A few games from Round 22 needed to be made up before the simultaneous Wednesday tipoffs for the final round. On Thursday, Hatay brought in Jovana Popovic for a rare domestic league appearance and beat Gintare Petronyte and Mersin 73-66. Makeup games continued on Saturday as Moriah Jefferson and Galatasaray beat Chelsea Gray and Abdullah Gul University 77-69. Yakin Dogu University moved back up to the top of the standings as Tan White’s efforts for Istanbul University were not enough to overcome Courtney Vandersloot’s passing clinic to feed Kayla McBride and Quanitra Hollingsworth.
Wednesday was quite a busy day for the final set of games. Girne University took advantage of a Hatay team locked into their seed to win 69-55 and finish atop the group of struggling teams. The battle of Mersin teams saw Danielle Robinson and the more established side beat the the upstarts 94-84 as the hosts wasted big games from Rebekkah Brunson and Michelle Snow to fail to match the other troubled teams. Fenerbahce beat Botas 87-65. Canik lost to Besiktas 66-53, but still managed to avoid dropping into the danger zone. Galatasaray gave Rebekah Gardner and Osmaniye a leg up on trying to climb out of last place knowing that they were virtually locked into their seed, but still beat them 89-78. Abdullah Gul University prevented Istanbul University from hanging on to their seed by beating them 81-48. Angel Robinson and Yakin Dogu University grabbed the top seed in style with a 102-61 win over Adana Aski. The teams remaining now have a short turnaround for the quarterfinals on Saturday.
April 13, 2017
Hatay vs. Mersin 73-66 HAT Popovic 22 Turner 16/6r/8a Snytsina 15 Paris 12/16r Stankovic 4 MER Petronyte 22/6r Coleman 17/7r Abdi 11 Robinson 8/6a Newlin 6/7r
April 15, 2017
Galatasaray vs. Abdullah Gul Universitesi 77-69 GAL Jefferson 24/6a Vitola 14/13r Anderson 11 Papova 10/7r AGU Gray 20 Sanders 18/6r Gunay 15 Wauters 11 Wright 2/8r Mazic 0
Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. Istanbul Universitesi 89-71 YDU McBride 23 Hollingsworth 22 Vandersloot 18/16a Caglar 10 Leuchanka 2 Cakir 2 ISU White 26 Putnina 19 Hooper 10
April 19, 2017
Girne Universitesi vs. Hatay 69-55 GIU Pondexter 18/6r Mitchell 16/6a Campbell 8 Gajic 6/10r Krivacevic 6/9r HAT Takmaz 15 Paris 14/11r Snytsina 11 Stankovic 4 Turner 3 Tanacan 0
MBK Dogus Hastanesi vs. Mersin 84-94 MBK Brunson 31/14r/6a Snow 22/12r Moss 14 MER Robinson 29/6r/8a Coleman 18/6r Petronyte 18 Newlin 11/7r Kartaltepe 10/9a Abdi 8
Botas vs. Fenerbahce 65-87 BOT Kavurmacioglu 14 Kulichova 12/6a Karakas 11 Emirtekin 10/6r FEN Quigley 16/6a Lavender 14/7r Canitez 11/7r Parker 11 Gruda 8/12r
Canik Belediye vs. Besiktas 53-66 CAN Mircheva 15 Murphy 13/8r Pelin 12 F. Eldebrink 4 BES Harding 18 Stokes 12/12r Zellous 12 Ozelci 0
Galatasaray vs. Osmaniye 89-78 GAL Vitola 19/11r Koksal 15 Papova 12/7r/6a Traore 11 OSM Gardner 24/8r/6a Akgun 15 Dacic 14/13r Inontepe 12/8a Keskin 11
Istanbul Universitesi vs. Abdullah Gul Universitesi 48-81 ISU Putnina 15 White 8/6r Hooper 0 AGU Sanders 17/6r Gray 12 Busra 12 Sezer 11/12r Wright 6 Mazic 5 Wauters 4
Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. Adana Aski 102-61 YDU Robinson 20/6r Vandersloot 17 McBride 13/9r/8a Basaran 12/8r E. Eldebrink 11 Caglar 10/6r Cakir 10/8a ADA Murat 19 Erat 11 Yalcin 10/7a
Standings:
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 22-4
- Fenerbahce 21-5
- Galatasaray 20-6
- Abdullah Gul Universitesi 19-7
- Besiktas 17-9
- Hatay 14-12
- Mersin 12-14
- Istanbul Universitesi 12-14
- Adana Aski 10-16
- Botas 10-16
- Girne Universitesi 7-19
- Canik Belediye 7-19
- MBK Dogus Hastanesi 6-20
- Osmaniye 5-21
Leaders:
Points per game: 1. Pondexter 19.7, 2. Williams 18.5, 3. Jefferson 18.5, 4. Petronyte 17.8, 5. Vandersloot 17.8, 6. Zellous 17.6, 7. Bentley 17.2, 8. Murphy 17.0, 9. Quigley 16.6, 10. Gardner 16.2
Rebounds per game: 1. Stokes 14.0, 2. Paris 13.2, 3. Warley 11.1, 4. Snow 10.2, 5. Gajic 10.2, 6. Clark 10.1, 7. Lavender 8.3, 8. Gruda 8.1, 9. Petronyte 7.6, 10. Putnina 7.5
Assists per game: 1. Kartaltepe 8.1, 2. Lacy 7.5, 3. Vandersloot 7.5, 4. Vardarli 7.4, 5. Alben 5.9, 6. Yavuz 5.6, 7. Gray 5.1, 8. Robinson 5.0, 9. Jefferson 4.9, 10. Cakir 4.4