Nezih Ozbakir (206-F/C-80) signed a 1-year contract extension with his team Optimum TED Kolejliler, according to Salsabasket. It will be their third straight season together. In the latest one Ozbakir had 10.6 ppg and 4.7 rpg for 38 games. They won TB2L title and promotion for TBL. Ozbakir was awarded with Eurobasket.com All-Turkish TB2L Honorable Mention -12. A year ago, Optimum TED Kolejliler was TB2L Group B champion. Ozbakir averaged 9 points and 4.5 rebounds for 26 games. In 2009, Nezih Ozbakir won his first TB2L title with Optimum TED. He played for them from 2003 to 2008. In the meantime, Ozbakir spent two years with Tofas Bursa. Last week, Optimum TED Kolejliler signed Ben Woodside (180-PG-85, agency: Priority Sports, college: N.Dakota St.), Caner Erdeniz (188-G-87) and Gokhan Yazicioglu (200-F-90). The team also landed scoring machine Kirk Penney (196-G-80, agency: Duran International, college: Wisconsin).
2013 Mediterranean Games: Turkey cruise past Algeria in opener - Jun 18, 2013
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Turkey - Algeria 97:68
Turkey confidently started their 2013 Mediterranean Games campaign. The hosts shot down Algeria in the opener. Melih Mahmutoglu (193-G-90) delivered 17 points to lead the home side.
Turkey grabbed a 20:16 lead after ten minutes of action. They maintained the lead throughout the second term. Turkey accounted for a 44:32 halftime advantage. Things got just worse for Algeria after the big break. The hosts increased the tempo and poured in 30 points in the third period [read more]
Turkey - Algeria 97:68
Turkey confidently started their 2013 Mediterranean Games campaign. The hosts shot down Algeria in the opener. Melih Mahmutoglu (193-G-90) delivered 17 points to lead the home side. Turkey grabbed a 20:16 lead after ten minutes of action. They maintained the lead throughout the second term. Turkey accounted for a 44:32 halftime advantage. Things got just worse for Algeria after the big break. The hosts increased the tempo and poured in 30 points in the third period. Turkey established a massive 74:48 lead heading into the fourth frame. Turkey fired 23 points in the final stanza to seal the win at the end. Birkan Batuk (196-SG-90) and Serhat Cetin (197-G/F-86) dropped 11 points each for the winners. Mohamed Harath (196-F-90) answered with game-high 25 points for Algeria. Mehdi Cheriet (204-PF-87, agency: Fusion Sports, college: San Diego St.) chipped in 13 points in the loss.
Player of the Year: Jamont Gordon (193-G/F-87) of Galatasaray Guard of the Year: Carlos Arroyo (188-PG-79) of Galatasaray Forward of the Year: Charles Davis (205-C-84) of Banvit BK Center of the Year: Joey Dorsey (206-C/F-83) of Gaziantep Defensive Player of the Year: Boniface Ndong (213-C-77) of Galatasaray Domestic Player of the Year: Nedim Yucel (203-F-79) of TED Kolejliler Import Player of the Year: Carlos Arroyo (188-PG-79) of Galatasaray Bosman Player of the Year: Bojan Bogdanovic (203-SG-89) of Fener.Ulker Coach of the Year: Ergin Ataman of Galatasaray
All-Domestic Players Team
G: Ender Arslan (190-PG-83) of Galatasaray
F: Cenk Akyol (198-G/F-87) of Galatasaray
C: Furkan Aldemir (207-PF-91) of Galatasaray
G: Kenan Sipahi (198-PG-95) of Tofas
F/C: Nedim Yucel (203-F-79) of TED Kolejliler
Boniface Ndong announced retirement - Jun 17, 2013
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Boniface Ndong (213-C-77) announced retirement. The Senegalese player spent his last season with Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul and won the title.
Few days ago Boniface Ndong won the title with Galatasaray as the latter triumphed at 2012/2013 season as they won the Final series against Banvit 4-1. Galatasaray added 76:58 win in Game 4 and became the Champions.
The game was mostly controlled by Galatasaray. Banvit BK managed to win fourth quarter 21-14 [read more]
Boniface Ndong (213-C-77) announced retirement. The Senegalese player spent his last season with Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul and won the title. Few days ago Boniface Ndong won the title with Galatasaray as the latter triumphed at 2012/2013 season as they won the Final series against Banvit 4-1. Galatasaray added 76:58 win in Game 4 and became the Champions. The game was mostly controlled by Galatasaray. Banvit BK managed to win fourth quarter 21-14. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. The best player for the winners was the former international swingman Cenk Akyol who scored 22 points. Puerto Rican point guard Carlos Arroyo chipped in 15 points and 8 assists. The former international guard Serkan Erdogan produced 11 points and 5 assists and Serbian center Vladimir Stimac added 9 points and 10 rebounds respectively for the guests. Boniface Ndong averaged 8.8 points in the Turkish League in his last season.
Anadolu Efes: took 3rd place (5-5) in Group C of the Regular Season, took
3rd place (9-5) in Group E of the Top16, lost to Olympiacos 2-3 in the
Quarterfinals !!!
Besiktas: took 3rd place (5-5) in Group D of the Regular Season, took 7th
place (2-12) in Group F of the Top16
Fener.Ulker: took 4th place (5-5) in Group A of the Regular Season, took 8th
place (2-12) in Group F of the Top16
Karsiyaka: took 1st place (5-1) in Group A of the Regular Season, took 1st
place (4-2) in Group I of the Top16, lost to Krasnye Krylia (RUS) 76-77 in the
Final !!!
Tofas: took 2nd place (4-2) in Group A of the Regular Season, took 3rd place
(2-4) in Group K of the Top16
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