Pops Leads Besiktas to EuroChallenge Final Four

By Sam Neter on March 16, 2012

Great Britain’s Pops Mensah-Bonsu continues to show he is back to full strength after a dominant 25 point, 17 rebound performance to lead Besiktas Milangaz to the Eurochallenge Final Four.

Besiktas beat Artland Dragons 77-63 on Thursday night, to become the first team to book their ticket to the Final Four, as Pops scored 8 consecutive unanswered points punctuated with a thunderous dunk during a crucial fourth quarter run. He went 10/12 from the field (5/10 at the line) and also added 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shot.

Bestikas advanced after going 2-0 against Artland in their quarter final playoffs match-up, with Mensah-Bonsu dropping 22 and 10 in the first encounter.

Mensah-Bonsu is now averaging 18.3 points (4th) and 10.8 rebounds (1st) per game on 66% shooting (2nd) through 9 EuroChallenge games. He has already won the Turkish Cup with Bestikas earlier this season, and is now just two victories away from the EuroChallenge title.

You can see the video highlights from last night, including three of Mensah-Bonsu’s dunks here.

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