter and immediately increased its advantage to 6 points. Unable to score any points under the baskets, Beykoz gradually turned to outside shots and high percentage 3 pointers by Paulino brought a brief tie to the game (68-68). But these outside shots were not sufficient enough to reduce the deficit as back to back baskets of Harvey, Erdal Bibo, Barış Özcan and Erkan protected visitors advantage and produced a 91-81 victory for Black & Whites at the final buzzer.
