On Sunday it hailed baskets for Phoenix Hagen: In the fourth test game of preparation for the new season in the 2. Basketball-bundesliga proa the team of coach Chris Harris was defeated by the Bundesliga relegation BG Göttingen With 96: 121. The game was played in the exclusion of the public in the Sartorius Basketball Lab, where the “violets” offered an offensive spectacle.
The Göttinger convinced with a strong hit rate from outside and scored over 30 points in three of the four quarters. Top scorer was Jordan Sears with 21 points and 9 assists, followed by Nils Schmitz (20 points) and Zach Jackson (17). Phoenix held against it in phases – in the second quarter, Jeffrey Carroll shortened to 42:48, in the third Dennis Nawrocki brought the guests back in striking distance. But at the latest in the final section, the Göttingen attack machine could no longer be broken.
Nawrocki is top scorer with 21 points
From Hagen’s point of view, three players stood out: Captain Nawrocki scored 3 of his 6 threes and came to 21 points. Newcomer Jeffrey Carroll convinced with 18 points with a good quote (7/11) and 6 rebounds. Bjarne Kraushaar contributed 12 points and 5 assists. Coach Chris Harris came up with an honest conclusion: “We definitely didn’t make our best game against Göttingen. The BG was fresh, faster to the ball, better at the rebound. In an intense and mentally and physically consuming preparation, there is always a deep – we had that at the weekend.”
More on the subject
All the more, Harris focuses on what follows: “Hopefully to play in front of our fans in Haspe will hopefully drive us in the positive direction. With record champions Leverkusen, an exciting opponent comes to the UFO who will definitely enrich the ProA this season. For us it will be a basketball matters to improve small shades at both ends of the field.”
Next game in the livestream
The game will take place on Thursday, September 4, as part of WAK Cups, which was oriented by cooperation paves SV Haspe 70. At 7.30 p.m., Phoenix meets the Bayer Giants Leverkusen, the reigning ProB master in the Haspe circular sports hall. The Westfalenpost broadcasts the game in the livestream. The transfer is commented on by Johannes Hülstrung and Ralf “X” cracks.
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