Most of the games in this round were on Saturday. Cukurova used the dynamic duo of Alina Iagupova and Diamond DeShields to complete a dramatic comeback and beat Anastasiya Verameyenka and Fenerbahce 81-80. Botas was missing two of their foreign players due to injury, but their other two stepped up as Frida Eldebrink and Mariya Papova helped them past Jasmine Thomas and Orman 84-79. Courtney Williams and Adana Aski knew that they had a golden opportunity to move back into the safe zone and they took care of business with a 70-67 win over Maja Mlijkovic, Gabriela Marginean, and Abdullah Gul University. That result helped them take advantage of Istanbul University’s 74-63 loss to Besiktas despite the best efforts of Claudia Pop. Isil Alben had a triple-double and Galatasaray moved back in the right direction with an 86-55 win at Samsun. The lone Sunday game saw Katsiaryna Snytsina and temporarily move to the top of the standings with an 87-76 win over Mersin.
March 24, 2018
Cukurova vs. Fenerbahce 81-80 CUK Iagupova 31/7a DeShields 24 Larkins 12/7r/7a FEN Verameyenka 20/6r Sottana 17/6a Vaughn 12 Plum 12 Senyurek 10 Canitez 5/6r
Botas vs. Orman 84-79 BOT Eldebrink 32/6r/7a Papova 23/6r Newlin 4 ORM Thomas 29 Sykes 14/6r Ivankovic 11/8r Onar 11
Abdullah Gul Universitesi vs. Adana Aski 67-70 AGU Miljkovic 26/8a Marginean 22/11r Gulcan 14 ADA Williams 27/15r Bas 18/9r Nacickaite 14 Snow 7/7r
Besiktas vs. Istanbul Universitesi 74-63 BES Cigil 17/6r Wheeler 13 Imren 13/6a Perovanovic 11 Mosby 8/9r Zellous 7 ISU Pop 30 Gardner 13/9r Guner 10/8r Mohammed 2/6r
Samsun vs. Galatasaray 55-86 SAM Firat 15 Smith 10 Manuel 7/7r GAL Petronyte 19 Quigley 18 Tasci 15 Dubljevic 12/6r Alben 10/10r/12a
March 25, 2018
Hatay vs. Mersin 87-76 HAT Snytsina 22 Paris 16/8r Ben Abdelkader 15/8r Yavas 11 Mitchell 5 Turner 4 Tanacan 4 MER Putnina 17 Hartley 13/6a Yalcin 13 Gumusay 13 Thomas 11/14r Gajic 4
Standings:
- Hatay 18-3
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 18-2
- Fenerbahce 15-5
- Botas 13-8
- Cukurova 12-9
- Besiktas 12-8
- Mersin 11-9
- Abdullah Gul Universitesi 8-12
- Galatasaray 8-12
- Samsun 6-15
- Orman 6-14
- Adana Aski 3-17
- Istanbul Universitesi 2-18