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Nineteen candidates for Turkish NT this summer

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One of the last countries to release information about their plans for 2013, Turkey has finally announced their NT candidates for the upcoming EuroBasket Women. Of the 19 candidates ten went to Olympics last summer. Gone are only Nilay Kartaltepe (leading assister in Turkish league this season) and Yasemin Horasan, possibly opening up a spot for someone new to take ... Read More »

Fenerbahce continue their Turkish league dominance by winning 8th consecutive title

Fenerbahce photo: TBF

Fenerbahce defeated Galatasaray in the deciding fifth game of the Turkish league finals, winning their eight consecutive Turkish league title. Fenerbahce overcame a slow start at home to Galatasaray, as they fell 12 points behind at the start of the second quarter. With Cappie Pondexter scoring 15 points in the second quarter, Fenerbahce erased the deficit by halftime and went ... Read More »

Galatasaray tie Turkish finals, force game five against Fenerbahce

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Galatasaray bounced back from previous game’s last second loss, tying up the series and forcing game five. As has been the case earlier in this series, Galatasaray’s posts dominated inside. Unlike last game, Fenerbahce could not hit anything from the outside, thus they lost convincingly. Galatasaray opted to use Alba Torrens instead of the heavily underperforming Sylvia Fowles. It paid ... Read More »

Video: Cappie Pondexter and three pointers win game three for Fenerbahce

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Cappie Pondexter hit a mid-ranger jumper with 2 seconds remaining to give Fenerbahce win number two against Galatasaray. Pondexter made up for her own mistake that she did fifteen seconds earlier by stepping out of bounds when trying to catch an inbounds pass. Galatasaray would go and score on the next possession with Sancho Lyttle knocking down the jumper to ... Read More »