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Rutronik Stars Keltern travel in the DBBL Cup quarter-finals as a favorite to second division top rider Würzburg – Sport


Pressing. Even after the end of the EuroCup, the basketball players of the Rutronik Stars Keltern have another English week waiting for them. On Wednesday (7.30 p.m.) there is an away game in Würzburg in the round of 16 of the DBBL Cup. The QOOL Sharks are currently the front runners in the 2nd Bundesliga South, having lost only two of eleven games.

In the cup they see themselves against the defending champion and reigning German champion from Keltern but as an outsider. “You always have a minimal chance, but these are professionals who come to us very relaxed,” said Ferdinand Michel, basketball department manager at the TG Würzburg of the “Main Post”. The Sharks’ focus is on the league, according to Michel.

“We approach the game just as seriously as any Bundesliga game.”

Star trainer Christian Hergenröther

However, the stars do not travel to Würzburg completely relaxed. Clearly you have a better squad than the second division, says Keltern’s coach Christian Hergenröther, who also sees his team as a favorite. After all, it is a do-or-die game, an all-or-nothing duel. In the event of a defeat, the stars would be out and the season’s goal of defending the title would be gone.

Only one training session before the cup duel

After the 87:60 victory in the Bundesliga against Düsseldorf, the stars only had one training session to prepare for their opponents in the cup. “Würzburg is a team that plays a surprisingly large amount of zone defense,” Hergenröther observed. The quality of the throw from the outside is also very high for a second division team, according to the star trainer.

Hergenröther hopes to have the entire squad available on Wednesday evening. However, there are still question marks behind Matea Tavic and Josipa Pavic’s appearances. Both struggle with back problems.

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