Ersan Ilyasova and Turkey have advanced to the final 16 teams in EuroBasket 2015.
What’s better is Ilyasova’s play down the stretch which was critical to Turkey’s overtime win against Iceland.
Turning Point: Ersan Ilyasova spent the opening minute of the extra session powering his way in the paint to earn consecutive trips to the free-throw line and bring Turkey ahead 94-91 and Ali Muhammed (Bobby Dixon) knocked down a triple from the left corner with 1:35 remaining to the end of overtime to cap-off an 11-1 Turkish burst that made it 102-92
After attempting zero free throws for the first time in the tournament against Serbia, Ilyasova bounced back in a big way, getting to the line 14 times and knocking down 11 of them.