BG Göttingen: Descent perfect - after the defeat in Braunschweig!

BG Göttingen: Descent perfect - after the defeat in Braunschweig!

Göttingen, Deutschland - After a disappointing season, the descent of the BG Göttingen from the basketball Bundesliga is now perfect. In the crucial game against the Löwen Braunschweig, the team lost 77: 101 (45:49) and must therefore descend into the 2nd league per a. The game took place in front of 4000 spectators in the Volkswagenhalle.

To secure the class, BG Göttingen should have won the game. But at the beginning they were 16: 7. A spectacular Alley-OP-Dunk from Sananda Frau set the intermediate score to 24:13 for Braunschweig. Although the BG managed to fight to 8:28 p.m. in the second quarter, the halftime score of 49:45 from the lion's point of view already gave an idea that it would be difficult. In the third quarter, the lions showed their dominance and decided this section with 29:14, which the BG Göttingen finally led to losing road. The final score of 101: 77 sealed the descent and makes it clear that the Göttingener lost only 25 of the 26 games in the current season, including 18 in a row.

trainer comments on the situation

BG coach Mikko Riipinnen compared the situation with a funeral. He continued that a victory would not have been enough to prevent relegation, since the Skyliners Frankfurt also defeated the Baskets Bonn with 76:70 and could no longer be displaced by the BG Göttingen. Göttingen will end the season in the last place in the table, such as ndr.de reported.

The best thrower of BG Göttingen was Deion Hammond with 17 points. The Lions Braunschweig were able to keep the pace and control in the game in the entire encounter and also dominated the final quarter, where the BG Göttingen lacked the means to start a comeback.

This marks the second descent of the BG Göttingen after the 2011/2012 season, reported hna.de . For the Göttingen basketball players, the way to the 2nd league Pro A is now inevitable.