German League, Game 18: January 20-21, 2007
Darren Fenn - Brose Baskets There is a new leader atop the German League standings, none other than EnBW Ludwigsburg, which climbed to the top spot by beating BG Karlsruhe 99-83 behind 25 points from Nate Harris. Previous leader Alba Berlin dropped to 14-3 due to a 69-66 road loss against Telekom Baskets Bonn. Jason Gardner led the winners with 14 points. Julius Jenkins had 26 points on 5-of-6 three-pointers while Chris Owens added 14 for Alba, which trailed 12-8 after 10 minutes and then again 48-42 at the end of the third quarter. Alba used three-pointers to rally and got within 68-66 with just 11 seconds to go. Gardner made 1 of 2 free throws to make Bonn get a big home win. Meanwhile, RheinEnergie improved to 13-4 by edging Walter Tiger Tubingen 75-70 in Cologne on Sunday. Demond Mallet and Immanuel McElroy each had 15 points for the winners, Devin Green added 11 and Aleksandar Nadjfeji 10 for RheinEnergie, which only used 7 players in this game and trailed 39-44 at halftime. A 18-7 run in the third quarter proved to be decisive, allowing RheinEnergie to get a well-deserved win. Brose Baskets improved to 7-6 by downing the Giessen 46ers 75-61 in Bamberg on Saturday. Darren Fenn paced the winners with 27 points, Robert Garrett added 20 and Chris Ensminger 10 in an easy home win for Brose Baskets, which led 48-25 at halftime and did not find much trouble to add another win. In other games, Ratopharm Ulm beat the Deutsche Bank Skyliners 81-77 in overtime, Paderborn Baskets topped the Artland Dragons 77-52, EWE Baskets Oldenburg thrashed TBB Trier 99-61 while Eisbaren Bremerhaven overwhelmed sellbytel Baskets Nurnberg 59-109.


LAST GAME GAME 18 - January 20-21, 2007
DayMatchResult
Jan. 20ratiopharm Ulm vs. Frankfurt81-77
Jan. 20EnBW L'burg vs. BG Karlsruhe99-83
Jan. 20Bamberg vs. Giessen46ers75-61
Jan. 20Paderborn Baskets vs. Artland Dragons77-52
Jan. 20EWE Baskets vs. TBB Trier99-61
Jan. 21sellbytel Baskets vs. Eisbären B'haven59-109
Jan. 21Köln vs. WALTER Tigers75-70
Jan. 21Bonn vs. ALBA BERLIN69-66
Feb. 7NY'er Phantoms vs. Giants L'kusen-
NEXT GAME GAME 19 - February 3-4, 2007
DayMatch
Feb. 3BG Karlsruhe vs. NY'er Phantoms
Feb. 3WALTER Tigers vs. Paderborn Baskets
Feb. 3Artland Dragons vs. sellbytel Baskets
Feb. 3Giessen46ers vs. EnBW L'burg
Feb. 4Frankfurt vs. EWE Baskets
Feb. 4Eisbären B'haven vs. Bamberg
Feb. 4Giants L'kusen vs. Bonn
Feb. 4TBB Trier vs. Köln
Feb. 4ALBA BERLIN vs. ratiopharm Ulm


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1EnBW Ludwigsburg1815315261363
2ALBA BERLIN1714313721228
3RheinEnergie Köln1713412571193
4Eisbären Bremerhaven1711613421147
5Telekom Baskets Bonn1711612681219
6Artland Dragons1811713821381
7Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS1810812971326
8ratiopharm Ulm189914621461
9EWE Baskets Oldenburg189913641300
10Paderborn Baskets1881013231298
11TBB Trier1881013201353
12Brose Baskets1376943906
13Bayer Giants Leverkusen1771013491355
14New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig1771012761343
15WALTER TIGERS Tübingen1771012451285
16sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg1731411761366
17Giessen46ers1831511881353
18BG Karlsruhe1721511641377

Sunday, January 21, 2007
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