Behind the great performance of Efes Pilsen guard Cedi Osman ('95), who scored 27 points (11/15 FG) in 26 minutes, Turkey won the U-16 Iscar tournament, held close to Valladolid, after beating Spain (86-90). Team coached by Taner Günay started very strong, reaching a 15 points difference at half time. Hosts reacted led by Ferran Ventura ('95) and Agustí Sans ('95), but finally turkish earned the title. At the winning effort Kartal Ozmizrak ('95) added 13 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds, while Dogukan Sanli ('95) scored 12 with 2 steals. Metecan Birsen ('95), one of the most promising prospects in Iscar, had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. At spanish side Ventura ended as their best scorer with 21 and 4/10 behind the arc and Sans showed that he is capable to do many things: 18 points (4/8 threes), 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
Russia finished third in the tournament after winning Italy (76-57) due to an amazing game of Viacheslav Fedorchenko ('95): 30 points (12/21 FG), 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 37 valoration. Since the beginning russians made a great job, winning by 14 at half time. Was enough. Guard Vasily Martynov ('95) also shined with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. For italian squad, only two players with double digits: Federico di Prampero ('95), 10 points and 2 rebounds, and Lorenzo Benvenuti ('95), 10 points with 4/7 FG.
In the game for the fifth final spot Montenegro, even was losing by 12 in the final of the third quarter, beat Poland (76-72). Forward Luka Savic ('95) nailed 27 points (10/20 FG) pulling down 5 rebounds without resting, and 2.00 Predrag Mijatovic ('95) also scored 27 (10/14 FG) with 9 boards. Stefan Ljubenkovic ('95) added 13 points, 6 boards and 2 blocks. And for Poland? 2.01 Mikolaj Witlinski ('95) ended as their best man with a double-double (15+12), while Adam Mazur ('95) scored 17 with 6 boards. Damian Jeszke ('95) added 12 (6/10 FG) and 8 rebounds.
Finally, Portugal finished last in the standings after losing against Castilla-León Region (61-57). Carlos Dias ('95) and Joao Guimaraes ('95) weren't enough to win even they scored 13 points each (Dias with 5 rebounds and Guimaraes with 13). Daniel Astilleros ('95) was unstoppable for spaniards: 17 points, 15 rebounds and 3 steals. Alejandro Heras ('95) helped with 11 points and 5 steals.
Talking about the awards, polish Damian Jeszke ('95) was named the MVP, montenegrin Luka Savic ('95) the best scorer and turkish Mehmet Sanli ('95) the best rebounder.
Results of day 3:
Group A:
-Portugal 40 Russia 66: Pedro Marques ('95) 12 points, 4 steals and 2 rebounds; Konstantin Kulikov ('95) 11 points and 7 boards in 13 minutes.
-Spain 85 Montenegro 52: Javier de la Blanca ('95) 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block; Luka Savic ('95) 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals.
-First round standings: Spain (3-0), Russia (2-1), Montenegro (1-2) and Portugal (0-3).
Group B:
-Turkey 69 Italy 63: Dogucan Sanli ('95) 16 points (6/10 FG) and 3 rebounds; Lorenzo Baldasso ('95) 11 points and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes.
-Castilla Leon 49 Poland 82: Sergio Valle ('95) 9 points, 2 assists and 2 steals; Damian Jeszke ('95) 16 points and 11 rebounds in 16 minutes.
-First round standings: Turkey (3-0), Italy (2-1), Poland (1-2) and Castilla-Leon Region (0-3).
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