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In front of four BGers: Oldenburg’s ex-Göttinger Geno Crandall (yellow dress) employs the violets Bodie Hume, Osaro Rich, Mathis Mönninghoff and Umoja Gibson (from left) in the first leg. © Imago/Nordphoto-GmbH/Rojahn
Four games in twelve days – with a lot of power and the last effort, the season in the Basketball Bundesliga comes to an end for BG Göttingen.
Göttingen – Once again, the Violets have to combine all their strengths to keep the top division so that there is also the first league in southern Lower Saxony in 2024/25.
But the end of the season is tough again: only difficult, difficult games! And coach Olivier Foucart’s team is still not completely out of the woods. It starts on Labor Day, May 1st (3:30 p.m.) with the first of two consecutive duels in Lower Saxony: The EWE Baskets Oldenburg are guests in the S-Arena before they face SC Rasta Vechta on Sunday. Two teams that still need every point in the fight for the newly introduced “play-ins”.
On Ascension Day (May 9th, 6:30 p.m.) the BG’s last home game against MBC from Weißenfels will follow, before the last away game in Hamburg (May 12th). A fantastic final spurt for the violets, who still need a win to stay in the league to be on the safe side. However, the remaining program of the relegation competitors is just as difficult. Bottom team Tübingen (against Braunschweig, in Oldenburg, against Hamburg, in Heidelberg) would have to get three more wins in the last four games than the BG, Crailsheim (17th, still in Hamburg, against Bamberg, in Rostock and against Berlin) would also have to get three wins because the Merlins have the worse direct comparison to the BG with the same number of wins.
On Wednesday, the BG first has to take care of itself in the duel with Oldenburg, which has won the last five games. The EWE Baskets come with ex-Veilchen Geno Crandall, who scored 34 points and thus a personal record in the 107:92 win against Hamburg last Sunday. “I hope it continues the same way,” Crandall said on “Dyn.” Of course the BG fans hope not. Crandall’s teammate Len Schoormann; “He carried our team. And our five wins in a row are motivating.”
Crandall was initially in Israel after leaving Göttingen, but left the country for his home country in the USA when Hamas attacked Israel and it became too dangerous there. When Oldenburg had a personnel shortage, Baskets coach Pedro Calles brought Crandall into his team. It’s unimaginable that Crandall will now show any consideration for his previous BG team – it’s just professional business. Ultimately, Oldenburg wants to at least keep its current play-in position ninth.
With the violets it’s once again about consistency. After the good second half against Chemnitz including overtime, the performance in Bamberg was rather dull and poor. Rebounding was poor, as was switching from offense to defense. “The game slipped out of our hands. I’m a little disappointed, especially when I think about how we played last weekend (against Chemnitz, editor),” Coach Foucart said.
Against Oldenburg, the BG can immediately rehabilitate itself with a good performance and, above all, send a further signal of respect in terms of staying in the league. (haz/gsd)
2024-04-29 20:36:08
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