Medipolis SC Jena Secures Play-off Spot with Victory – Tough Test Await in Frankfurt

Nuremberg/Jena. There is a lot of good news in Medipolis SC Jena’s 92:70 win in Nuremberg. But now the difficult away game in Frankfurt awaits.

The buddy duel had a clear winner: Stephan Haukohl was there Medipolis SC Jena In the game on Wednesday evening at the Nuremberg Falcons against his good friend Julius Wolf, he achieved a clear victory 92:70 (50:36). This was also reflected in the personal statistics of the two basketball players, who had played together in Jena for a long time: Haukohl had a strong 21 points (7 rebounds) and was even the top scorer for his team. Wolf (9 points/8 rebounds) also came up short here.

But much more important to Haukohl was the performance of the entire team. “I think this victory was a good answer to our recent very weak performances,” said the 30-year-old. Also trainers Björn Harmsen was satisfied with his men, especially since Amir Hinton and Lorenz Bank were missing two important key players and Blake Francis was injured in the third quarter. But led by Haukohl and the strong Rasheed Moore (17 points/10 rebounds), the Thuringians had no problems with the Nuremberg team, who were in relegation trouble.

Assistant coach Chones on the sidelines for the first time after a tumor

And there was more good news for the second division team: assistant coach Kendall Chones was on the sidelines for the first time after his serious tumor illness. And thanks to the victory, the Jena team have already secured their place in the play-offs with four remaining main round games.

Only the home advantage in the first play-off round, for which you have to finish at least fourth in the main round, could now be achieved before the start of the final round. But the away game on Sunday in particular is tough, as the Jena team play second Fraport Skyliners from Frankfurt. “It will be a very difficult task,” says Harmsen about the duel with the BBL relegated team.

Frankfurt – Jena, Sunday, 3 p.m., live on sportdeutschland.tv

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2024-04-04 12:55:00
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