A rare victory in the German championship was won by the “SkyLiners” team from Frankfurt (3/8) with two Lithuanians.
Only in the home of the outsiders of the league 101:83 (25:25, 17:17, 29:23, 30:18) beat newcomers Rostock Seawolves (6/6).
He put on a commanding performance Laurynas Beliauskas, after scoring 26 points (4/6 doubles, 4/7 triples, 6/6 free throws) in 33 minutes, he had 11 rebounds and one steal, 4 assists, 4 fouls and collected 37 utility points.
For the Lithuanian it was the most effective and efficient match of the season.
Einar Tubutis was not registered for the match.
23 points were added to the win by Joshua Obiesie (5 rebounds, 5 rebounds, 4/7 three-pointers), 20 – Lukas Wank (7 rebounds, 4/5 three-pointers), 16 – Marcus Lewis, 11 – JJFrazier ( 1/6 3 points).
The Frankfurt club, which used a rotation of just seven players, shot three-pointers with an accuracy of up to 50% (15/30) and thus made up for the lost battle for balls (36:41).
Tyler Nelson (3/9 three-pointers), 17 – Selom Mawugbe (8 rebounds, 7/8 two-pointers), 15 – Derrick Alston (6 rebounds, 4 rebounds, 1/8 three-pointers), 11 – Nijal Pearson (6 rebounds).
With this win, “SkyLiners” overtook the clubs sharing 14th place, the Rostock team moved into ninth place.