Galatasaray beat Besiktas, Banvit all alone on top

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Despite playing without punished Justin Dentmon and Russ Smith, Galatasaray managed to prevail over Besiktas (84-78) thanks to 19 points by Blake Schilb and a big shot by John Diebler (79-73) with 50 seconds left which decided the outcome.

Galatasaray is now tied with Dogus Darussafaka, which beat TED Ankara in the 7th spot with a 4-3 record. Banvit (7-0) is the only unbeaten team after prevailing over Anadolu Efes, which is now tied at 6-1 with Fenerbahce in the second place, while Besiktas, Karisyaka and Yesilgiresun follow at 5-2. However, Ricky Ledo was the player who stole the show this week with a 42 points performance.

Turkish League 2016-17 regular season – Week 7 results
Best Balikesir (0-7) – Trabzonspor (2-5) 69-76 (Green 16)
Tofas (2-5) – Gaziantep Basketbol (2-5) 72-87 (Denmon 23)
Pinar Karsiyaka (5-2) – Muratbey Usak Sportif (2-5) 85-75 (Ponitka 24)
Yesilgiresun Bld. (5-2) – Istanbul BSB (2-5) 82-67 (Ledo 42)
D.I. Buyukcekmece Basket (3-4) – Fenerbahce (6-1) 60-80 (Sloukas 15)
Banvit (7-0) – Anadolu Efes (6-1) 69-68 (Brown 19)
Dogus Darussafaka (4-3) – TED Ankara (0-7) 71-62 (Batuk 14)
Galatasaray (4-3) – Besiktas (5-2) 84-78 (Schilb 19)

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