Our National Women’s Basketball Team played against Slovakia in the 3rd match of Group D of the FIBA 2023 European Championship.
In the critical fight, the Fairies of the Crucible lost to their opponent by score.
After this match, our National Women’s Basketball Team said goodbye to the tournament.
Starting the game well, Slovakia scored with three-pointers from 3 different players, while Turkey tried to score with Sevgi Uzun, Alperi Onar and McCowan from under the basket. A national team closed the first period behind 15-21.
Nationals returning to the set game in the second period. Alperi Onar and Gökşen Fitik’s quick attacks and Esra Ural Topuz and McCowan’s under-the-pot points closed the gap in the first 5 minutes: 25-25. Turkey, who took the lead with 3 minutes with 3 minutes to go, finished the half behind 31-40 after the 3 point shots and rebound returns with Dudasova, Jakubcova and Palenikova on the opponent’s return from the timeout.
Slovakia, with outside shots and effective defense in the second half, increased the lead to 14 points with 2 minutes left in the quarter: 42-56. The nationals, who could not hit the three-pointers and lost their rebound superiority to the opponent, scored points with Sevgi Uzun and Derin Erdoğan, but they lost the third quarter 45-58.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Slovakia increased the lead up to 16 points with the points they found. After this gap, the crescent-stars narrowed the lead to 9 with 2 minutes and 17 seconds left, with 3-pointers with Alperi Onan and Derin Erdoğan: 61-70. Slovakia increased the gap again with free throws in the last minute of the match, leaving the match with an 80-66 victory and became the opponent of Germany in the play-offs.
Türkiye BAILED TO THE TOURNAMENT
The National Team, who went to the field with significant shortcomings due to the injuries of Tilbe Şenyürek and Olcay Çakır Turgut, said goodbye to the tournament they won against Hungary with this score. Slovakia, on the other hand, took the third place in the group and became the rival of Germany, the runner-up of group C.
Hungary, which defeated Serbia 81-75 and became the leader, qualified directly for the quarter-finals.
Finishing the group in second place, Serbia also matched with Great Britain, the third in Group C, in the play-offs.
The group runners-up and third runners-up in the tournament will face each other on 19 and 20 June to put their names among the last 8 teams.