Basketball
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Defense becomes a mental issue for the Tigers
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Not nice, but important: in Göttingen, the defensive qualities of center Megan Swords and the Tigers are particularly important.
Photo: Andreas Woitschützke
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Neuss At the start of the season in Göttingen, the TG Neuss women’s basketball team is focusing on defense. A new player may appear.
Of course Rufin Kendall also knows that the second division basketball players of TG Neuss, whom he coached in the second season, did not necessarily play with the stars from the sky in 47:82 a week ago in the cup against Würzburg. But despite all the justified criticisms of the Tigers’ first fully expandable competitive appearance, especially in defense, before the championship opening on Sunday (16:00) at the BG 74 Göttingen relegated to the first division, he stresses: “We still have a young group, you shouldn’t forget that. “
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In Jule Schillings, Ricada Schott (both 17) and Johanna Huppertz (16), three of the ten players used are not even of age, Leonie Oost is only 19, Luca Raschke 20 and Larissa Felten 21. And there in Inga Krings and Jana Meyer he needs the experience injured and alone on the bench and Iva Banozic still has to work on his fitness after a long hiatus, the signing of Kim Franze could be worth his weight in gold. The 22-year-old played for Bochum against Neuss last season and used her 1.76 meters for an average of 6.1 points in 19 appearances. In the “final” for staying in the (sports) class on the last day of the 2021/22 season, she was on the pitch for more than 32 minutes against the Tigers, but was unable to avoid the 53:57 defeat with her. nine points. Whether you will be able to play in Göttingen will be decided at short notice.
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After relegating from Oberhaus, the Lower Saxony team has set itself the goal of relying more on the young talents of the university city. In Emilie Dohrmann, Alex Liestmann and Emilia Wery are part of the three sixteen year old squad. Marika Fengkohl (22) returned to Göttingen after a year with second division team Panthers Academy Osnabrück, for which she averaged 5.8 points and 1.8 assists (33.3% of three points) per game in just under 18 minutes. Lara Lieckfeld (18) spent the last twelve months at Grace Christian High School in Sanford (USA), Lia Kentzler studied and played at Dalhousie University in Canada. 25-year-old Kinga Dzierbicka is new. The Pole, who last worked for AZS University in Warsaw in the second division, is in charge of the Viola’s playing structure, but her 11.5 points on average for Warsaw proves that she knows where the game is. basket. 18-year-old Tatiana Tkachenko moved to Gottingen from the Ukrainian Superleague, in which she wore Chaika Berdyansk’s shirt. In the new team of coach Ruzica Dzankic, 25-year-old Lena Wenke, Thalia Kretschmar (27), Greek Viki Karambatsa (26) and twins Oevermann Annika and Meike (19) have experience in the German elite class. This gives Kendall a good mix of routine and talent. “The players from Göttingen are used to competing at a high level and will expect everything from us right from the start.”
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In preparation he limited himself to a few things and tried to mentally influence his girls as well. “Because you have to be ready inside to burn. It starts in your head. “He can already promise one thing:” Even if we still need time to work on all points, we will look different in defense than what we did against Würzburg. “
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