By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Fresh off securing a spot in the Basketball Champions League Round of 16, Telekom Baskets Bonn logged a domestic win, 78-68, against FC Bayern Munich Sunday evening.
Huge contribution from T.J. Shorts II packing 21 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and three steals in the easyCredit BBL Regular Season Round 9 affair. Tucking 3/5 from beyond the arc, Jeremy Morgan added 20 points. The visitors at Telekom Dome played catchup and eventually produced one single double-digit scorer, Cassius Winston ending up with 14 points.
The winning side improving to 8-1 matched fellow EuroLeague participant Alba Berlin on top of the German league standings. Fitting in Saturday’s schedule, the Albatrosse guided by Israel Gonzalez rallied past medi Bayreuth, 91-83.
The team coached by Andrea Trinchieri, missing Captain Vladimir Lucic (elbow), Augustine Rubit (groin) and Zan Mark Sisko (personal), dropped to 8-2, before a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague two-game week featuring Real Madrid and Valencia at Audi Dome.
Highlighting earlier Sunday BBL action, Marko Filipovity registered a season-high 29 points leading the Niners Chemnitz to the convincing win, 104-81, over Veolia Towers Hamburg.
BBL Round 9:
Wurzburg Baskets – Fraport Skyliners 88-72
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg – BG Gottingen 90-76
ratiopharm Ulm – Hakro Merlins Crailsheim 91-80
MLP Academics Heidelberg – Basketball Lowen Braunschweig 95-79
Alba Berlin – medi Bayreuth 91-83
Veolia Towers Hamburg – Niners Chemnitz 81-104
Brose Bamberg – Syntainics MBC 90-98
EWE Baskets Oldenburg – Rostock Seawolves 99-90
Telekom Baskets Bonn – FC Bayern Munich 78-68
STANDINGS: Telekom Baskets Bonn 8-1, Alba Berlin 8-1, FC Bayern Munich 8-2, MHP Riesen Ludwigburg 7-2, EWE Baskets Oldenburg 7-3…
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League