GAZİANTEP (AA) – MEHMET AKİF PARLAK – Gaziantep Basketball, which will face Trabzonspor away tomorrow in the 13th week of Türkiye Sigorta Turkey Basketball League, aims to beat its opponent and move away from the bottom ranks.
Cizre Belediyespor completed its match preparations
The red-black team, which started the league by losing 82-79 to iLab Basketball at home, defeated TED Ankara Colleges 89-85, Istanbul Ankaspor 81-77 and Esenler Erokspor 82-75 in the following weeks. After this winning streak, the Southeastern representative, who won only 2 matches in 8 matches, fell to the bottom of the league.
The red-black team, which was able to collect 17 points in the remaining 12 weeks of the league, entered the week in the 14th position in the rankings. Gaziantep representative aims to make a breakthrough by beating Trabzonspor, which will be their guest tomorrow in the 13th week of the league.
– Yıldırım: “We want to achieve stability”
Gaziantep Basketball Head Coach Ali Yıldırımtold the AA reporter that they started the league with a defeat but quickly recovered.
Stating that they have not been able to achieve the results they wanted recently due to individual mistakes, Yıldırım continued as follows:
“We started with a loss and then won 3 matches in a row. In the ongoing process, we lost matches in the last minutes due to very simple mistakes. We want to achieve stability. We played well at home last week and we want to make a breakthrough with this win. We are a young team and we are strong enough to achieve this. We can recover from simple mistakes and “We want to go where we deserve. We aim for the middle ranks first and then higher. It is a difficult league, there are experienced players from the super league. We want to gain momentum and move on.”
– Wright: “We want to continue our victories”
The team’s American player, Marquis Wright, said that he was satisfied with the way they played in the last week of the league.
Expressing that he enjoyed the ambition of the team, Wright said, “The remaining part of the season was a bit difficult. The last match was our escape match. I think we are a good team compared to the league. We cannot wait to get a win and be excited about it. These victories will continue. We still have a long way to go. “We must continue to remain humble. We need to build on this win. We are united for this as a team. We have a great environment and we have the strength to achieve our goals.” made his assessment.
Source: aa
