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Famila
68-73
Final score12 November 2008 | 20:30h
Group D, Schio (ITA) , Spectators: 1500
Referees: Miodrag Licina(SRB), Igor Poljansek(SLO), Maja Vukanovic(SRB)
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Fener Late Show Dooms Beretta Famila
// 12 November 2008
Fener Late Show Dooms
Beretta Famila

Fenerbahce clinched their third success of the EuroLeague Women season with a late 73-68 Group D victory at Beretta Famila in Schio, Italy.

Turkey international Esmeral Tuncluer led Fener in their road triumph with 20 points.

Beretta Famila won't forget this defeat soon.

They led 57-49 at the end of the third quarter but weren't able to build on the advantage.

Nevertheless, after Nicole Antibes scored to take her team high in scoring to 16 points and make it 68-66 in favor of the Italian outfit with 2:19 remaining.

They went ice cold the rest of the way, though, failing to score a single point and the visitors from Turkey made them pay.

Tammy Sutton-Brown tied the game with a jump shot with 1:28 remaining and France international Emilie Gomis followed with a jumper to put Fener in front for good.

Gomis added a three-point play to finish off the scoring for Fener (3-2), while dropping Schio to 1-4.

COACH AND PLAYER QUOTES
Quotes Beretta Famila vs Fenerbahce
// 12 November 2008
Quotes Beretta Famila vs
Fenerbahce

Sandro Orlando, Beretta Famila (Head Coach):

"I'm really disappointed. We played a great game for 39 minutes, but we lost. We made incredible mistakes in the final minutes and gave the win to Fenerbahce."

"Now it is getting very hard. We must win at least one or two games away. We will try to do it."

Elisabetta Moro, Beretta Famila (Player):

"It's incredible. We dominated the match and we lost, this is the fact. But we must look ahead."

Zafer Kalaycioglu, Fenerbahce (Head Coach):

"We knew that Schio is a great team, last year they won the EuroCup Women."

"Group D is the toughest group, so the road to victory is very important. Our defense was good in the last minutes and thanks to a couple of steals of Emilie Gomis we won the match. I'm really proud of my team."

Nevriye Yilmaz, Fenerbahce (Player):

"It's been a hard game. With this victory we could grab the first or second place in the group. Road to victory in the EuroLeague Women is always difficult. I'm very happy."

PHOTO GALLERY
Gergana Branzova-Erdenay (Fenerbahce) Nevriye Yilmaz (Fenerbahce)
TOP PERFORMERS
Beretta FamilaFenerbahce
Nicole Antibe
Esmeral Tuncluer
16Pts20
8Reb2
0Ass0
30Min32
ACCUMULATED STATS
Beretta FamilaFenerbahce
25/58FG M/A26/50
14/35 (40.0%) 2PtFG M/A17/31 (54.8%)
11/23 (47.8%) 3PtFG M/A9/19 (47.4%)
7/8 (87.5%) FT M/A12/15 (80.0%)
32 (8-24) Reb (O-D)32 (4-28)
5Ass3
12To18
6St7
1Bs2
21Pf14
68Pts73
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