Darüşşafaka Men’s Basketball Team defeated German representative MHP Riesen 77-63 in the 4th week of FIBA Champions League Group E.
Darüşşafaka made a good start to the match held at the MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg and caught the 11-0 series in the first 1.5 minutes with the baskets from Olaseni, Ercan Osmani and Yeboah. The green-black team, who could not prevent their opponent from closing the gap and becoming a partner in the game, finished the first quarter 17-16 superior.
Entering the second quarter with an 8-0 series, Darüşşafaka maintained its superiority in the remaining section and was ahead 41-36 at halftime.
Darüşşafaka started well and increased the lead to double digits in the first minutes and finished the third quarter ahead 61-41. Darüşşafaka, who did not make any mistakes in the last quarter, won the field 77-63.
Ercan Osmani played the leading role in the victory with 15 points, 10 rebounds, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu 17 points and 6 rebounds in the green-black team. Olaseni scored 12 points, Yeboah 9 points, Starks 7 points, Canberk Kuş 6 points, McCullough and Hakan Sayılı 5 points each, and Can Korkmaz 1 point in Darüşşafaka.
Dunn was one of the top 3 scorers of the game with 17 points for the home team.
Darüşşafaka won the second match in the 4th match played in the group. The German team was defeated for the first time.
The German team won the match played in Istanbul between the two teams with a score of 90-70. Although the Istanbul team won the rematch, they could not capture the double average.