The Gießen 46ers break the spell against Bayreuth and leave the last place in the table. The Frankfurt Skyliners cheer against the Braunschweiger Löwen in extra time.
The Gießen 46ers broke the spell on Saturday and celebrated their first win of this year’s BBL season. After eight defeats in a row, the middle Hessian Bundesliga basketball team surprisingly prevailed against Bayreuth. With the 110: 99 victory, the 46ers leave the bottom of the table and overtake Vechta.
In the third game under interim coach Rolf Scholz, the Gießen team showed their best performance of the season by far and gave themselves a late Christmas present. The 46ers’ best thrower was Jonathan Stark with a total of 21 points.
Bayreuth – Giessen 46ers 99: 110 (27: 30.25: 17.18: 24.29: 39)
Best thrower Bayreuth: Bartley 27, Tiby 13, Walker 13, Doreth 11, Olisevicius 11,
Best thrower casting: Stark 21, Hamilton 20, James Jr. 18, Bowman 17, Thomas 13,
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Skyliners work overtime
The Frankfurt Skyliners presented themselves with an overtime victory on Boxing Day. The team of head coach Sebastian Gleim defeated the Braunschweiger Löwen in their own hall on Saturday with 103: 98 and jumped to twelfth place in the table of the basketball Bundesliga.
Led by the strong Matt Mobley, who scored 31 points, the Hessians had the game largely under control, but after a weak final phase it went into overtime. There the Skyliners didn’t give the guests from Lower Saxony a chance. It continues on Wednesday (7 p.m.) with the Hessen derby between Frankfurt and Gießen.
Frankfurt Frankfurt – Löwen Braunschweig 103: 98 (84:84, 47:45) nV.
Best Throwers Frankfurt: Mobley (31), Moore (16), Gudmundsson (13), Murphy (11), Konga (10)
Best Thrower Braunschweig: Jallow (23), Allen (21), Meisner (18), Robinson (16), Schilling (12)
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Broadcast: hr1, December 26th, 2020, 10 p.m.
