s. Oliver Würzburg took the lead in the Bundesliga basketball table on the fifth matchday.The Würzburgers defeated the Walter Tigers Tübingen 84:69 (45:30) on Sunday evening and moved past former champions Alba Berlin and medi Bayreuth with their fifth win in the fifth game.
The team of coach Dirk Bauermann is the only team still unbeaten.Würzburg’s national player Robin Benzing scored 19 points.
In his sixth game, Alba added her first defeat to Telekom Baskets Bonn at 90:69 (43:34) and climbed past the now fourth-placed medi Bayreuth, who suffered his first defeat, to second place.
Bayreuth was surprisingly clearly defeated at home by Science City Jena 75:87 (29:45).Ratiopharm Ulm scored the first two points at 89:65 (46:38) against the still victorless BG Göttingen.
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Former champions Bayern Munich beat runners-up EWE Baskets Oldenburg with 95:74 (49:28) and are now third.The best shooter of the match was Bryon Allen (20 points) but an Oldenburger.
The MHP giants Ludwigsburg won 74:67 (39:36) at the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.Aufsteiger Mitteldeutscher BC lost 93:96 (39:42) against Frankfurt Skyliners after extra time.The Giessen 46ers defeated the polar bears Bremerhaven 89:73 (43:37).
Luke Sikma, Center Dennis Clifford and Spencer Butterfield all scored 14 points at Alba.The strong 24 points from Bonn’s Ron Curry were not enough for the guests.
In Ulm Trey Lewis scored 19 points in front of 6200 spectators.For coach Thorsten Leibenath’s team it was only the second victory of the season after the Eurocup victory against Tofas Bursa from Turkey on Tuesday.Last year, Ulm had achieved 27 victories in series and thus set a new start record.
Jenas Shooting Guard Martynas Mazeika was responsible for Jena’s first away win with 20 points.On Bayreuth’s side, which only the last quarter could win, Gabe York was the best shooter (13).