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Basketball: BBL: Oldenburg runner-up strengthens play-off spot
Vice champion EWE Baskets Oldenburg has come one step closer to its renewed participation in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) play-off.
The 25th. The team of coach Mladen Drijencic won 85:73 (44:43) against the polar bears Bremerhaven and is sixth with 32:18 points.
After 87:61 (41:34) at the Central German BC, the Telekom Baskets Bonn with the same points stand directly in front of Oldenburg. The Frankfurt Skyliners consolidated their eighth and last play-off place (28:20) with a 90:82 (52:42) victory over the second to last Rockets Erfurt.
Oldenburg struggled against relegation candidate Bremerhaven for a long time. Only an 8:0-run for the 80:69 brought the decision in the final quarter. The best caster of the EWE Baskets was Mickey McConnell with 19 points.
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