Ulm recovered from a slow start to gain a big road win in Ankara thanks to a 2-18 run in the second quarter.
Ulm downs Turk Telekom, 78-91, on the road



A change of coach did not lead to a change of fortunes as Turk Telekom Ankara fell to a 78-91 home defeat against ratiopharm Ulm. The hosts dominated the first quarter, but then Georginho De Paula scored 14 points in the second to give Ulm the lead for good. It was a 16-point margin early in the second half, 33-49, but Turk Telekom fought back to make it a 3-point game, 71-74. That wasn’t enough, though, as Ulm finished strong to take the road win.
De Paula led the way with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, with Dakota Mathias adding 19 and LJ Figueroa scoring 13. Tyrone Wallace paced the hosts with 15 points, and Steven Enoch added 13 points and 7 boards. The result lifted Ulm's record to 3-1 in Group B and dropped Turk Telekom to 1-3.
Interim Turk Telekom coach Can Akin got an early boost as his team raced into a 9-2 lead with a three-pointer from Wallace and two scores by Enoch. Another Enoch basket made it 13-7 midway through the first before Philipp Herkenhoff and Markis McDuffie traded triples to help make it 21-16 after 10 minutes.
Ulm roared back when a three-pointer from De Paula sparked a remarkable 2-18 run, also featuring three more scores from De Paula and a couple of baskets from Trevion Williams. De Paula soon hit another three for a 31-40 lead and Mathias added a three-point play for a double-digit lead. Fittingly, De Paula scored the last basket of the half for a 33-45 lead.
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Figueroa netted the first 2 baskets of the second half, but a fierce slam from Wallace started a 6-0 run to get the hosts closer. Baskets were traded evenly to make it 47-58 midway through the third, and Turk Telekom kept pushing with Enoch’s three-point play and a corner triple from McDuffie. Deep strikes from Thomas Klepeisz and Tobias Jensen for Ulm restored a double-digit lead, 58-69, at the end of the third.
After a quiet start to the fourth, James Palmer scored twice and Enoch added a layup to make it 71-74 with 5 minutes left. But baskets from Mathias, De Paula and Williams reasserted Ulm, sealing the victory.