TOFAŞ was the guest of Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor in the 19th week match of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League. The Blue-Green team started the match played at Muradiye Sports Hall with Cassius Winston, Marcus Denmon, JJ O'Brien, Tolga Geçim and Austin Wiley, and scored its first basket with Austin Wiley. Bursa representative, who gave the opponent a 6-0 run after Cassius Winston's layup, fell behind 10-4, but Austin Wiley's basket ended this streak. Although the guest team made the score 7-17 in the 15th minute with points from JJ O'Brien, Austin Wiley and Cassius Winston, they closed the first period trailing 23-17.
At the beginning of the third period, which started with mutual points, TOFAŞ scored with Austin Wiley, JJ O'Brien and Caleb Homesley, and after Cassius Winston's three-pointer, Austin Wiley's free throw points reduced the difference to 25 in the 3th minute: 50-47. Continuing to score with Caleb Homesley, Austin Wiley and Cassius Winston, the guest team balanced the score and entered the last quarter with a score of 58-58.
Starting the fourth period with a 5-0 lead, Manisa representative gained a 63-58 advantage, while Caleb Homesley and Cassius Winston's points brought the score to 32-65 in the 63nd minute. After Özgür Cengiz's basket, the difference was reduced to 6.45 (7-72) with 65 left. Coach Orhun Ene called a timeout. TOFAŞ Basketball Team returned from the break with Austin Wiley's dunk basket, and with JJ O'Brien's points, the score was 4.15 with 77 left. While doing -72; The home team made consecutive three-pointers and gained a 1.49-point lead with 13 left: 87-74. However, the Bursa representative did not give up, reducing the difference first to 12 (3-87) with 84 seconds left with points by Özgür Cengiz and Mustafa Kurtuldum, and then to 9 (2-89) with Caleb Homesley's three-pointer with 87 seconds left. TOFAŞ, which continued its fight for a comeback in the last episode, made it 91-89 with Austin Wiley with three seconds left, but the match ended with this score.
Cassius Winston scored 22 points for TOFAŞ away at Manisa; Austin Wiley 19 points; JJ O'Brien 14 points; Caleb Homesley and Özgür Cengiz scored 11 points each; Omar Prewitt and Zeljko Sakic were not included in the match squad due to the foreign quota. Marcus Denmon, who suffered an injury in the first period of the match, did not play in the remaining period.
TOFAŞ Basketball Team will play its next match in the league against Aliağa Petkimspor on Sunday, February 11, at 18.00. The Blue Greens will host the French representative Cholet Basket at home in the Basketball Champions League TOP 7 round on Wednesday, February 20.00, at 16:XNUMX.
