Ghana Forward Ben Bentil has been in action for Turkish side Bahcesehir Istanbul Koleji in the FIBA Europe Cup and has again delivered a top performance to underline his impressive early season form for his new club.
Bahcesehir beat Mornar Bar 75-68 in the regular season of the continental championship by emerging as the joint top scorer for Istanbul in the contest. (Click highlighted text to rewatch game)
The 6 foot 8 inch Bentil stuffed the stat sheet by registering 17 points, five rebounds, an assist, two steals and a block in 25:50 minutes as a starter. (Click highlighted text to watch video)
Teammate Oguz Savas also scored 17 points and added 11 rebounds for a double double outing; Bentil was one of five players to score in double figures for Koleji.
The best scorer of the game went to Monar’s Vladimir Mihailovic who produced 20 points as one of only three players to score in double figures for Bar.
Bahcesehir play Greek side Iraklis on Wednesday, October 20; Bentil played out three seasons in Greece before moving to Turkey earlier this year.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter
Hello Yaw Mintah
Thank for this platform for us to follow our Ghana basketball players in the different countries. My mean guy is Ben Bentil. I see that you have not reported anything on Ben since October 13th. Is there something wrong?
He is no longer listed on the roster of Bahcesehir Turkey in Eurobasket and has not played in the last 2 games the team has played. There is no record of him in the game statistics and the teams always lists who did not play (DNP). He is not on that list either! In the roster section his face has been blacked out too. Can you shed any light on why this is?
I thought this might interest you since you are always featuring him and now you are not. What is going on with this young man? Thank you.