Hi guys Im newbie here, I got some information about your new player Cenk akyol, <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Cenk Steers Turkey To Opening Win 15 July 2005 Turkey blew away Croatia with a strong second-half performance on Friday in the teams' opening game of the U18 European Championship Men in Belgrade. Croatia led 41-40 at half-time but were outscored 22-14 over the next 10 minutes. They still managed to close to within two at 64-62 with 6:48 to play in the game but Cenk Akyol, who had 29 points to lead Turkey, then took over. Akyol, a 1.97m guard, buried one of his three three-pointers in the game. The next time down the court, Akyol showed his leaping ability by going up for a dunk after pulling down an offensive rebound and earning a foul on the play. He sank the free throw for a 70-62 advantage. Croatia never recovered. Akyol was only seven of 17 from the floor but he made three of six from behind the arc. He was also a perfect 12 of 12 from the free throw line.</div>
Serbia & Montenegro And Turkey Advance 21 July 2005 Serbia & Montenegro beat Spain with something to spare, prevailing 70-54. The Spaniards started well and took the first quarter 18-14 but the host nation dominated the second which they took 22-8 for a 36-26 half-time lead in the Group F fixture. From that moment on they were never seriously threatened and took the third and fourth quarters 18-15 and 16-13 respectively. Marko Djurkovic poured in 18 points for the home side with two three throws and eight from 11 two-pointers. He was well supported by Dragan Labovic who added 17 and Milenko Tepic who contributed 10. Only one Spaniard got into double figures although with 19 points it was 18-year-old centre Jose Angel Antelo who took the individual honours. Antelo, born in the city of Santiago de Compostela, scored seven from nine two-pointers and made five from six free throws. The Serbo-Montenegrins top the pool with two wins from two while Spain are third. In Group E, Turkey managed a 71-66 win over Latvia thanks to a storming performance in the fourth quarter in which Cenk Akyol once more starred for the victors. The first period was tied 18-18 before Latvia edged the second 17-14 to take an interval lead. The Baltic side looked odds-on for a win when they also took the third to lead 51-44. However, the Turks took the fourth by an emphatic 27-15 margin to snatch a famous win. Akyol poured in 28 points to celebrate his call-up for the Turkish senior side for the EuroBasket earlier in the day. His haul included three three-pointers and seven free throws with Akyol also well supported by Oguz Savas with 14 - he is also in the plans of the senior team. Ernests Kalve top scored with 22 for Latvia while Arturs Freimanis (18) and Krists Piternieks also posted double-digit scores.
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Juniors EC:Turkey-Italy:85-69 July 22, 2005 Turkish Juniors defeafted Italy in the last game of Final Round and took over the top spot. Thanks to a 21-10 serie ran in the last quarter which let Turkish team create a 16 point gap. Cenk Akyol once again led his team in scoring by buring 23 points, as center Oguz Savas registered another double double (18 points and 13 rebounds). Turkish Juniors will face Spain on Saturday to grab the ticket for EC final
