Saturday started with Abdullah Gul University edging Galatasaray 72-71. Erica Wheeler led Besiktas past Adana Aski 98-59. On Sunday, Tan White had a good game for Samsun, but Tilbe Senyurek and Fenerbahce won 82-61. It took overtime for Diamond DeShields and Cukurova to overcome Orman’s trio of Serife Onar, Michelle Campbell, and Jasmine Thomas 88-84. The next game took one more period to settle as Chelsea Gray and Botas were able to stave off Mersin 87-80 despite Bria Hartley’s impressive performance. Hatay breezed to a 105-48 win over Lorena Molnar and Bornova. Bahar Caglar and Sandrine Gruda kept Yakin Dogu University at the top of the standings with an 88-45 win.
December 16, 2017
Abdullah Gul Universitesi vs. Galatasaray 72-71 (scorers only) AGU Gulcan 19 Tolo 14 Askin 11 Marginean 9 Page 8 GAL Dubljevic 15 Petronyte 14 Kobryn 4
Besiktas vs. Adana Aski 98-59 BES Wheeler 22/7a Perovanovic 16/11r Zellous 14 Mosby 8 Ozelci 6 ADA Sims 16 Nacickaite 11 Snow 8/14r Vynuchalova 4
December 17, 2017
Samsun vs. Fenerbahce 61-82 SAM White 24 Warley-Talbert 9/8r Murphy 5 FEN Senyurek 21/10r Plum 19 Vaughn 11/10r Canitez 6 Dabovic 5
Cukurova vs. Orman 88-84(OT) CUK DeShields 26/7r Iagupova 19/6r/7a Larkins 17/14r/6a Karakas 11 Atas 10 ORM Onar 21 Campbell 20/12r Thomas 20
Botas vs. Mersin 87-80(2OT) BOT Gray 24/6r Newlin 18/10r Eldebrink 18/6r/6a Stokes 14/20r MER Hartley 32 Yalcin 19 Thomas 13/10r Gajic 7/10r
Hatay vs. Bornova 105-48 HAT Aydin 16/9r/7s Snytsina 15/6r Mircheva 15 Yavas 15 Ben Abdelkader 13 Deniz 12 Coklar 11/6r Tanacan 6 Mitchell 2 BOR Molnar 20 Karatas 11 Lubcke 8
Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. Istanbul Universitesi 88-45 YDU Caglar 21/10r Gruda 20/12r Eldebrink 14 Vandersloot 11 Lavender 10/6r Koksal 10 ISU Mohammed 13/8r Pop 12
Standings:
- Yakin Dogu University 9-1
- Hatay 9-4
- Fenerbahce 9-1
- Abdullah Gul University 7-3
- Besiktas 6-4
- Botas 6-4
- Galatasaray 5-5
- Cukurova 5-5
- Mersin 4-6
- Samsun 4-6
- Orman 3-7
- Adana Aski 2-8
- Istanbul University 1-9
- Bornova 0-10