The Gisa Lions MBC basketball players lost the last game of the first half of the season against the Hannover Luchsen 67:75. The Halle team put up strong resistance for a long time before collapsing in the final quarter.
Sabrina Haines was the Lions’ top scorer with 17 points.
The away trip for the Gisa Lions MBC basketball players was not successful. At the TK Hannover Luchsen, head coach Timur Topal’s team lost 67:75. It was the sixth defeat of the season for the Halle team, who slipped to seventh place in the table.
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Tight break lead for the Lions
The first quarter belonged to the Halle women, who won the section with 24:23. The guests started the following quarter without concentration, so that the Hanoverians were able to pull ahead with a ten-point run to 33:24. The signal for the Halle team, who responded successfully and went into the break with a narrow lead of 39:38.
Slump in the final quarter
The statistics didn’t look so bad for the Lions, who continued to play on equal terms. In terms of rebounds (30), they were ahead of the Luchsen (25), and the Halle team was also able to record an increase in two-point conversion (65.5 percent) compared to Hannover (57.1). But in the end it wasn’t enough. After a slump in the final period, when the Halle team received eight fouls and failed to score a basket between the 32nd and 38th minutes of the game, they were ultimately left empty-handed.
Sabrina Haines achieved her second double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Taylor Robertson set her personal season best with eleven points. The first game of the second half of the season will be against Göttingen on Friday (7 p.m.) in the SWH.arena.
Topal: “We simply made a few too many mistakes”
After the game, coach Timur Topal knew what the problem was. “Little things made the difference in the final quarter. We simply allowed ourselves a few too many mistakes,” said the Berlin native and continued: “We didn’t play patiently enough and forced the shots too much. The hit rate wasn’t good enough to win the game.”
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2023-12-18 08:47:19
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