Aliağa Petkimspor’s first away victory

Aliağa Petkimspor achieved its first away victory of the season by defeating Manisa Basket 74-67 in the third week of the Turkish Basketball Super League.

Aliağa Petkimspor, one of the teams in the Turkish Basketball Super League, visited Manisa Basket in the third week. The match, played at the Muradiye Sports Hall, was won by the Izmir team with a score of 74-67. Aliağa Petkimspor, who played without any mistakes, secured their first away win of the season. Head Coach Burak Gören, speaking after the match, said, “I would like to thank my players very much. They are the best and most characterful people I have ever worked with. It’s a very emotional team. We lost a match last week. We worked very hard and tried to correct our mistakes.”

“We are fighting very hard”

Evaluating his team’s performance in the Manisa Basket match, Gören said, “We started the season as a team that was especially very rhythmic and fast on the offensive side. Today, we couldn’t execute the fluent attacks we wanted at all, but since the beginning of the year, this team has a character. We are allowing around 70 points, we are fighting very hard. The defense kept us standing today. We couldn’t display good basketball, but with the misfortune of the schedule, we were away for two of the three weeks. Last week was Mersin away, this week Manisa. At the beginning of the league, victories and matches like this are very challenging.”

“This victory needs to reflect on our confidence”

Burak Gören concluded his remarks by stating that they had left behind a very difficult week and a challenging match:

“We concentrated and fought very well. Despite having very difficult moments in the first half, we quickly recovered from there. We controlled the second half. Therefore, this is a very important victory for us at the beginning of the league. Hopefully, it will reflect on what’s to come. This victory needs to reflect on our confidence.”

Peyton James Aldridge played his 100th game

Peyton James Aldridge, who joined Aliağa Petkimspor in the 2021-2022 season, played his 100th game with the match against Manisa Basket. A thank you message was shared with the player on the club’s official social media account. The message related to this read, “Peyton James Aldridge has played his 100th match for our Aliağa Petkimspor with the Manisa match. We sincerely thank our great captain who fights with all his might for our colors until the very last minute and wish him a successful season on the path to our goals.”