Benetton Basket Treviso took a big step towards the Final Eight with a resounding 67-99 win over Turk Telekom in the Turkish capital on Tuesday. Benetton improved to 3-0 in the Last 16, while dropping Telekom to 0-3. The two sides meet again in their next Eurocup fixture in two weeks in Italy. The visitors led from start to finish, taking their first double-digit advantage midway through the opening period and never looking back. Gary Neal paced Benetton with 23 points and 3 steals, CJ Wallace recorded 22 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals, Sandro Nicevic scored 15, Matteo Soragna 13 and Bobby Dixon had 11 points and 5 assists. Michael Wright paced Telekom with 15 points and Erwin Dudley added 10 points and 12 rebounds in defeat.

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Efes Pilsen's 17th straight Turkish League win saw head coach Ergin Ataman's team continue to rule the top spot, while reigning champion Fenerbahce Ulker suffered a 96-82 loss at Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi as Chris Lofton recorded 47 points. Efes defeated Mutlu Aku Selcuk University 90-74 to improve to 17-1. Ender Arslan and Mario Kasun scored 14 points apiece to lead Efes, which leads second place Galatasaray Cafe Crown by two wins. Galatasaray used a 31-8 second quarter surge to overcome and beat Banvit of Bandirma 70-61. Antonio Graves led the way with 34. Fener and Turk Telekom are tied for third place at 13-5 after Turk Telekom won the Ankara derby by beating CASA TED Kolejliler 83-87 thanks to 21 points by Serkan Erdogan and 17 points from Michael Wright. Besiktas Cola Turka topped Oyak Renault of Bursa 73-74 on a last-second jumper by Mire Chatman. Jimmy Baxter scored 22, Kzell Wesson 17 and Chatman had 13 for Besiktas. In other games, Kepez Belediye needed overtime to beat Aliaga Petkim 95-94 as Gerlad Fitch neared a triple-double with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists, Nate Funk scored 17 as Erdemir outlasted Antalya Bşb. 77-60 and Pinar Karsiyaka topped Darussafaka Cooper Tires 94-83 thansk to 22 points by Gerald Brown. Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi shocked Fenerbahce Ulker by beating the Istanbul side 96-82 in Mersin. The home team had a very fast start in the game, 14-3, led by Kimani Ffriend, Lester McCalebb and Chris Lofton. Fener struggled to score and committed a number of turnovers

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Unics Kazan bounced back from a defeat in its Last 16 opener to top Turk Telekom on Tuesday night in Group J. The big man duo of Vladimir Veremeenko and Kresimir Loncar led the way for the hosts, who took a double-digit lead in the first period and increased it to 15 in the second. Telekom cut the gap to 39-31 at halftime and rallied behind Kennedy Winston to close the gap to 4 in the fourth quarter, but ran out of time and energy to complete the comeback. Loncar scored a season-high 20 to lead the hosts, while Veremeenko accounted for 14 points on perfect shooting. Marko Popovic added 8 points, mostly from the foul line. Winston paced Telekom with 13 points as the visitors’ starting big men, Michael Wright and Kris Lang, both found themselves in early foul trouble and combined for just 6 points in 38 minutes.

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