One of Galatasaray’s games that was moved due to EuroLeague was made up on Wednesday. Aneika Henry took the lead scoring role for Mersin as they beat Gala by 2 points 68-66. On Saturday, it was Angel McCoughtry leading Mersin in scoring, but Yakin Dogu University got the win 73-57 to improve their chances at safety. Botas was the latest team to benefit from problems at Orduspor as Avery Warley and D’Andra Moss led them to the 155-48 win. Yildiz Kaygisiz scored half of her team’s points in the loss. Galatasaray bounced back with a 74-54 win over Gelistirenler. Adana put themselves in better position to fight for safety after a 60-55 win over Stefanie Dolson and Edirnespor. On Sunday, Essence Carson led Samsun to a 79-69 win over Besiktas although Ayse Cora did try to pick up the scoring slack for the hosts. The highly anticipated game between the two teams at the top of the standings went to Fenerbahce 74-72 with Allie Quigley winning the battle of Hungarian players with Hatay’s Anna Vajda. The round finished on Monday as a game was moved for the EuroCup. Chelsea Gray and Zoi Dimitrakou helped win a battle of university sponsored teams as Abdullah Gul University beat Tan White and Istanbul University 81-72.
March 23, 2016
Mersin vs. Galatasaray 68-66 MER Henry 25/13r McCoughtry 17/11r/9a Hartley 9/7r Kuzina 9/7r GAL Loyd 19/6a Koksal 17 Dubljevic 9/7r Wauters 8 Yilmaz 5 Martinez 0
March 26, 2016
Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. Mersin 73-57 YDU Hayes 16/6r Bone 16/6r Yalcin 15 Kimyacioglu 9/7r Leuchanka 8/11r Thomas 6/10r MER McCoughtry 23/11r Henry 15/14r Hartley 12 Kuzina 5
Orduspor vs. Botas 48-155 ORD Kaygisiz 24/9a Kartal 13 BOT Warley 28/11r Moss 23/6r Amachree 19/15r Maltsi 19/6a Cidal 19 Jovanovic 16/6r/8a Bilgic 16/6a Senyurek 15/9r
Galatasaray vs. Gelistirenler 74-54 GAL Yilmaz 14/7r Alben 13/10a Wauters 12/8r Loyd 11 Dubljevic 8/6r Martinez 1 GEL Abdi 12/14r Vandersloot 12/6r Rezan 12/10r Bentley 9 Newlin 2
Adana ASKI vs. Edirnespor 60-55 ADA Bojovic 15 Larkins 13/8r Palazoglu 12 Zellous 9/12r Campbell 7/11r Zahui B 0 EDI Dolson 20 Latta 14/6r
March 27, 2016
Besiktas vs. Samsun Canik Belediye 69-79 BES Cora 20/7r Milovanovic 16 Ivegin 10 SAM Carson 25 Colakoglu 17 Teilane 14/14r Cigil 13 Daricioglu 10
Hatay vs. Fenerbahce 72-74 HAT Vajda 22 Snytsina 14/6r/6a Hurst 14 Paris 12/9r Turner 10 Tanacan 0 FEN Quigley 25/6a Lavender 16/9r Hollingsworth 13 Coleman 8 Cakir 2 Canitez 0
March 28, 2016
Abdullah Gul Universitesi vs. Istanbul Universitesi 81-72 AGU Gray 24/8a Dimitrakou 21 Sanders 18/10r Mazic 9 IU White 20/7r/9a Williams 19/7r Mircheva 17
Standings:
- Fenerbahce 21-3
- Hatay 18-6
- Mersin 18-6
- Abdullah Gul Universitesi 16-8
- Galatasaray 15-8
- Istanbul Universitesi 12-12
- Samsun Canik Belediye 11-13
- Besiktas 10-14
- Botas 10-13
- Gelistirenler 9-15
- Edirnespor 8-16
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 8-16
- Adana Aski 7-17
- Orduspor 4-20