Basketballghana.com can report Ghana Forward Ben Bentil has powered Turkish side Istanbul Bahcesehir Koleji to its latest win in the 2021 FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season.
Bahcesehir registered its sixth win in as many games thanks to securing an 84-61 result over Dutch side ZZ Leiden in Round 6 games played in midweek. (Click highlighted text to rewatch game)
Bentil led all players in the game by scoring 24 points and adding eight rebounds, two steals, a block and no turnovers in 26:16 minutes as a starter.
The 26 year old converted nine of 21 field goal shot attempts; he converted four of nine shots from two point range and scored five of 12 three point shot attempts. He scored one of two free throws in the contest.
The win confirms Bahcesehir as the winner of Group E with six wins in six games and qualification to the next round of FIBA Europe’s second tier competition.
In the preliminary round of games, former Dallas Mavericks Forward Ben Bentil averaged 16 points and 5.3 rebounds in 22.7 minutes across three games.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter
