Alba Berlin claimed a dominant 84:58 (45:26) away win at Jobstairs Giessen 46ers in the Basketball Bundesliga. The Berliners celebrated their fifth win in a row in the BBL on Sunday, and the reigning champions are unbeaten in ten games across the competition.
The Berliners needed some time to get going against Giessen’s zone defence, but were defensively compact themselves, thus coming up with some quick attacks and were ahead 23:14 at the quarter break. At half-time, the guests extended their lead to 45:26, and with an 11:0 start to the second half, the Berliners lived up to their role as favourites there as well.
With their 15th win of the season, Berlin moved up one place in the table and pushed the Niners Chemnitz out of fifth place, but they still have some games to make up for. The Chemnitz team was beaten 87-92 (38-47) by the EWE Baskets Oldenburg away from home. In the closing seconds, Oldenburg made their seventh win of the season at the free-throw line.
In the duel of two relegation candidates, the Syntainics MBC from Weißenfels won 81:75 (35:46) against the Fraport Skyliners from Frankfurt. Jamel Morris was the match-winner for Weissenfels with six points in the final minute. The MBC remain 14th after their eighth win of the season, while Frankfurt are still second to last.
Gießen 46ers – Alba Berlin 58:84 (14:23,12:22,9:16,23:23)
Points Giessen 46ers: Omot 16, Koch 13, Nawrocki 11, Fayne II 8, Laksa 5, Uhlemann 4, Kraushaar 1
Alba Berlin: Schneider 18, Da Silva 17, Koumadje 12, Blatt 9, Smith 8, Delow 6, Thiemann 6, Sikma 4, Lo 3, Mattisseck 1
Spectators: 1516
Synt. MBC Weißenfels – Fraport Frankfurt 81:75 (21:19,14:27,20:15,26:14)
Points Synt. MBC Weißenfels: Morris 19, Mushidi 18, Huskic 17, English 14, Kerusch 7, Bryant 2, Rebic 2, Upshaw 2
Fraport Frankfurt: Haarms 22, Cherry 21, Brenneke 12, Moore 9, Schoormann 5, Badio 4, Robertson 2
Spectators: 1300
EWE Baskets Oldenburg – Niners Chemnitz 92:87 (17:27,21:20,22:20,32:20)
Points EWE Baskets Oldenburg: Pressey 20, Heidegger 19, Paulding 16, Odiase 15, Pjanic 13, Holyfield 7, Breunig 2
Niners Chemnitz: Mike 24, Massenat 14, E. Washington 13, Weidemann 12, Atkins 11, Lockett 4, Susinskas 4, Richter 3, Ziegenhagen 2
Spectators: 4600
