German League, Game 26: March 24-25, 2007
Julius Jenkins - Alba Berlin Alba Berlin survived a double-overtime thriller to down Eisbaren Bremerhaven 106-105 in double overtime on Sunday and improve to 21-5 in the standings. Chris Owens led the winners with 32 points and 13 rebounds. Julius Jenkins added 29 points on 12-of-12 free throws, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje had 12 and Nenad Canak 11. Owens allowed Alba to get a 21-21 tie after 10 minutes, and he got some help from Canak and Jenkins to make the hosts get a 44-33 halftime edge. Bremenhaven rallied to get a 58-59 edge after 30 minutes. The game went down to the wire, as free throws by Zygimantas Jonusas tid it at 75-75 with 18 seconds to go. Jenkins hit foul shots and even when Nick Jacobson buried a triple for a 77-78 edge with 4 seconds remaining, Johaness Herber hit 1 of 2 free throw to force overtime, 78-78. Jenkins stepped up to make Alba stay alive 90-90, and then hit 4 free throws in the final 18 seconds to put the victory on ice. Brose Baskets needed a defensive exhibition to down RheinEnergie 50-33 in Bamberg on Sunday. Both teams now tie for the third place at 18-8. Darren Fenn led the winners with 14 points while Zelly Wesson grabbed 11 rebounds for Brose Baskets. Demond Mallet had 8 points for RheinEnergie, that went 1-of-24 from downtown. Brose Baskets led 26-23 at halftime and only allowed 6 points in the next 16 minutes, getting a 43-28 margin and cruising to a well-deserved win. In other games, Walter Tigers Tubingen thrashed BG Karlsruhe 69-93, the Giessen 46ers bested the Artlans Dragons 73-66, Telekom Baskets Bonn edged the Deutsche Bank Skyliners 83-78, Paderborn Baskets downed Nurnberg 66-100, Bayer Giants Leverkusen beat TBB Trier 124-111 in triple overtime while EnBW Ludwigsburg topped EWE Baskets Oldenburg 101-92 behind 22 points from Je'Kel Foster. Braunschweig hosts Ulm on Wednesday.


LAST GAME GAME 26 - March 24-25, 2007
DayMatchResult
Mar. 24BG Karlsruhe vs. WALTER Tigers69-93
Mar. 24Giessen46ers vs. Artland Dragons73-66
Mar. 24Bonn vs. Frankfurt83-78
Mar. 24EnBW L'burg vs. EWE Baskets101-92
Mar. 24sellbytel Baskets vs. Paderborn66-100
Mar. 25Giants L'kusen vs. TBB Trier124-111
Mar. 25Bamberg vs. Köln50-33
Mar. 25ALBA BERLIN vs. Bremerhaven106-105
Mar. 28NY'er Phantoms vs. ratiopharm Ulm-
NEXT GAME GAME 27 - March 31 - April 1, 2007
DayMatch
Mar. 31ratiopharm Ulm vs. Bonn
Mar. 31Paderborn Baskets vs. Bamberg
Mar. 31sellbytel Baskets vs. ALBA BERLIN
Mar. 31EWE Baskets vs. NY'er Phantoms
Mar. 31TBB Trier vs. BG Karlsruhe
Mar. 31Artland Dragons vs. Bremerhaven
Apr. 1Frankfurt vs. Giants L'kusen
Apr. 1WALTER Tigers vs. Giessen46ers
Apr. 1Köln vs. EnBW L'burg


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1ALBA BERLIN2621521071879
2EnBW Ludwigsburg2620622172010
3Brose Baskets2618819211693
4RheinEnergie Köln2618819031835
5Telekom Baskets Bonn2718919951915
6Eisbären Bremerhaven26151120361825
7Artland Dragons26151119681975
8Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS26131318571956
9EWE Baskets Oldenburg26131320191904
10Bayer Giants Leverkusen26131321262089
11ratiopharm Ulm25121319982015
12Paderborn Baskets26121419361881
13WALTER TIGERS Tübingen26121418791938
14New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig25111418511937
15TBB Trier2691719692048
16Giessen 46ers2671917561941
17sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg2752218782223
18BG Karlsruhe2622417952147

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