Beşiktaş Lose at Home to Olympiakos

Beşiktaş Men's Basketball Team was beaten on the court in Week 8 of the EuroLeague, after hosting the Greek side Olympiakos at Turkcell BGM. The visitors won the match 81 to 73.

The black-and-whites, who started well with Nowell's scoring, closed the first quarter trailing 25 to 23. Olympiakos went on a 15-point run early in the game and extended the lead to 9 points. The hosts took the lead in the 13th minute of the second quarter, but went into halftime trailing 36 to 42.

In the second half, Beşiktaş struggled defensively and could not prevent the gap from growing to 11 points in the 24th minute. Morgan's baskets brought the margin down to 5 points, and the final quarter began with Beşiktaş trailing 58 to 61. At the start of the last period, Nowell's basket moved Beşiktaş to 68 points, overtaking the rival at 66. However, two consecutive simple turnovers and a loss of rhythm in the 35th minute turned the score in favor of the visitors.

For Beşiktaş, Nowell scored 15, Morgan 11 and Metecan Birsen 10 points. For Olympiakos, Vezenkov scored 16, Jones 15 and Hall 14 points, making them the main names in the win.

In this 8th match of the season, the first-time, second-year participant in the most prestigious European club competition suffered its 5th defeat. The team will face Italian side Virtus Bologna away on Friday, October 30. Turkish men's national team head coach Ergin Ataman also watched the match from the sidelines. Beşiktaş's former footballers Mehmet Özdilek and Pascal Nouma were also in the arena.