After victory against Skyliners: The trend of the 46ers is up | hessenschau.de

At the end of the year, the Gießen 46ers gained further confidence in the basketball Bundesliga. After the victory in the Hessenderby against the Skyliners Frankfurt, the connection to the non-relegation ranks is established.

Joy on the one hand and sad looks on the other. The Giessen 46ers rewarded themselves for their strong performance in the first two quarters and fended off the Skyliners Frankfurt’s chase on Wednesday evening with all available means.

46ers lay the foundation in the first round

Drama, baby, drama! 30 seconds before the end of the game, the score was 71:71 in the Giessen sports hall. Shortly afterwards, however, the 46ers pulled away to 75:74. Gießen still occupies a relegation place with four points, but the gap to the Skyliners is now only two points. The change of coach from Ingo Freyer to Rolf Scholz is beginning to bear fruit.

“We are of course very happy about the first half, which laid the foundation today”, the head coach correctly recognized after the success in the Hessenderby. Although the Giesseners were leading with eleven points at this point, there was always great respect for the quality of the Frankfurters. “This time we had a bit of luck on our side,” admitted Scholz.

The Skyliners’ race to catch up does not lead to success

Sebastian Gleim, Frankfurt coach, still saw a “deserved” winner from Gießen: “I’m happy with how we tried to come back and dissatisfied with how we started the game. We didn’t have enough energy and identity.”

Overall, the program is tight and the schedule is tight. “In the end, that’s not an excuse and we have to find ways to be ready every match day, no matter how tight the schedule is,” Gleim didn’t want to complain.

46ers before duel at eye level against Göttingen

The 46ers, on the other hand, will be happy that they already have the chance in the home game against Göttingen on January 2nd to push their opponent with the same points to the relegation zone and thereby jump over the red line themselves. The self-confidence has grown significantly.