Turkiye´s girls claim the winning title against Angola

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Turkey´s women´s basketball team claimed the winning title in their first Olympic face-off against Angola with a score of 72 to 50.

Turkey will be represented in team sports for the first time in 52 years, with both the women’s volleyball and basketball teams winning Olympic berths.

The team managed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in its history after surviving a tough qualification tournament last month, joining the national women’s volleyball team in ending a 52-year jinx.

Bravo !!

Turkey holds off Czechs 61-57 in Olympic play

LONDON - The Associated Press

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Turkish players celebrate at the end of the Women´s preliminary round group A basketball match of the London 2012 Olympic Games Czech Republic vs Turkey on July 30, 2012 at the basketball arena in London. AFP Photo

Emine Tugba Palazoglu and Bahar Caglar each scored 11 points to help  Turkey beat the  Czech Republic 61-57 today.
 
Nevriye Yilmaz also added 11 for the Turks (2-, who have made the most of their first trip to the Olympics in women’s basketball.
 
After routing Angola in its first game, Turkey was tested by the Czech Republic (0-2).  Turkey had a 13-point lead early in the third quarter which the Czechs whittled down to 49-45.
 
But Caglar’s jumper and consecutive 3-pointers by Saziye Ivegin restored a double-digit advantage with just over 4 minutes left.
 
Jana Vesela scored 19 to lead the Czech Republic, which won the silver medal at the 2010 world championship.

Süper  !!

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