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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

The Canadian Press: Turkoglu scores 16 to lead Turkey past Puerto Rico at basketball worlds

"Turkoglu scores 16 to lead Turkey past Puerto Rico at basketball worlds

By Selcan Hacaoglu (CP) – 5 hours ago

ANKARA, Turkey — Host Turkey maintained its perfect record at the basketball world championship by narrowly beating Puerto Rico 79-77 Wednesday, despite trailing its rival in the first three quarters.

Former Raptor Hedo Turkoglu, now with the Phoenix Suns, led Turkey (4-0) with 16 points and Ersan Ilyasova of the Milwaukee Bucks had double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds as the host team pulled away in the last quarter."

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