Bahçeşehir College; Kartal Ozmarak, Jamar Smith, Jamal Jones, Sam Dekker and Oguz Savas; guest team Sporting CP started with five of Micah Downs, Tanner Omlid, Joshua Patton, Shakir Smith, Travante Williams.
The visiting team started the match with a 12-2 series with the outside shots found by Omlid and Shakir Smith and forced Bahçeşehir College to take a break with 6 minutes and 18 seconds before the end of the quarter. After the Red Dragons came back from the timeout with Smith and Eagle’s three-pointers and brought the score to 8-12, it was Sporting CP with 4 minutes 29 seconds left in the quarter. In the last part of the period, while both teams had problems in scoring, the first quarter of the match was passed with the 19-15 advantage of the Portuguese representative.
Both teams started the second quarter with increased defensiveness, with Sporting CP leading 25-17 in the first four minutes. In the middle of the quarter, the visiting team increased the lead to double digits for the first time and the last 3 minutes and 52 seconds of the half were entered with a 33-20 Sporting CP superiority. Bahçeşehir College, which drew the difference to single digits with Black and Smith in the middle of the period, brought the score to 28-37 while entering the last 2 minutes of the first half. The Red Dragons failed to score in the last two minutes of the half and the locker room was entered with 39-33 Sporting CP superiority.
Bahçeşehir College started the second half with a 5-0 series and brought the score to 33-39 in the first three minutes. When the Red Dragons narrowed the gap to a single ball in the middle of the quarter with Berkay’s efforts both offensively and defensively, the opposing team applied for a time-out with 4 minutes and 19 seconds left in the period (38-41). In the last four minutes of the third quarter, both teams had trouble producing points and the last quarter of the match was entered with a 46-41 Sporting CP superiority.
While both teams started the last quarter with high intensity, the Portuguese team applied for a time-out with 5 minutes and 22 seconds before the end of the match, as Erkan increased the energy in offense and defense even more and brought the score to 53-52. In the last part of the match, the Red Dragons, who took control of the match with defensive numbers, were victorious with a score of 66-54 and made their name in the semi-finals.