Our National Team got its first victory in its second match by beating Iceland with a score of 76-75 in the European Basketball Championship Qualifiers.
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In the second match of Group B of the 2025 European Basketball Championship Qualifiers, our National Team, managed by Ergin Ataman, and Iceland, coached by Craig Pedersen, faced each other.
While the match played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall witnessed great excitement, the winner was the National Team with a last-second basket with a score of 76-75.
The first quarter ended in equality
The crescent-star team, which started the match at a brisk pace with the great support of its fans, closed the first 2 minutes ahead 4-0 with baskets from Şehmus.
Leading 7-5 in the 5th minute of the match, “12 Giant Men” could not prevent Hermannsson’s baskets and fell behind 9-7 in the 6th minute. The first quarter of the match, which continued with mutual baskets, ended in a 16-16 tie.
Nationals entered the locker room ahead
Turkey entered the second period with baskets scored by Okben and Ercan under the basket. Having problems with rebounds, the national team had difficulty stopping their opponent directed by Fridriksson.
Maintaining its scoring advantage with the baskets of Ercan Osmani and Sertaç Şanlı, the National Team achieved a 6-point difference (30-24) in the 16th minute. Although Iceland held on to the game with the baskets scored by Hlinason under the basket, Turkey entered the halftime ahead 35-30.
National Team kept the score
Turkey entered the second half of the match well and scored with Melih, Tarık, Sertaç and Ercan. The star and crescent team, which established superiority under the basket with Sertaç, got both defensive and offensive rebounds.
Increasing their shooting percentage from behind the three-point line, the national team increased the difference to double digits in the 25th minute: 50-39. While both teams had difficulty in scoring in the remaining period, the star and crescent team was ahead 54-47 in the last quarter.
We won with Biberovic’s basket
The national team, which continued to be sluggish in attack at the beginning of the last period, could not prevent Iceland from reducing the difference to 3 points (56-53) in the 33rd minute.
Maintaining its superiority with the baskets of Ercan Osmani and Melih Mahmutoğlu, Turkey was ahead 63-56 in the 35th minute.
Iceland’s top scorer, Hermannsson, was left out of the game with 5 fouls 5 minutes before the end. Despite this, the guest team performed effectively and reduced the difference to 1 point (71-70) with 1 minute and 3 seconds left.
Iceland took the lead 75-74 with Gudmundsson’s basket with 3 seconds left. National team player Tarık Biberovic made the last attack and hit the shot at the last second. The National Team left the court with a score of 76-75.
We got our first win
With this result, “12 Giant Men” got their first victory in their second match in the group. Iceland suffered its first defeat.
In the National Team, Sertaç Şanlı was the top scorer of the match with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Ercan Osmani played a role in the victory with 14 points and Tarık Biberovic with 11 points.
2024-02-25 22:07:16
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