1984–85 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season

Galatasaray SK
1984–85 season
Chairman	Ali Uras
Manager	Nur Germen
Turkish Basketball League	1st
Turkish President Cup	Winner
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Galatasaray SK Men's 1984–1985 season is the 1984–1985 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.^[1]^[2]

The club competes in:

Turkish Basketball League

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Mehmet Altıoklar	Okan Gedik
PF	Mehmet Baç	Nihat İziç
SF	Paul Dawkins	Cihat Levent
SG	Turgay Demirel	Michael Scearce
PG	Remzi Dilli	Mehmet Şenova

Squad changes for the 1984–1985 season

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	PF	USA	Michael Scearce (from Güney Sanayi)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5		TUR	Hasan Arat (to Free Agent)
4		TUR	Aydın Yılmaztürk (to İTÜ B.K.)

Results, schedules and standings

Turkish Basketball League 1984–85

Regular season

Pos	Team	Total
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D
1	Fenerbahçe SK	42	22	20	1	1858	1625	+233
2	Galatasaray SK	39	22	17	5	2125	1807	+318
3	Cukurova Sanayi	39	22	17	5	1747	1636	+111
4	Efes Pilsen S.K.	38	22	16	6	2006	1731	+275
5	Eczacıbaşı	36	22	15	7	1907	1938	-31
6	Karşıyaka	35	22	13	6	1874	1727	+147
7	Tofaş SAS	33	22	11	1	1693	1682	+11
8	İTÜ B.K.	30	22	8	14	1844	1935	-91
9	Beşiktaş JK	28	22	6	16	1786	1879	-93
10	Hilalspor	26	22	4	18	1611	1889	-278
11	TED Ankara Kolejliler	25	22	3	19	1555	1905	-350
12	Anadoluhisarı Basket	23	22	2	20	1599	2071	-471

Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference
1st Half

October 13, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	110–55	Anadoluhisarı Basket
Pts: Michael Scearce 22, Paul Dawkins 23, Turgay Demirel 17		Pts: Blue 16, Sinan 14

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

October 23, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	81–83	Fenerbahçe SK
Scoring by half: 45–46, 36–37
Pts: Michael Scearce 26, Paul Dawkins 17, Turgay Demirel 17		Pts: Calvin Roberts 23, Efe Aydan 21

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

October 27, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	88–94	İTÜ B.K.
Pts: Michael Scearce 22, Paul Dawkins 30, Turgay Demirel 17		Pts: Levent 33, Cogic 22

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

October 31, 1984
11:00 TSI

Çukurova Sanayi	67–64	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Ricky 25, Lester 22		Pts: Michael Scearce 25, Paul Dawkins 37

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

November 3, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	109–73	Tofaş SAS
Pts: Michael Scearce 20, Paul Dawkins 32		Pts: Derya 28, Giles 11

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

November 4, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	96–59	TED Ankara Kolejliler
Pts: Michael Scearce 19, Paul Dawkins 19		Pts: Zeki 16, Lee 15

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

November 17, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	104–90	Beşiktaş JK
Pts: Michael Scearce 47, Paul Dawkins 26		Pts: Osman 33, Turhan 19

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

December 3, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	101–98	Eczacıbaşı
Pts: Michael Scearce 29, Paul Dawkins 28		Pts: Erman 26, Melih 19

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

December 8, 1984
11:00 TSI

Hilalspor	86–102	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Şadi 22, Osman 19		Pts: Michael Scearce 28, Paul Dawkins 32

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

December 9, 1984
11:00 TSI

Karşıyaka	80–88	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Cihangir 23, Davis 15		Pts: Michael Scearce 35, Paul Dawkins 30

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

December 15, 1984
11:00 TSI

Efes Pilsen S.K.	111–104	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Billy 42, Haigler 19		Pts: Michael Scearce 34, Paul Dawkins 37

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

2nd Half

December 29, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	110–79	Anadoluhisarı Basket
Pts: Michael Scearce 34, Paul Dawkins 28		Pts: Blue 25, Noyan 21

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

December 30, 1984
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	110–72	Çukurova Sanayi
Pts: Michael Scearce 30, Paul Dawkins 34		Pts: Lester 25, Ricky 20

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

January 5, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	93–65	Hilalspor
Scoring by half: 39–32, 54–33
Pts: Paul Dawkins 15, Michael Scearce 25		Pts: Metin 24, Şadi 18

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

January 7, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	72–83	Karşıyaka
Scoring by half: 43–41, 29–42
Pts: Paul Dawkins 26, Michael Scearce 32		Pts: Cihangir 24, Murat 23

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

January 13, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	78–77	Efes Pilsen S.K.
Scoring by half: 35–37, 43–40
Pts: Paul Dawkins 32, Michael Scearce 13		Pts: Haigler 27, Taner 18

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

January 19, 1985
16:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	94–93	Fenerbahçe SK
Scoring by half: 40–47, 54–46
Pts: Paul Dawkins 30, Turgay Demirel 29, Michael Scearce 24		Pts: Calvin Roberts 31, Efe Aydan 27, Hakan Artış 18

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

January 27, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	108–101	Eczacıbaşı
Pts: Michael Scearce 24, Paul Dawkins 41		Pts: Erman 36, Jim 26

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

February 2, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	110–103	Beşiktaş JK
Pts: Paul Dawkins 40, Michael Scearce 29		Pts: Turhan 31, Ken 27

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

February 16, 1985
11:00 TSI

TED Ankara Kolejliler	75–100	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Lee 24, Gürhan 15		Pts: Turgay Demirel 16, Paul Dawkins 38

Ankara
Attendance: unknown

March 2, 1985
11:00 TSI

Galatasaray SK	101–91	İTÜ B.K.
Pts: Paul Dawkins 29, Michael Scearce 32		Pts: Cogic 30, Levent 22

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

March 9, 1985
11:00 TSI

Tofaş SAS	72–102	Galatasaray SK
Pts: Mehmet 19, Tuncay 18		Pts: Nihat İziç 18, Paul Dawkins 38

Bursa
Attendance: unknown

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

March 15, 1985
17:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	97–78	Tofaş SAS
Scoring by half: 43–32, 54–46
Pts: Paul Dawkins 32, Turgay Demirel 11, Michael Scearce 22		Pts: Mustafa Battalgazi 20, Mehmet Döğüşken 16

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

March 17, 1985
17:30 TSI

Tofaş SAS	66–67	Galatasaray SK
Scoring by half: 37–29, 29–38
Pts: Mustafa Battalgazi 18, Mehmet Döğüşken 17		Pts: Paul Dawkins 22, Turgay Demirel 12, Michael Scearce 19

Atatürk Spor Salonu, Bursa
Attendance: unknown

Semi-finals

March 22, 1985
17:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	94–80	Çukurova Sanayi
Scoring by half: 56–38, 38–42
Pts: Paul Dawkins 29, Turgay Demirel 17, Michael Scearce 21		Pts: Ricky Frazier 37, Serdar Koçyiğit 17

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

March 24, 1985
13:00 TSI

Çukurova Basket	84–82	Galatasaray SK
Scoring by half: 45–44, 39–38
Pts: Ricky Frazier 30, Levent Şenol 20		Pts: Nihaz İziç 15, Turgay Demirel 13, Michael Scearce 37

Edip Buran Salonu, Mersin
Attendance: unknown

March 26, 1985
17:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	78–70	Çukurova Sanayi
Scoring by half: 39–40, 39–30
Pts: Paul Dawkins 16, Turgay Demirel 13, Michael Scearce 29		Pts: Ricky Frazier 22, Mehmet Ali Tlabar 13

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

Finals

March 29, 1985
17:30 TSI

Fenerbahçe SK	83–89	Galatasaray SK
Scoring by half: 40–47, 43–42
Pts: Calvin Roberts 24, Efe Aydan 26		Pts: Michael Scearce 34, Paul Dawkins 23, Turgay Demirel 16

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

March 31, 1985
15:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	83–90	Fenerbahçe SK
Scoring by half: 36–56, 47–34
Pts: Michael Scearce 27, Paul Dawkins 29, Nihat İziç 10		Pts: Calvin Roberts 36, Efe Aydan 20

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

April 2, 1985
17:30 TSI

Fenerbahçe SK	68–74	Galatasaray SK
Scoring by half: 26–40, 42–34
Pts: Calvin Roberts 30, Efe Aydan 21		Pts: Michael Scearce 21, Paul Dawkins 14, Turgay Demirel 16

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

President Cup

April 6, 1985
15:30 TSI

Galatasaray SK	85–84	Fenerbahçe SK
Scoring by half: 38–53, 47–31
Pts: Paul Dawkins 32, Michael Scearce 14, Nihat İziç 20 Rebs: Paul Dawkins 9, Michael Scearce 16, Nihat İziç 6		Pts: Calvin Roberts 23, Efe Aydan 26 Rebs: Calvin Roberts 18, Efe Aydan 10

Lütfü Kırdar, Istanbul
Attendance: unknown

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