BG Göttingen has stopped ratiopharm Ulm’s winning streak in the basketball Bundesliga. The Lower Saxony won 91:87 (51:38) and inflicted the first defeat on the guests after six successes in a row.
With a record of 14:6 victories, the Ulm team, together with the Telekom Baskets Bonn and the Niners Chemnitz, belong to a trio chasing leaders FC Bayern Munich. Göttingen (11:7) improved to eighth place.
In front of 500 spectators, the team from Göttingen were already 13 points ahead thanks to a strong second quarter (29:10). Ulm got better after the change of sides and was able to reduce the lead to 83:84 with 38 seconds to go. The hosts kept their nerves in the closing stages and deservedly won. The Norwegian Harald Frey scored the best with 21 points for the Göttingen team.
The Niners Chemnitz prevailed surprisingly clearly with 74:56 (35:27) against the MHP giants Ludwigsburg and were able to catch up with the Ulm team. The Saxons and are still among the positive surprises in the league. Ludwigsburg (13:7), on the other hand, lost for the first time after four wins in a row and fell back to fifth place.
The former top team Brose Bamberg narrowly won 92:89 (47:48) at the Jobstairs Giessen 46ers, who were in danger of relegation. medi Bayreuth defeated newly promoted MLP Academics Heidelberg 85:79 (41:44).