ISTANBUL — Bahçeşehir Koleji opened the Basketbol Süper Ligi season with a decisive 98-83 victory over Fenerbahçe Beko at home, leading from the first quarter and never relinquishing control to take the opening-week win.
The hosts seized momentum early and closed the first quarter ahead 28-16 after an 8-0 run sparked by Marcquise Reed, Trevion Williams and Malachi Flynn, with Furkan Haltalı stretching the lead to 14. Fenerbahçe Tarfin trimmed the deficit to 31-23 behind Talen Horton-Tucker and Sertaç Şanlı in the second quarter, but Bahçeşehir rebuilt a 43-27 advantage through Flynn and Damien Inglis and led 51-43 at halftime after a late 7-0 push from Shavon Shields and Melih Mahmutoğlu. Bahçeşehir again pushed the margin to 13 at 58-45 early in the third on Flynn and Tyler Cavanaugh, held off responses from Chris Silva and Nicolo Melli, and entered the fourth up 74-65 before closing out the 98-83 result.
Malachi Flynn led Bahçeşehir Koleji with 17 points, while Trevion Williams posted a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds and Marcquise Reed added 16 points. Isiaha Mike, Aleksa Avramovic, Furkan Haltalı, Damien Inglis, Tyler Cavanaugh, Kenan Sipahi and Mateusz Ponitka also contributed in the balanced home attack.
For Fenerbahçe Tarfin, Talen Horton-Tucker scored 16 points to lead the team, followed by Shavon Shields with 13 and Braxton Key with 11. Onuralp Bitim, Wade Baldwin, Sertaç Şanlı, Trent Forrest, Chris Silva and Nicolo Melli also featured. Bahçeşehir Koleji will next visit Çayırova Belediyesi, while Fenerbahçe will host Manisa next week.