Near East University Women’s Basketball Team is playing the 11th match of the super league versus Mersin Metropolitan Municipality at Edip Buran Sports Hall at 14:00 on December 27, 2015.

According to the press release issued by the Directorate of Press and Public Relations Office of Near East University, team coach Alper Durur along with team captain Aslı Sevinç and team player Dila Aşkın expressed their views regarding the match.

Alper Durur: “We want to reach our goal without lowering our motivation and concentration”

Near East University Women’s Basketball Team coach Alper Durur indicated that they were in a challenging process and focused on only their goal. “We are in a tough process and we are playing matches every three days of the week. The teams playing in the Turkish Women’s Basketball Super League are very strong and assertive teams. Although it is our first year in this challenging league, we have our goals and we fight with all our might to achieve good results and realize our goals. We identify our deficiencies and exert every effort to make up them. In the 10th week of the super league, we exhibited very low performance unseemly to our team and experienced an unexpected defeat. That’s why we work much harder to achieve our goals. We consider that match as a bad experience showing us our deficiencies. As a team, we took a lesson from this match, we have identified in what zones we have deficiencies and worked hard to raise our performance. We are focused on our goals, we fight without lowering our motivation and concentration to achieve the goals that we have determined pre-league. Mersin Metropolitan Municipality is a strong team, we want to leave the court as the winner team” said he.

Aslı Sevinç: “We want to achieve our goals”

Near East University Women’s Basketball Team captain Aslı Sevinç stated that they wanted to win the match. “As a team, we determined our goals at the beginning of the league and we want to achieve them. Mersin Metropolitan Municipality is a tough opponent. We played against them in various tournaments before. They play the game highly concentrated. We will also play with high concentration. After experiencing an unexpected defeat last week, we have prepared for the match with much more concentration. I think, it will be a high-tempo match. We will take the court to win, we want to return home as the winner team” said she.

Dila Aşkın: “Mersin Metropolitan Municipality is a tough opponent, we want to win”

Dila Aşkın, new transfer of Near East University Women's Basketball Team, expressed her views regarding the match. "I consider Turkish Women’s Basketball Super League (TWBSL) as one of the most challenging league of the world. Each team is very assertive and has the capacity to beat the other. Due to this fact, the league continually becomes more challenging. By taking lessons from our last week match, we have prepared for this match with high concentration and motivation. We will combat with all our might to be the winner of the match” said she.