Our Basketball Team Finishes Third in Europe!

The Bahçeşehir University Men's Basketball Team returned from Crete with a bronze medal.

The 9th European Universities Basketball Championship, held on the Greek island of Crete, ended with the games played on Sunday evening, 21 June 2009. In the final, the University of Ljubljana defeated Saint Petersburg University of Russia 100-94 to become champion. Bahçeşehir University faced Frederick University of the Greek Cypriot Administration in the bronze medal game. Bahçeşehir University won the hard-fought game 68-65 with Serhat's last-second three-pointer to take the bronze medal.

Forcing the opponent into mistakes and raising the tempo of the game with occasional full-court pressure, Bahçeşehir University finished the first half trailing 30-28. Attacking better in the second half, Bahçeşehir University managed to take the lead. Although Frederick University went ahead again near the end of the game, Bahçeşehir University won the bronze medal with Serhat's three-pointer from the side with 3.5 seconds left.
 

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