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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.