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Turkish women’s basketball league tipped off on Saturday with Galatasaray hosting and defeating Ceyhan Belediye. Ann Wauters had 17 points for Galatasaray, while Carolyn Swords led Ceyhan with 19 points. Courtney Paris recorded a huge 17 point, 16 rebound double-double as Botas edged TED Ankara. Burcu Cigil had 17 points for Botas, while Makbule Amachree and Ana Dabovic also had 17 points each for TED Ankara.
Istanbul Universitesi let a close game slip away as they lost to Kayseri in the final stretch. Evanthia Maltsi made her Turkish league debut for Kayseri with 18 points. Tugba Palazoglu played all 40 minutes for Istanbul Universitesi, netting 21 points, most coming of a 5 from 9 three point shooting. Mersin lost Oksana Zakaluzhnaya to an injury in the first possession of the game and helplessly lost to Antakya. Naile Cirak led all scorers with 17 points.
Tarsus apparently have opted to play without Amaya Valdemoro in Turkish league, for now, having registered the other 4 foreigners there. DeLisha Milton-Jones made her debut for Tarsus with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Gulsah Duman had 20 points for Besiktas. Samsun turned a 33-30 lead against Edremit in to a 69-39 rout in a span of the final 12 minutes. Rana Derin scored 12 of her game high 18 points in that span.
Fenerbahce have opted to go with 3 Euros and sit Cappie Pondexter for ELW. In their opening game they defeated Canik Belediye. Cheryl Ford had 22 points and 15 rebounds for Canik. Angel McCoughtry led Fenerbahce with 17 points, Agnieszka Bibrzycka had 12.
Results and top scorers
Galatasaray – Ceyhan Belediye 66-51
Galatasaray: Wauters 17, Alben 15, Caglar 14 (Lyttle 5, Fowles 5)
Ceyhan: Swords 19, Ivezic 12, Inontepe 9 (Pedersen 4, Karklina 4)
Botas – TED Ankara 77-72
Botas: Cigil 17, Paris 17 (16 reb), Chaney 14, Akinci 10, Takmaz 10 (Ristic 0, Thomas DNP)
Ankara: Amachree 17, Dabovic 17, Firat 12, Canbaz 11
Istanbul Univ. BGD – Kayseri KASKI 65-71
Istanbul: Palazoglu 21, Osipova 13 (12 reb), Montanana 11, Carson 10
Kayseri: Maltsi 18, Martinez 13, Dalgalar 8, Anosike 8 (12 reb) (Sanders 6)
Antakya BLD – Mersin BSB 72-47
Antakya: Cirak 17, Daricioglu 12, Dacic 11, Bouthors 10 (Vesela 8, Anderson 4)
Mersin: Ozturk 13, Handy 12, Erdogan 6, Guler 6 (Zakaluzhnaya 0)
Besiktas – Tarsus Belediye 61-67
Besiktas: Duman 20, Breland 16, Kavurmacioglu 9
Tarsus: Milton-Jones 18 (13 reb), Can 13 (10 reb), Askin 11 (Robinson 6, Jansone 3, Lima 2)
Edremit BLD – Samsun Basketbol 39-69
Edremit: Carter 14, Zeren 7, Bakircioglu 7 (Selwyn 5, Solopova 4)
Samsun: Derin 18, Jelavic 17, Black 11 (14 reb), Turkmen 10 (Vajda 8 (13 reb))
Canik Belediye – Fenerbahce 59-80
Canik: Ford 22 (15 reb), Anaz 11, D.Hodges 9 (McCarville 8)
Fenerbahce: McCoughtry 17, Bibrzycka 12, Vardarli 11, Matovic 10 (Verameyenka 1 (12 reb))
Standings
| Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | +/- | Points |
| Samsun Basketbol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 2 |
| Antakya BLD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 47 | 25 | 2 |
| Fenerbahce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 59 | 21 | 2 |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 51 | 15 | 2 |
| Tarsus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 61 | 6 | 2 |
| Kayseri KASKI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 65 | 6 | 2 |
| Botas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 72 | 5 | 2 |
| TED Ankara Kolejliler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 77 | -5 | 1 |
| Besiktas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 67 | -6 | 1 |
| Istanbul Univ. BGD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 71 | -6 | 1 |
| Ceyhan Belediye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 66 | -15 | 1 |
| Canik Belediye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 80 | -21 | 1 |
| Mersin BSB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 72 | -25 | 1 |
| Edremit BLD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 69 | -30 | 1 |
