ALIAGA Petkim officially announced signing of Aubrey Coleman (193-G-87). Izmir side who also added Jerome Randle from California, strengthened their roster with another great talent from college basketball. Coleman who became the top scorer of NCAA Division 1 by averaging 25.6 points, will help the Turkish team on their 2010-2011 campaign. Coleman also had 7.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.7 steals per contest. Aliaga Petkim Coach Halil Uner said, 'Aubrey is not a typical scorer [read more]
ALIAGA Petkim officially announced signing of Aubrey Coleman (193-G-87). Izmir side who also added Jerome Randle from California, strengthened their roster with another great talent from college basketball. Coleman who became the top scorer of NCAA Division 1 by averaging 25.6 points, will help the Turkish team on their 2010-2011 campaign. Coleman also had 7.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.7 steals per contest. Aliaga Petkim Coach Halil Uner said, 'Aubrey is not a typical scorer. He will help our team on both side of the game. Turkish basketball community will watch a very solid Aliaga Petkim team this coming season'
BORNOVA Belediyespor signed Tyler Smith (201-F-86, college: Tennessee) for another year. Izmir team who had great success by making it to Play-Off's on their first ever season at Beko Basketball League last season, succeded to keep their athletic forward. Smith came to Bornova last season after Kedrick Brown's serious knee injury, played 10 games and averaged 18.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4 [read more]
BORNOVA Belediyespor signed Tyler Smith (201-F-86, college: Tennessee) for another year. Izmir team who had great success by making it to Play-Off's on their first ever season at Beko Basketball League last season, succeded to keep their athletic forward. Smith came to Bornova last season after Kedrick Brown's serious knee injury, played 10 games and averaged 18.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists. After a problematic period at University of Tennessee on senior year, Bornova phrase helped Smith to put his name in the radar of NBA teams, but he did not hear his name at draft night. Despite numerous offers in Europe, Smith decided to come back to Bornova where he had good experience both on and off the court. After Michael Roll and Zvonko Buljan, Smith will fill the third foreigner spot in the team as Izmir side will close the transfer campaign by adding a center due to sources around the club.
Croatia beat Turkey and advanced to the 1/4 Finals of U18 EC - Jul 28, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Croatia U18-Turkey U18 82:77
Croatia beat Turkey and advanced to the 1/4 Finals of U18 European Championship. Toni Katic (185-G-92) shined for the winners as they rolled over the opponents 82:77.
Turkey started with 4-0 run, while Croatia responded with 6-0. Dario Saric (204-F/C-93) later tied it all at 13:13, while Tekin gave the Turkish side 18:16 after the first period. The squads were also tied three times in the start of the second frame, while Barac brought Croatia 37:29 [read more]
Croatia U18-Turkey U18 82:77
Croatia beat Turkey and advanced to the 1/4 Finals of U18 European Championship. Toni Katic (185-G-92) shined for the winners as they rolled over the opponents 82:77. Turkey started with 4-0 run, while Croatia responded with 6-0. Dario Saric (204-F/C-93) later tied it all at 13:13, while Tekin gave the Turkish side 18:16 after the first period. The squads were also tied three times in the start of the second frame, while Barac brought Croatia 37:29. Stefan Zadravec (190-G-92) sent the squads to the lockers for 41:31 at the halftime. Turkey opened the third frame with 7-0 run and Can Korkmaz (187-G-92) reduced to 41:38. Dario Saric later increased the lead to 52:42, while Samet Geyik (206-F-93) closed the third stanza at 57:51. Muhammed Baygul (191-G-92) kept the intrigue at 59:55 as the player made two free throws. Barac again scored for Croatoa to bring back 10-point advantage. Again Muhammed Baygul scored for 72:69 and Can Korkmaz made it 74:72 with 2 minutes in the game. The teams exchanged the baskets again as Muhammed Baygul brought 80:77. Stefan Zadravec made last two free throws in the game for the final success. Toni Katic collected 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Stefan Zadravec netted 19, while Dario Saric added 14. Muhammed Baygul responded with 19 points in the losing effort as Turkey fell at 1-4. Samet Geyik nailed 15, whilst Can Korkmaz scored 13.
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