Can the BG Hessing Leitershofen/Stadtbergen trip up the sovereign league leaders Rhöndorf Dragons? While playmaker Westermeir is probably still out, a mascot is celebrating its premiere.
A real highlight awaits BG Hessing Leitershofen/Stadtbergen in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga on Saturday evening. The undisputed league leaders Dragons Rhöndorf will be in Stadtbergen for the last home game of the 2023 calendar year. The team from Bad Honnef, just outside Bonn, leads the league unchallenged with 20:2 points and has only suffered one defeat of the season in Ludwigsburg. Most recently, they literally outclassed the competition with four three-digit wins in a row. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Stadtbergen sports hall, doors open at 6:15 p.m.
It is well known that the league has farm teams or traditional basketball locations or teams that are associated with basketball boarding schools. All three attributes apply to the Dragons: As a cooperation partner of Telekom Baskets Bonn, you can rely on dual license players like Tyreese Blunt (21/192) or Leon Bulic (22/211). The location itself has a great basketball tradition and even played in the first Bundesliga and the Schloss Hagerhof boarding school is recognized by the DBB as a federal base.
The best conditions and therefore coach Stephan Dohrn can field a team that is as prominent as it is balanced. This includes players like Kelvin Omojola (26/183), Badu Buck (24/195), Avery Sullivan (24/203), Matej Silic (20/188), Antonio Pilipovic (26/200) and junior national player Janne Müller (17 /188), but also ex-Ulm player Marko Rosic or 2.06 meter man Jekabs Beck. The first eight players mentioned have all scored in double figures so far this season.
BG head coach Emanuel Richter has correspondingly great respect for the Rhinelanders: “The league’s top favorite will arrive in Stadtbergen on Saturday. The league does not offer a stronger opponent than the Dragons, neither in the north nor in the south group. The team is set to win the championship. Stephan Dohrn is a top coach and then they have ten or eleven absolute top players in their team, almost all with BBL or Pro-A experience. The opponent is a spectacle for our fans. Of course we also want to do our part, we will do everything we can,” promises Richter to his own supporters.
At least the BG can go into this game carefree and try to make up for the somewhat bumpy performance in Schwenningen, at least in the second half, with a good performance. The use of development player Jannik Westermeir is still more than questionable. The guard has now started light training again, but it may not make sense to play again until the next game at Bayern Munich. Judge again: “We’ll take another look on Friday evening, but we won’t take any unnecessary risks.”
Otherwise, the Kangaroos would like to say goodbye to their home crowd from an eventful basketball year in 2023 with a good performance and are expecting a well-filled hall once again. Managing Director Andreas Moser: “Advance sales are going very well. The fans seem hot again after many were unable to come against Ehingen due to the chaos in the weather. And we have a special surprise in store, because our new mascot will be used for the first time. Slightly late and still with a temporary jersey. The final jersey is also still stuck in production and will not arrive until Family Day against Ludwigsburg on January 7th,” said Moser.
The first test run will take place at the youth party in Leitershofen on Friday afternoon. Tickets for the game on Saturday are available in the online shop at hessing-kangaroos.de or at the box office.
The U14 of the baramundi basketball academy will play the preliminary game against the Vilsbiburg Baskets (4.30 p.m.). (asan)
2023-12-14 13:54:15
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