2020-21 ISTANBULQualifierRound 1
March 19, 2021 CET: 09:00
Local time: 11:00 ANADOLU EFES SPORTS CLUB FACILITIES

Efes uses late run to beat Zaragoza in ANGT opener

Host side U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul opened the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Istanbul with an 83-68 victory over U18 Casademont Zaragoza. Yigit Tekin and Muhammet Gunes both scored 14 points for Efes, which took control of the game with a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter of the Group A contest. Koralp Turk added 12 points and 8 rebounds while Ozan Yilmaz chipped in 6 points, 8 assists and 6 steals. Zaragoza could not take advantage of Aday Mara collecting 18 points, 14 rebounds and 6 blocks. Gustav Knudsen had 10 points and 9 rebounds but also committed six of Zaragoza's 29 turnovers. Also, Zaragoza made just 4-of-21 three-pointers for 19.1%.

Karahan Efeoglu hit a three-pointer early on as Efes jumped ahead 8-4. Mara scored six points at the other end in a 1-8 answer as Zaragoza led 9-12. A Gunes triple helped the host team even the game 16-16 after 10 minutes. Efes went scoreless for more than 3 minutes and Daniel Arjol picked up four points in a 0-8 surge as Zaragoza went up 20-26. But Efes countered with an 8-0 run to pull ahead 28-26 and was up 30-28 at the break.

The third quarter was tight throughout until Alvaro Martinez had a three-point play and Antonio Moreno drained a triple for a 40-44 Zaragoza lead. But Enes Gul and Tolga Kay hit from deep in a 12-2 surge to put Efes up 56-48 and it was 56-50 after 30 minutes. Zaragoza had the better start to the fourth quarter as Josep Cera knocked down three three-pointers and the Spanish side led 61-63. But Efes got triples from Yilmaz and Gunes in a 15-2 run for a 78-66 lead and eventually the win.

Ozan Yilmaz - Anadolu Efes Istanbul - ANGT Istanbul (photo Tolga Adanali) - JT20
Friday, March 19, 2021
David Hein, EuroLeague.net
Referees: 1 U18 CREW CHIEF; 2 U18 UMPIRE 1; 3 U18 UMPIRE 2
Attendance: 0 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul16142627
U18 Casademont Zaragoza16122218
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U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul16305683
U18 Casademont Zaragoza16285068
U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 TEKIN, YIGIT 19:08 14 6/11 0/2 2/4 1   1 5 1 4     2 2 8
2 GUL, ENES 10:13 7 2/5 1/1   1   1   1         1 7
3 EFEOGLU, KARAHAN 26:30 9 2/7 1/5 2/4 3 8 11   1 3   1 1 2 7
4 VELIOGLU, BATIKAN 2:22               1 1 1     1    
6 YILMAZ, OZAN 24:21 6 0/3 2/2   1 2 3 8 6 2 1 1   1 19
7 KAY, TOLGA 25:23 9 2/6 1/1 2/2 2 4 6 4 1 1   1 4 3 13
8 TARLA, KAAN 2:08                   1         -1
14 GUNES, MUHAMMET ALI 21:44 14 4/7 2/4   2 4 6 3 3 2   1 1 1 18
15 HAMATOGLU, YUNUS EMRE 19:42 9 4/8 0/1 1/2 6 3 9 2 3 2   1 1 2 15
21 TURK, KORALP 33:11 12 4/10 1/7 1/2 3 5 8 1 2   1 1 3 1 8
34 CATAK, CIVAN 5:23   0/1       1 1         1 1 1 -1
42 AKBIYIK, EREN 9:55 3 0/2 1/4         2 1 1     2   -2
Team           3 1 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 83 24/60 9/27 8/14 22 28 50 26 20 18 2 7 16 14 94
        40% 33.3% 57.1%
Head coach: HAVUZLU, OZAN
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
U18 Casademont Zaragoza
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 CERA, JOSEP 27:27 9   3/5     3 3 5   4       3 14
5 ARJOL, DANIEL 26:55 9 4/5 0/5 1/2 2 2 4 3 3 3     3 2 8
7 MORENO, ALEJANDRO 14:15 5 1/1 1/3   1 1 2 2 1 5     1 1 3
10 FERNANDEZ, JAVIER 2:08   0/1           1         1   -1
11 MORENO, ANTONIO 9:58 4 2/2     1 3 4 1   1       1 9
12 MARTINEZ, ALVARO 17:15 7 2/4 0/3 3/5 1 3 4 3   1     1 4 9
13 KNUDSEN, GUSTAV 28:59 10 5/13 0/1 0/2 4 5 9 3 1 6 1   2 1 6
14 ASO, PABLO 18:12   0/2     1   1 3   3     2   -3
15 MARA, ADAY 23:42 18 9/11   0/5 3 11 14   2 4 6 1 1 4 31
16 STOSIC, PAVLE 15:02   0/1 0/2     3 3   1       1    
17 GARCIA, VILLIAM 10:41 4 2/4 0/1   1 3 4 1 1 2   1 1   3
19 LANGARITA, LUCAS 5:26 2 1/2 0/1                   1   -1
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 68 26/46 4/21 4/14 14 35 49 22 9 29 7 2 14 16 79
        56.5% 19% 28.6%
Head coach: SERNA, JORGE
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