The Würzburg Baskets are still on course for the playoffs in the Basketball Bundesliga and remain in the top group.
With an 86:80 (45:41) in the home game against Hakro Merlins Crailsheim, the Würzburgers consolidated fourth place in the table and, with one more win than their pursuers Rasta Vechta and ratiopharm Ulm, still have their sights set on the knockout phase.
The penultimate team from Crailsheim is still in the middle of a relegation battle with just four wins in 22 games. Bottom team MLP Academics Heidelberg could catch up with a win at BG Göttingen on Sunday (3:30 p.m.) after winning.
The best scorer of the game was Würzburg’s Zachary Seljaas with 21 points.