The halfway point in the season has been reached in Turkey, starting with Saturday’s game, which saw Milica Jovanovic lead Botas past cellar dwellers Adana 85-75. On Sunday, the latest stellar effort from Angel McCoughtry was not enough for Mersin as Natalie Hurst and Hatay left with a 77-72 win. LaToya Pringle kept Abdullah Gul University in first place with a 70-65 win at Edirnespor. Natasha Lacy made her usual all-around contributions to lead Samsun to a 79-76 win over Yakin Dogu University. Nevriye Yilmaz and Jewell Loyd tag-teamed to lead Galatasaray to a 92-50 win over Cappie Pondexter and Besiktas. Gelistirenler beat Orduspor 80-69 as Tijana Krivacevic and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt could not help pull their team up from the danger zone. Fenerbahce stayed in second place easily after blowing out Istanbul University 94-48.
January 2, 2016
Botas vs. Adana Aski 85-75 BOT Jovanovic 25 Warley 16/11r Maltsi 12/6r/6a Bilgic 12/8a Moss 9 ADA Nacickaite 17/7r Kartaltepe 17/9a De Souza 13/8r Palazoglu 12 Campbell 7/11r Zahui B 3
January 3, 2016
Mersin vs. Hatay 72-77 MER McCoughtry 33/10r/6s Henry 13 Hartley 10 Kuzina 5/8r HAT Hurst 23/7a Snytsina 17/7r Turner 14 Vajda 10/7r Paris 8/15r Tanacan 2
Edirnespor vs. Abdullah Gul Universitesi 65-70 EDI Dolson 18/7r Jovanovic 18/7r Malashenko 11 AGU Sanders 32 Gray 9 Mazic 5
Samsun Canik Belediye vs. Yakin Dogu Universitesi 79-76 SAM Lacy 19/7r/10a Carson 18 Teilane 12/10r Cigil 11 YDU Bone 18/9r Dabovic 16 Thomas 15/15r Hayes 15/7r
Galatasaray vs. Besiktas 92-50 GAL Yilmaz 21/11r Loyd 21 Koksal 10 Caglar 10 Martinez 5 BES Pondexter 19 Milovanovic 12
Gelistirenler vs. Orduspor 80-69 GEL Eksi 18 Vandersloot 17/8a Bentley 16/9r Abdi 12/12r Rezan 12/7r Newlin 2/6r ORD Krivacevic 25/7r Ruffin-Pratt 21/7r Eldebrink 15/6a
Istanbul Universitesi vs. Fenerbahce 48-94 IU Cado 18 Mircheva 10 White 3 FEN Hollingsworth 17/6r Cakir 11 Canitez 9/6r Quigley 9 Lavender 7 Kobryn 6/7r
Standings:
- Abdullah Gul Universitesi 11-2
- Fenerbahce 10-3
- Hatay 9-4
- Mersin 9-4
- Galatasaray 9-4
- Istanbul Universitesi 7-6
- Samsun Canik Belediye 7-6
- Botas 6-7
- Gelistirenler 5-8
- Besiktas 5-8
- Edirnespor 4-9
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 4-9
- Orduspor 3-10
- Adana 2-11