Weissenfels. The basketball players from Syntainics MBC celebrated a convincing 95:73 (42:31) victory in front of their home crowd against s.Oliver Würzburg on Saturday evening. With the third win in a row, the Weißenfelsers establish themselves in the top group of the Bundesliga.
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Nikola Rebic (19), Chris Coffey (18), Jamel Morris (18) and Behnam Yakchali (12) contributed most to this success. Craig Moller (16), Cameron Hunt (15) and Desi Rodriguez (13) scored the most points for the Würzburg team.
The hosts struggled in the early stages, but got going in the middle of the second quarter. With a 14-0 run, the Central Germans converted the 24:27 deficit (15th) into a 38:27 lead within four minutes and expanded this lead to 62:41 by the 27th minute. The home side laid the foundation for success primarily with a strong performance in defense and a good hit rate from beyond the triple line (13 hits in 30 attempts). dpa
