German League, Game 28: April 4, 2007
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje - Alba Berlin Alba Berlin had to battle harder the expected to beat the Artland Dragons 87-83 at home and stay atop the German League standings with a 23-5 record. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje led the winners with 20 points. Kirk Penney added 16, Sharrod Ford had 14 and Chris Owens 11 for Alba. Boumtje-Boumtje and Penney helped Alba to break the game in the final period and get a 79-68 lead with 3 minutes to go, enough to hold off the Dragons' rally down the stretch. Brose Baskets is now third at 20-8 by edging Sellbytel Baskets Nurnberg 78-74 at home also on Wednesday. Vincent Yarbrough paced the winners with 22 points, Casey Jacobsen added 19, Darren Fenn had 14 and Zelly Wesson 11 for Brose Baskets, that led 67-55 after three quarters. Nurnberg got within 70-69 but Fenn and Jacobsen stepped up to make Brose Baskets prevail. RheinEnergie dropped to 19-9 due to a 65-58 road loss against Braunschweig. Immanuel McElroy had 15 points for RheinEnergie while Aleksandar Nadjfeji added 12. In other games, the Deutsche Bank Skyliners downed BG Karlsruhe 84-93 in overtime, Eisbaren Bremerhaven beat Walter Tigers Tubingen 70-62, Bayer Giants Leverkusen edged Ratiopharm Ulm 89-84, Telekom Baskets Bonn bested EWE Baskets Oldenburg 74-60, Giessen 46ers edged TBB Trier 79-78 while EnBW Ludwigsburg defeated Paderborn Baskets 80-77.


LAST GAME GAME 28 - April 4, 2007
DayMatchResult
Apr. 4BG Karlsruhe vs. Frankfurt84-93
Apr. 4NY'er Phantoms vs. Köln65-58
Apr. 4ALBA BERLIN vs. Artland Dragons87-83
Apr. 4Bremerhaven vs. WALTER Tigers70-62
Apr. 4Giants L'kusen vs. ratiopharm Ulm89-84
Apr. 4Bonn vs. EWE Baskets74-60
Apr. 4Bamberg vs. sellbytel Baskets78-74
Apr. 4Giessen46ers vs. TBB Trier79-78
Apr. 4EnBW L'burg vs. Paderborn Baskets80-77
NEXT GAME GAME 28 - April 7-8, 2007
DayMatch
Apr. 7Frankfurt vs. Giessen46ers
Apr. 7ratiopharm Ulm vs. BG Karlsruhe
Apr. 7TBB Trier vs. Bremerhaven
Apr. 7WALTER Tigers vs. Artland Dragons
Apr. 8sellbytel Baskets vs. EnBW L'burg
Apr. 8Köln vs. Bonn
Apr. 8EWE Baskets vs. Giants L'kusen
Apr. 8Bamberg vs. ALBA BERLIN
Apr. 25Paderborn Baskets vs. NY'er Phantoms


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1ALBA BERLIN2823522742041
2EnBW Ludwigsburg2821723632157
3Brose Baskets2820820831841
4RheinEnergie Köln2819920311966
5Telekom Baskets Bonn29191021372055
6Eisbären Bremerhaven28171121651944
7Bayer Giants Leverkusen28151323062234
8Artland Dragons28151321082121
9Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS28141420112131
10ratiopharm Ulm28141422472246
11EWE Baskets Oldenburg28141421542045
12WALTER TIGERS Tübingen28131520272082
13New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig28121620572155
14Paderborn Baskets28121620872045
15TBB Trier28101821352200
16Giessen 46ers2882019092105
17sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg2952420312381
18BG Karlsruhe2822619522328

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