By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Bayern took over in the second quarter and kept the focus until the end in an 82-66 road win against Jena on Day 10 of German League, despite missing injured Devin Booker.
For Bayern, Vladimir Lucic scored 14 in addition to Danilo Barthel’s 13 points while Nihad Djedovic helped with 12. On the other side, Jamar Abrams scored 14 points while adding nine rebounds and Derrick Alen added 13 points.
Bayern held a small 25-22 lead after ten minutes but by halftime, they were up 51-35. Jena managed to decrease the deficit to nine points (64-55) but the guests quickly took over again and led by as much as a 21-point margin (82-61) eventually securing the game.
Bayern won all ten games played so far standing alone at the top (10-0) while Alba Berlin is behind with an 8-1 record. Jena holds a 3-6 record after this loss and Crailsheim is at the bottom with 1-9.
BBL Day 10 results and scorers
Alba – Frankfurt 87-74 (Peno 13 – Heslip 20)
Giessen – Vechta 83-84 (Thomas 18 – Hinrichs 20)
Ulm – Gottingen 86-74 (Evans 26 – Williams 17)
Crailsheim – Bamberg 77-93 (Herrera 18 – Jelovac 14)
Bayreuth – Mitteldeutscher 95-92 (Robertson 23 – Releford 24)
Bremerhaven – Wurzburg 85-87 (Warren 23 – Hulls 25)
Braunschweig – Ludwigsburg 100-99 (Lansdowne 32 – Martin 27)
Bonn – Oldenburg 78-98 (Mayo 25 – Paulding 32)
Jena – Bayern 66-82 (Abrams 14 – Lucic 14)