The round started on Saturday, including Galatasaray’s 95-66 win over Gabriela Marginean and Adana. A battle of key duos saw Gintare Petronyte and Ashley Walker lead Mersin past Bernice Mosby, Tan White, and Izmit 90-74. Bodrum bolstered their roster over the break, but it was not enough in an 88-57 loss to Kahleah Copper and Orman. On Sunday, Nicole Romeo and Canik beat Kayseri 76-48. . Sevgi Uzun and Cukurova stayed undefeated and kept Istanbul University winless 90-56. The most anticipated game of the day saw Hatay beat Fenerbahce 72-67 at home to keep questions about which team should be regarded as the favorite alive. Heroics from Kelsey Mitchell were not enough for Besiktas even though Botas did not have their full roster as the hosts still won 70-69.
November 24, 2018
Galatasaray vs. Adana 95-66 GAL Atas 18 Guclu 16 Jefferson 15/7a/7s Onar 13/6r/6a Alben 13 Macaulay 9/7r ADA Marginean 21 Boyd 17/7a Kurtulmus 12/6r Ervin 7
Mersin vs. Izmit 90-74 MER Petronyte 22/8r Walker 21/11r Cado 17 Mitchell 14/9r IZM Mosby 26 White 20/10a Yavuz 15/6r/6a
Bodrum vs. Orman 57-88 BOD Zivadinovic 19 Kiriienko 12 Harvey-Carr 11 ORM Copper 21 Henry 15/15r Ruzickova 12/7r Gardner 12/6r Cirak 10
November 25, 2018
Canik vs. Kayseri 76-48 CAN Romeo 21/10r/6a Colakoglu 14 Holmes 13/6r James 5/6r KAY Anderson 17 Oral 10 Armstrong 2
Botas vs. Besiktas 70-69 BOT Krivacevic 16/8r Cuic 15/10r Cakir 14/7a Akbas 12 Gulcan 10/7r BES Mitchell 27 Akhator 8/10r
Istanbul Universitesi vs. Cukurova 56-90 ISU Guner 18/6r Fall 5/9r Watkins 2 CUK Uzun 24/6s Naumenko 15/7r Iagupova 15/6r/9a Ndour 8 Mestdagh 6 Ozelci 0
Hatay vs. Fenerbahce 72-67 HAT Ben Abdelkader 19 Johnson 17/9r Koksal 12 Snytsina 10 Paris 1/14r FEN Hartley 15 Vaughn 14 Cora 10 Plum 9 Canitez 5/9r
Standings:
- Cukurova 6-0
- Hatay 6-0
- Botas 5-1
- Fenerbahce 4-2
- Besiktas 4-2
- Mersin 3-3
- Izmit 3-3
- Galatasaray 3-3
- Orman 3-3
- Canik 3-3
- Kayseri 1-5
- Adana 1-5
- Istanbul Universitesi 0-6
- Bodrum 0-6