Fenerbahçe Safiport Women’s Basketball Team, which was a guest of Çankaya University in the second match of the Herbalife Nutrition Women’s Basketball Super League quarter-finals, won the match 65-86.
Kayla McBride and Satou Sabally became the team’s top scorer with 16 points each. Elizabeth Williams scored 14 points and Alina Iagupova scored 10 points.
The Queens of Crucible won the first match of the series played at Metro Energy Hall 91-57, and also won the second match and passed the quarter-final series with 2-0 and made their mark in the semi-finals. Fenerbahçe Safiport will face the winner of Nesibe Aydın-Galatasaray match in the semi-finals. Nesibe Aydın has a 1-0 advantage in the series. The second match of this series will be played tonight at 19:00.
Our Board Member Mustafa Kemal Danabas also watched the match played in Ankara Sports Hall.
Fenerbahce Safiport Women’s Basketball Team; Alina Iagupova, Satou Sabally, Kiah Stokes, Kayla McBride, Olcay Çakır Turgut started with five.
In the fight, which started with the mutual hit of Olcay Çakır Turgut and White, Fenerbahce scored 2-6 with Kiah Stokes and Satou Sabally, and the home team gained a 10-6 advantage with Prince and Elina Babkina’s 8-0 series. In the quarter where Çankaya University especially tried to stay in the match with away shots, our Team, which activated Alperi Onar and Elizabeth Williams, entered the last two minutes with an 18-14 advantage and finished the first period ahead 18-23. Fenerbahce Safiport, who entered the last five minutes of the second quarter with the productive play of Kayla McBride and Kiah Stokes with a 28-36 advantage, increased the lead to double digits with the contribution of Elizabeth Williams (28-38) and carried the score advantage to the locker room until the end of the quarter. Leading 34-48.
Maintaining a double-digit lead in the balanced third period, Queens of the Crucible entered the final period ahead 54-64. Our team, which did not give its opponent an easy scoring chance with its aggressive defense in the fourth quarter, evaluated its attacks with Olcay, Sabally, Williams, Tuğçe and McBride and won the match 65-86 and made its name in the semi-finals of the league.
Quarter Scores:
1st Quarter: 18-23
2nd Quarter: 16-25
3rd Quarter: 20-16
4th Quarter: 11-22
Our score distribution: Sabally 16, McBride 16, Williams 14, Iagupova 10, Tugce 9, Stokes 8, Alperi 7, Olcay 4, Magnolia 2.
Source:fenerbahce.org
