83-76. McCollum won the game at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sports Hall with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in Pınar Karşıyaka, who played the game without an audience due to his suspension from last season. With this result, the Green-Reds managed to win both games in the group without their supporters and gained an advantage in the leadership race. The name sponsor of Karşıyaka, Yaşar Holding Chairman of the Board Feyhan Yaşar, Deputy Chairman İdil Yiğitbaşı and Italy’s Izmir Consul Valerio Giorgio also watched the match.
Karsiyaka responded to the guest team with McCollum’s three-pointers, taking the lead at the beginning of the match and increasing the lead to 7 points. Bringing the score to 19-19 with Kenan Sipahi’s three-pointer with 2 minutes and 9 seconds before the end of the period, our representative took the lead 26-24 with Vitto Brown in the last 1 minute. The first period was completed with a 26-24 lead by Pınar Karşıyaka with Vitto Brown’s last second basket from under the basket. At the beginning of the second period, Karşıyaka increased the gap to 8 points with the successive points of the star of the match, McCollum. Although the Italian team reduced the difference to 1, the locker room was entered with the 46-42 superiority of Karşıyaka. McCollum scored 23 of 46 points scored by his team in the first half.
Karsiyaka, who found critical baskets with Kenan when Emilia tried to dissolve the gap in the third period, did not let his opponent catch him. The green-red team, who opened the gap, started the fourth period with a 10-point lead, 63-53. Although Emilia narrowed the gap to 2 points in the last period, critical baskets by McCollum and Delgado brought Pınar Karşıyaka an 83-76 victory.