Bahçeşehir College, which defeated Dutch representative ZZ Leiden 90-82 in the semi-final second leg of the Basketball FIBA Men’s European Cup, made its mark in the final. Bahçeşehir College won the first match of the match 77-71 away.
Starting the match well, ZZ Leiden brought the score to 9-2 with Midtgaard’s basket in the 3rd minute. Bahçeşehir College, which recovered with the baskets found by Jones and Dekker from behind the three-point line, took the lead with Erkan Yılmaz’s six-shot in the 7th minute: 12-11. Bahçeşehir College finished the quarter ahead 25-19.
The second quarter of the match started with mutual baskets. While the guest team scored under the leadership of Dunn, Bahçeşehir College responded to these attacks with Kartal Özmizrak and it was 40-33 in the 17th minute. Bahcesehir College, which increased the lead to double digits (44-34) with Dekker’s basket in the 19th minute, went ahead 46-38 into the locker room.
Bahçeşehir College started the second half by increasing the lead to double digits (52-38) with Jones’s three-point field goal. The Istanbul representative, who scored consecutively with Kartal Özmizrak’s effective play, increased the lead to 20 points in the 29th minute: 67-47. The final period was entered with the 72-57 superiority of Bahçeşehir College.
Bahçeşehir College, which did not allow its opponent to close the gap in the last quarter, won the hall 90-82 and advanced to the final.