Hamburg Towers had no trouble claiming a 94-74 home win against Turk Telekom Ankara at Edel-Optics Arena on Tuesday night. The home team built a 27-14 lead after 10 minutes, extended it to a 20-point margin shortly before halftime, and never looked back. It as Hamburg's third win in a row to improve to 4-5 in Group A. Turk Telekom snapped a two-game winning streak to drop to 5-4.
Hamburg dominates Turk Telekom to get third straight win, 94-74
Caleb Homesley signed off a terrific all-around performance by tallying 29 points on 7-for-10 three-point shooting, 11 rebounds and 6 assists for a career-high PIR of 45. He was well accompanied by Ray McCallum, who chipped in 21 points and dished 5 assists, and Seth Hinrich and Lukas Meisner, who scored 10 apiece. Anthony Clemmons led the way for Turk Telekom and provided 14 points, 8 assists and 5 steals, while Erdi Gulaslan added 11 points in defeat.
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JaJuan Johnson started the visitors with back-to-back fadeaway jumpers to which Maik Kotsar replied to send Hamburg up 8-7. Clemmons connected from downtown to flip the lead again, but Homesley opened fire with a trey and McCallum followed with a pair of them within the same minute as Hamburg opened a 17-12 gap. The visitors fed Octavius Ellis in the paint but couldn't stop Hamburg's offensive firepower as McCallum filled half of a 10-0 run to make it 27-14 after 10 minutes. Meisner and McCallum extended the lead to 33-14 right once the game resumed. Can Ogut and Clemmons trimmed the difference from deep before Aubrey Dawkins and Gulaslan joined in the effort to make it 36-28 midway through the second quarter. Their joy didn't last, though, as Homesley took over with a couple of treys and a fastbreak layup in an 11-0 run that sent Hamburg up big again, 47-28. Meisner made it a 20-point margin with a layup soon after before a buzzer-beating triple by Ogut left a 50-34 halftime score.
Gulaslan came on strong after intermission with back-to-back triples that kept Turk Telekom in the game at 54-40, but within a minute Meisner and Homesley matched him to make it 60-40. The guests tried to react from the perimeter, but no one could match Homesley's impressive accuracy. He strung together his sixth and seventh three-pointers to make 71-45 before a couple of steals allowed the guests to enter the last stanza trailing 73-51. Berk Demir and Ellis combined to get Turk Telekom back within 20 points, 75-56, as Hamburg struggled to score for a while. Hinrichs eventually scored off an offensive rebound to settle the hosts and followed with an assist for Osaro Rich, who nailed his first three-pointer in the competition after just 19 seconds on the court. That was worth an 80-58 margin with still 6 minutes remaining but confirmed the name of the winner.