FC Bayern München started the new season with a victory. The title co-favourites and last year’s finalists beat ratiopharm Ulm 87:80 (39:39) at home on Saturday evening.
The best scorers for the 2021 Cup winners were Cassius Winston with 25 points and Nick Weiler-Babb (18). Freddie Gillespie (10) also scored in double figures. Juan Nunez and Joshua Hawley were the most successful for the guests with 13 points each. Coach Andrea Trinchieri’s team won the first quarter, but Ulm came back and went into half-time with a 39-39 lead.
But after the break, the home side, who had let a 13-point lead slip away in the interim, were more alert and more uncompromising in Munich’s Audi Dome and built a clear lead, which they could not quite hold on to, but in the end they won. “We did a decent job,” said coach Trinchieri to “MagentaSport”.
First win of the season for Hamburg
The Hamburg Towers, who gave defending champions Alba Berlin a tough 78-81 challenge in their season opener on Wednesday, celebrated their first win of the season at home. Kendale McCallum was the best scorer with 19 points in the 91:74 (52:32) win against Syntainics MBC from Weißenfels.
Telekom Baskets Bonn also got off to a good start in the new season. Point guard TJ Shorts II led the Rhinelanders with 22 points and seven assists to a 96-71 (53-35) win at Würzburg Baskets.
FC Bayern München – ratiopharm Ulm 87:80 (24:18,15:21,28:15,20:26)
Points FC Bayern München: Winston 25, Weiler-Babb 18, Gillespie 10, Jaramaz 9, Zipser 8, Hunter 5, Obst 5, Rubit 4, George 3
ratiopharm Ulm: Hawley 13, Nunez 13, Robinson 12, Mobley 11, Jallow 9, Christen 7, Fuchs 6, Dos Santos 4, Klepeisz 3, Zugic 2
Spectators: 5303
Hamburg Towers – Synt. MBC Weißenfels 91:74 (23:16,29:16,20:19,19:23)
Points Hamburg Towers: McCullum 19, Childs 14, Meisner 14, Schoormann 12, Woodard 8, Clark II 7, Wohlfarth-Bottermann 6, Samar 4, Hinrichs 3, Möller 2, Philipps 2
Synt. MBC Weißenfels: Ihring 19, Jones 14, Clyburn 11, Darden 11, Mushidi 8, Bryant 5, Breunig 4, Caisin 2
Spectators: 2889
Würzburg Baskets – Telekom Baskets Bonn 71:96 (16:26,19:27,18:21,18:22)
Points Würzburg Baskets: Bryce 16, Whittaker 12, Peterka 10, Hunt 9, Stanic 8, Williams 6, Böhmer 4, Williams 4, Hartwich 2
Telekom Baskets Bonn: Shorts 22, Morgan 21, Delany 12, Ward 11, Herrera 10, Ensminger 8, Kratzer 4, Malcolm 4, Williams 4
Spectators: 2589
