With passion and energy to the first home win: s.Oliver Würzburg prevailed in the catch-up game of the 17th easyCredit BBL game day on Wednesday evening with 101: 82 (47:40) against the JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers and thus two “big points” in the battle for retracted the league. On the way to their sixth win of the season, the Lower Franconians were not once behind, let the ball run very well at times and thus came to a never really endangered success against Central Hesse. “What counts today is simply the win,” said head coach Denis Wucherer afterwards: “And it’s good that we didn’t have to pay him dearly with an injury this time, as was the case the last two times.”
The best point collector of the encounter was once again Cameron Hunt, who again achieved a new personal best in the BBL with 28 points. In addition, Robert Lowery, who returned to the Bundesliga, celebrated a more than successful debut in s.Oliver Würzburg’s jersey with 18 points and 8 assists.
Lowery and Hunt also formed the guard duo on Denis Wucher’s starting line-up, and the second newcomer was also on the floor at his Würzburg premiere at the jump ball: Murphy Holloway fought some intense center duels with Giessen’s John Bryant and showed with 8 points and 6 rebounds also a good debut in Würzburg.
The 30-year-old scored his first points in the 2nd minute with a nice jump shot to make it 4-2. After Scottie James had equalized for the guests on the other side, Rob Lowery also started a 9-0 run for the home side with a jumper, who quickly managed to break away to 13: 4 (4th minute) and the momentum on theirs Brought side.
ROB LOWERY WITH FIVE BASKET TEMPLATES IN THE FIRST QUARTER
All five Würzburg starters had already entered the scorer list at this point and continued in the same style after guest head coach Rolf Scholz took a break: Rob Lowery distributed five basket templates in the first quarter, the grateful buyers were mainly Alex King and Cameron Hunt, who together scored 15 of the 25 Würzburg points in the first section. In the 8th minute the lead had already grown to 25:12, then the guests woke up and with an intermediate sprint they shortened to 25:19 until the first quarter break.
In the first two minutes of the second section, the hosts pushed the accelerator again: three successful threes from Tyson Ward, Florian Koch and Alex King as well as two free throws from Perry Jones were the components of an 11-0 run, which quickly led to the gap had grown to 17 counters (36:19, 13th minute).
Similar to the first quarter, the 46ers quickly came back within striking distance – especially Brandon Bowman (13 points in the first half) resisted and was able to assert himself again and again on the board. The second quarter ended like the first: With a 7-0 run by the guests, who were only seven points behind when they switched sides – somewhat surprisingly after the overall impression of the game (47:40).
SOVEREIGN FIRST HOME VICTORY
The start of the second twenty minutes also belonged to the 46ers – it took until the 24th minute before the usurer protégés had found their offensive rhythm of the first 18 minutes of play. After the Mittelhessen were able to reduce their deficit to 50:47 with a few stops in defense, Rob Lowery started the decisive phase of the game with a three.
Cameron Hunt then used a technical foul against John Bryant to four points through the due free throw and a three-point hit. The resulting double-digit lead (57:47, 24th minute) was subsequently extended to Lower Franconia on the way to a sovereign home win.
Jonas Weitzel ensured the highest lead so far with his first points of the game to 75:55 in the 29th minute. After that, the gap was no longer smaller than 13 points thanks to a three from Brandon Bowman (81:68, 34th minute).
Tyson Ward provided the most spectacular action of the game with a putback dunk to make it 83:68.
It was also the rookie in the Würzburg ranks who cracked the 100-point mark with two free throws 8 seconds before the end, before Giessen’s Bjarne Kraushaar was able to put another point on the game with a buzzerbeater from the triple line.
STATISTICS AND VOICES ABOUT THE GAME
S.OLIVER WÜRZBURG – JOBSTAIRS GIESSEN 46ERS 101:82 (25:19, 22:21, 30:22, 24:20)
For s.Oliver Würzburg:
Cameron Hunt 28 Punkte/3 Dreier (4 Assists), Robert Lowery 18/1 (8 Assists), Jonas Weitzel 11, Tyson Ward 11/1 (6 Rebounds/4 Assists), Alex King 11/3, Florian Koch 8/1 (6 Rebounds), Murphy Holloway 8 (6 Rebounds), Perry Jones 4 (6 Rebounds), Felix Hoffmann 2, Nils Haßfurther, Joshua Obiesie.
Top-Performer Giessen:
Brandon Bowman 19/3 (6 Rebounds), Brandon Thomas 14/1, Scottie James 12 (8 Rebounds), Diante Garrett 12/2 (7 Assists).
Key Stats:
Fastbreak-Punkte: Würzburg 16 – Giessen 8
Rebounds: Würzburg 39 (13 offensive) – Giessen 28 (9 offensive)
Hit rate from the field: Würzburg 54 percent (38 of 71) – Giessen 47 percent (30 of 61)
Robert Lowery, s.Oliver Würzburg:
“I’ve only been here for a few days and of course I can’t know all the moves. I’ve become a seasoned player and I made up my mind to play hard and do whatever I can. If you play hard and do what the coach wants, the results come. It’s not about my statistics either, it’s about the team’s success. Today the whole team played pretty well. I am the type of gamer who can be effective if he gets 30 points or if he only gets two points. It’s about playing together as a team and finding a way to win games. We have the talent for it and just have to use it properly. ”
Denis Wucherer, Head Coach s.Oliver Würzburg:
“First of all, it’s good that in 2021 we managed to win at home after all. It’s also good that this time we didn’t have to pay dearly to win with an injury, as we did the last two times. The energy was there and you could already see today how important a real point guard is. Of course, we still need time to train Rob, Murphy and Perry to make things even better. What counts today is simply victory. “
Rolf Scholz, Head Coach JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers:
“Congratulations to Würzburg for a very strong and focused performance. If you want to speak of a relegation battle from our point of view, then Würzburg has shown today everything that it takes to accept this battle. I don’t think that they will play for relegation with this constellation. You have reinforced yourself in a very targeted and high-quality manner. Of course, our appearance in the second half doesn’t work at all. We didn’t show the attributes that you need in the relegation battle today. ”
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