Fenerbahce Ulker leads the Turkish League standings with a 17-2 record. Banvit and Galatasaray Cafe Crown tie for second each at 15-4. Fener had to battle hard to edge Oyak Renault 68-73 on the road on Saturday. Emir Preldzic paced the winners with 25 points. Sarunas Jasikevicius added 14 while Oguz Savas and Sean May each had 10 for Fener, that led 32-45 at halftime. Oyak rallied to get within 68-71 but free throws by Preldzic sealed the outcome down the stretch. Galatasaray topped Medical Park Trabzonspor Basketbol 87-80 at home on Friday behind 14 points from Preston Shumpert. Tutku Acik and Josh Shipp each added 13 while Caner Topaloglu had 12 for Galatasaray, that used an 11-0 run to seal the outcome, 75-66, with 4 minutes left. Banvit edged Antalya 95-93 at home on Sunday with 30 points from Chuck Davis. Vladimir Golubovic added 17, Keith Simmons had 16, Mutlu Akpina got 13 while Baris Ermis dished 15 assists for Banvit. Free throws by Ermis and Akpinar kept Banvit out of trouble in the final 15 seconds. Efes Pilsen improved to 14-5 by topping Tofas 65-48 at home on Sunday. Ender Arslan led the winners with 15 points. Kerem Gonlum added 14 and 12 rebounds while Igor Rakocevic had 11 points in an easy home win for Efes. Besiktas Cola Turka moved up to 12-7 by downing Bornova Belediya 72-92 on the road on Saturday. Marcelus Kemp led Besiktas with 35 points on 6-of-8 triples. Serkan Erdogan added 18, Mire Chatman 13 and Michal Ignerski 10. Besiktas led 33-52 at halftime and never looked back. In other games, Erdemir edged Turk Telekom 84-86, Karsiyaka topped Mersin 68-73 while Olin Edirne bested Aliaga Petkin 72-82.
