2020-21Regular SeasonRound 10
December 15, 2020 CET: 17:00
Local time: 19:00 AKATLAR ARENA

Jones, Green fire Bahcesehir past Reyer

Bahcesehir Kolelj Istanbul destroyed Umana Reyer Venice 108-74 to finish its 7DAYS EuroCup campaign on a high with its first home win in the competition. The first quarter was close with numerous lead changes, but Bahcesehir raced into a double-digit interval lead behind an unstoppable Jamal Jones. Bahcesehir maintained a fast offensive pace to pull further clear, effectively ending the game as a contest in the third quarter. Jones led the way with 26 points on 5-of-5 three-point shooting, while Erick Green added 21. Thomas Robinson had a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Erkan Yilmaz (13) and Ismet Akpinar (11) also scored in double figures. Isaac Fotu and Stefano Tonut both scored 21 points for Reyer, with Andrea De Nicolao scoring 12 and Julyan Stone adding 11. Both teams are already eliminated, as Bahcesehir finishes its EuroCup season at 2-8 while Reyer (2-7) has one more game remaining.

Robinson got the home side on the board, but Stone struck twice from long-range to give Reyer an early lead, 4-8. Akpinar scored 5 points straight to get Bahcesehir in front, before a fadeaway jumper from Green and 5 fast points from Jones kept the host ahead despite a pair of close-range scores from Fotu. Another basket from Fotu was accompanied by two baskets from Tonut, but another triple from Akpinar kept it close before Tonut beat the first-quarter buzzer on the fastbreak for a 19-21 lead. Yilmaz tied it up again, but Austin Daye responded for Reyer. Michael Bramos's floater was answered by a fierce dunk from Yilmaz, and Fotu's reverse kept it close before Jones threw down a big slam and added a three-pointer for a 33-27 lead. Thomas Akyazili added a three-point play but Tonut hit back with a trio of triples in the space of 2 minutes, making it 41-38. Jones and Stone traded triples and Jones kept adding points from the foul line before Green added another three-pointer and Robinson scored from close range just before halftime, which saw Bahcesehir lead 54-43. Akyazili opened the second half and Akpinar added a triple before Jones stayed red-hot with another three-pointer and a mid-range jumper. But Fotu scored twice for Reyer and De Nicolao added 5 more points to make it 66-55. The fast offensive pace continued through Green's four-point play and a putback from Josh Owens, and another triple from Green made it 75-55. Owens completed a 11-0 run with a brutal slam before Tonut ended the run from deep. The unstoppable Green added 5 more points and Yilmaz dunked for an 84-58 lead after three quarters. Yilmaz added a three-point play, and the lead was extended past 30 points by Peyton Aldridge and Robinson. Fotu rallied Reyer with 5 consecutive points, but three-pointers from Yilmaz and Aldridge kept the home team moving. Robinson took Bahcesehir to triple figures before the scoring slowed in the latter stages.

New records galore for Bahcesehir

Bahcesehir's offensive burst saw the Turkish team end its first EuroCup season by shattering various team records in the competition: 108 points, 30 assists, 44 rebounds, 15 three-pointers and team PIR of 150 were all new EuroCup club records.

Jones unstoppable before the break

Bahcesehir forward Jamal Jones had an amazing first half. He scored 21 points, making 2-of-2 two-pointers and all 4 three-point attempts along with 5-of-5 free throws. He added 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 blocked shot and 3 fouls drawn for a PIR of 30 before the break.

Reyer pays the penalty

One of Reyer's problems was an inability to get to the foul line. The Italian team did not attempt its first free throw until midway through the fourth quarter after a technical foul and finished with 5-of-8 free throws compared to the home side's 19-of-25.

Next round

Bahcesehir's EuroCup campaign is over, but already-eliminated Reyer has one more game, on Tuesday December 29 at home to Partizan NIS Belgrade.

Jamal Jones - Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul (photo Bahcesehir) - EC20_b6nm9c8wxtfvg433
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: CORTES, CARLOS; LAURINAVICIUS, JURGIS; CICI, GENTIAN
Attendance: 0
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Umana Reyer Venice21435874
Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 JONES, JAMAL 23:57 26 3/4 5/5 5/5 2 4 6 1     1     3 36
3 YUCEORAL, ALI 3:24   0/1               1     2   -4
5 AKPINAR, ISMET 29:21 11 1/3 3/7     1 1 4 1 1     2 2 10
6 ROBINSON, THOMAS 30:07 16 5/8   6/8 2 9 11 2   2   1 3 5 23
8 OZDEMIR, HADI 6:56           1 1               1
11 GREEN, ERICK 26:50 21 4/5 4/7 1/1   2 2 6 2 1     2 3 27
13 KILICLI, DENIZ DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 YILMAZ, AHMET 2:18 2 1/2               1   1     -1
20 AKYAZILI, THOMAS 21:20 9 2/3 0/1 5/5 1 4 5 8 1 4     4 4 17
22 OWENS, JOSH 14:19 4 2/9     3 5 8 1 1 2 1 1     5
23 ALDRIDGE, PEYTON 19:17 6 0/1 2/2     3 3 2 1 1     2   8
33 YILMAZ, ERKAN 22:11 13 4/5 1/1 2/6 3 1 4 6 2   1   1 5 25
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 108 22/41 15/23 19/25 12 32 44 30 8 13 3 3 16 22 150
        53.7% 65.2% 76%
Head coach: ERNAK, ERHAN
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Umana Reyer Venice
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 CASARIN, DAVIDE 21:06 1 0/6 0/4 1/2 1   1 4   2     3 3 -7
5 STONE, JULYAN 27:09 11 1/2 3/6     6 6 1 3 2     3 1 13
6 BRAMOS, MICHAEL 1:39 2 1/1                     3   -1
7 TONUT, STEFANO 28:26 21 3/5 5/8     1 1 1   3     1 3 17
9 DAYE, AUSTIN 14:57 4 2/5 0/1     2 2 3   1     2   2
10 DE NICOLAO, ANDREA 25:57 12 2/3 2/5 2/4 1   1 6 1 1     2 4 15
14 VIDMAR, GASPER 1:47                         1 1  
21 CHAPPELL, JEREMY 21:31   0/3 0/3   1 1 2 5     1 1 3 1 -1
25 D'ERCOLE, LORENZO 14:49     0/2         2   1         -1
33 POSSAMAI, LUCA 7:54 2 0/1   2/2   3 3     1 2 1 1 1 4
40 BIANCOTTO, LEONARDO 5:36     0/1         1 1           1
42 FOTU, ISAAC 29:09 21 9/14 1/2   3 4 7 1 1 3   1 4 1 17
Team           5 1 6               6
Totals 200:00 74 18/40 11/32 5/8 11 18 29 24 6 14 3 3 23 15 65
        45% 34.4% 62.5%
Head coach: DE RAFFAELE, WALTER

Head Coaches

ERNAK, ERHAN
Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul
"It has been difficult to prepare, but the players will be better day by day. We didn’t start the EuroCup good, but we finished well and we got very good experience. This was the first season in the competition for our club and now we will focus on the Turkish League."

Players

GREEN, ERICK
Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul
"It was a great game today, a lot of players stepped up and played well. You’ve got to give a lot of credit to the coach, he hasn’t had the chance to practice with us, get to know the full roster as a head coach and put in his sets. This will be the first week we can get everything he wants to do, so it will be good to try something new. EuroCup has been a great experience for us and we’ve got to focus on the Turkish League. It’s a great accomplishment to be the top scorer in the competition and hopefully, I can help the team as much as possible going forward."