Coleby, Knowles experience action in Turkey Dwight Coleby. FILE
It was not the Boxing Day that Bahamian professional basketball players Dwight Coleby and Zane Knowles wanted as their respective team lost in the Turkey Basketball League – the second highest tier of men’s basketball in Turkey.
Coleby dropped in 12 points in a close 84-80 road loss for his team against Samunspor at the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall in Samsun, Turkey. The close loss dropped Coleby and Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket to a 5-6 win/loss record on the season. They sit in the 13th position in the standings.
Knowles and his squad, Balikesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor, hosted the league leaders Akhisar Belediye Basketbol but fell 77-63. The game was played at the Kurtdereli Sports Hall in Balikesir, Turkey, and that loss dropped Balikesir to 7-5 on the season but they still rank in the top five in the standings at number four.
Coleby, Knowles clash on the court in Turkey Zane Knowles.
There was a clash between Bahamian professional basketball players in Turkey as Dwight Coleby and his team, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket, got the better of Zane Knowles and his team, Balikesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor, 93-82, on Denizli’s home court, at Pamukkale Üniversitesi Spor Salonu, in Denizli, Turkey, on Saturday afternoon.
Both Bahamians finished the game with a baker’s dozen. Coleby, the league’s leading rebounder, was able to finish with a double-double as he pulled down a game-high 15 boards – 13 defensive and two on the offensive side to go along with his 12 points. Coleby shot 4-for-9 from the field and had one block in 27 minutes of play.