The hosts sets club records for points scored and margin of victory
Besiktas manhandles Ulm by 33
Game Report
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Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul blasted ratiopharm Ulm 107-74 in a rare Monday contest at Besiktas Fibabanka Sports Complex. The winners led from tip to buzzer while establishing several club records, including most points scored and largest margin of victory. The result lifted Besiktas’s record to 2-2 in Group A and handed Ulm its first loss.
Kyle Allman led six Besiktas scorers in double figures with 16 points and Jonah Mathews and Dustin Sleva added 15 apiece. Kelan Martin had 12 points on 4-of-5 three-point shooting, Yigit Arslan had 12 on 4-of-8 shooting from deep, Conor Morgan netted 11 and Derek Needham dished 8 assists. Ulm’s top performers were its teenage stars as Noa Essengue scored a game-high 19 points and Ben Saraf tallied 16 points, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Besiktas's aggressiveness resulted in a forced turnover, an offensive rebound and a blocked shot all in the first minute. The hosts scored the game’s first 7 points before Phillipp Herkenhoff got Ulm on the scoreboard. Allman heated up with free throws and a contested three-pointer to keep Besiktas cruising at 12-5. Allman made it a double-digit lead with a three-point play and Sleva continued his stellar defense by drawing an offensive foul. Mathews’s jumper that made it 19-7 midway through the opening quarter and prompted an Ulm timeout. Berk Ugurlu, Sleva and Martin kept pouring it on as Besiktas scored 19 straight points for a commanding 31-7 lead. Herkenhoff had the last word in the quarter with a bucket for Ulm.
Besiktas added to the lead as another three by Martin made it 39-12. Layups by Thomas Klepeisz and Saraf gave Ulm some hope. The margin continued to grow as free throws by Mathews and Needham put the hosts up by 30. It was 58-22 after triples by Mathews, Morgan and Ugurlu. Threes by Nelson Weidemann and Justinian Jessup only narrowed the gap to 61-28 at the break.
Little changed after the break with threes by Needham and Allman making it 69-32. Sleva pushed the difference to 39. Essengue had a few strong minutes for Ulm and Saraf continued to leave a mark, but there were no signs of an Ulm comeback. Threes by Yigit Arslan and Martin saw the lead swell again. Steals and slams by Ugurlu and Morgan made it a 42-point difference. Klepeisz had the final basket of the third quarter to make it 89-49.
The lead peaked on a basket by Sleva that made it 96-52 in the third minute of the fourth quarter. Mathews had the honor of scoring Besiktas's 100th point and in the penultimate minute, Sleva’s three-point play established a new club record with 104 points as the hosts finished off the impressive win.
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