Turkey (18) hold off Bulgaria (18)


Turkey (18) hold off Bulgaria (18)
Good game for Dafinov (fibaeurope.com)
24-07-2010 20:41

Turkey marched into the Qualifying Round following a 66-52 victory over Bulgaria in Group C action in the OMNITEL U18 European Championship at the Lietuvos Rytas Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania.
 
Bulgaria failed to win a game in this round, and will play in the Classification Round against Ukraine, Germany and Sweden.
 
Burak Yildizli was the top scorer for Turkey with 23 points in addition to 9 boards followed by Muhammed Baygul with 11 points.
 
Bulgaria saw 14 points by Planimir Dafinov and Pavlin Ivanov added 11.
 
Despite fighting for survival, Bulgaria found themsevlves behind 11-4 already after 6:30 minutes, and entered the 2nd quarter down by 5, 16-11.
 
Aleks Simeonov scored from the perimeter but Baygul copied him twice and added a lay up to open a 28-17 Turkish lead half way through the 2nd quarter.
 
Ivanov and Dafinov joined forces to cut the margin to 6 until the break, but Safak Edge and Yildizli reacted after the break to recreate a double-digit difference, 44-34.
 
Yildizli dominated also in the last quarter, when Turkey climbed to a 15 point lead, while Bulgaria failed to find the road to create a comeback.

FULL STATS FROM TURKEY (18) - BULGARIA (18) GAME

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