Fenerbahçe Opet beat its host Beşiktaş 83-77 in the derby in the 12th week of the ING Women’s Basketball Super League.
Fenerbahçe, which started the match with mutual baskets, went on a 9-0 streak in a short time, and passed the 5th minute 15-8. Beşiktaş, which fell behind by 9 points (21-12) at the beginning of the eighth minute, recovered and took the lead in the game. The first quarter of the match ended in a tie of 23-23. The second quarter of the match was very competitive. While the score was tied at 18-18 in the period, the score was tied at 41-41 at the break.
Beşiktaş was the side that started the second half effectively. Beşiktaş entered the third period with an 8-0 run and established a 49-41 advantage in the 22nd minute. The yellow-dark blue team quickly recovered in front of their fans and quickly closed the 8-point gap, taking a 7-point lead in the 26th minute and making the score 58-51. The 3rd quarter, in which neither team could score in the last 2 minutes, ended with the home team leading 60-53.
Fenerbahçe entered the last quarter effectively and brought the difference to double digits (66-56) for the first time in the 33rd minute. Besiktas, holding on to the match with Fagbenle’s baskets, reduced the difference to 4 points (70-66) in the first seconds of the 36th minute. Maintaining its superiority in the last episode, Fenerbahçe won 83-77 on the court.
Williams, who performed with 24 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals and 4 assists for Fenerbahçe, played the leading role in the victory. For the yellow-dark blue team, Sevgi and Badiane scored in double digits with 13 points each, and Allemand scored 12 points.
In Beşiktaş, Fagbenle’s 28 points and 11 rebounds, who were especially effective in the last quarter, were not enough to prevent the defeat. Evans had a 21-point performance and Winterburn had a 18-point performance for the black-and-white team, which could not get scoring contributions from players outside the top 5.
With this result, Fenerbahçe continued its undefeated leadership in the league by making it 10 out of 10. Beşiktaş was defeated for the 5th time.