The Turkish side flexed its muscles in Round 4
Bahcesehir bounces back with blowout 110-70 win over Trento
Bahcesehir College Istanbul bounced back from its close loss last week by rolling to a 110-70 home victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento in Group A. After falling in Round 3 to Dreamland Gran Canaria, Bahcesehir blew the game open against the Italian side with a club-record 37 points in the second quarter, leading to a club record 63 points in the first half and 110 total points, another club record.
The Turkish side improved to 3-1 thanks to five players scoring in double figures. Tai Odiase led the way with 24 points, CJ Massinburg had 20 points, Axel Bouteille 12 and Marko Simonovic and Tyler Cavanaugh both chipped in 10 points. Trento fell to 1-3 despite Jordan Ford tallying 16 points and Anthony Lamb and Jordan Bayehe adding 13 points each.
The early going saw a scoring shootout between Massinburg, who scored 7 points as Bahcesehir led 11-7, and Lamb, who scored 4 points for the guests. Lamb added 4 more points in a 0-7 spurt to give Trento an 11-14 lead. A 7-0 run at the other end put the home side ahead and Bahcesehir led 26-25 after 10 minutes.
Trento was down just 28-27 before going scoreless for nearly four minutes and Bahcesehir reeled off 14 straight points to lead 42-27. The cushion grew to 20 points, 51-31, after a 9-2 spurt for the hosts. Cavanaugh drained back-to-back triples and Bahcesehir just kept rolling, going into halftime with a commanding lead, 63-39.
The hosts did not slow down early in the second half, using an 11-4 surge to increase its advantage to 31 points, 74-43. Ford knocked down two three-pointers to make it 76-53 as Trento tried to make it look more respectable. Bahcesehir picked things back up and led 83-55 after 30 minutes.
Trento was fighting to at least make it a 20-point deficit, cutting the gap at one point to 87-61. Yet, Bahcesehir made sure the guests didn’t get any thoughts of challenging by going on a 16-3 run that built the lead to 103-64 with three minutes left. Come the final buzzer, Dejan Radonjic’s men had won by 40 points, 110-70, and sent a message to the rest of the EuroCup in the process.