MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg picked up an important victory in the fight to stay among the playoffs teams by beating last placed Phoenix Hagen 93-79 in a nail-biter on the road to snap a two-game losing streak. Justin Kier scored 20 points to pace four Ludwigsburg players with at least 16 points as the visitors improved to 5-4 overall and 3-2 on the road. Adam Kunkel led all scorers with 25 points off the bench for Hagen, who remain in last place with a 2-7 record after a third straight loss.
Turning Point: After 15 lead changes and 7 ties, Hagen trailed just 78-77 with 4 minutes left. But the hosts managed just one basket the rest of the way with Ludwigsburg finishing the game on a 15-2 run.
Duel in focus: The big man showdown between Cameron Krutwig and Thomas Rutherford never really materialized. Krutwig was kind of sick as a flu bug is going around the Hagen team. Krutwig could not really score much with just 4 points on 2 of 3 shots, but he grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 5 assists. Rutherford meanwhile picked up two fouls after just 4:18 minutes and did not play again until the third quarter. The Ludwigsburg center could not really get going, finishing with 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in 15 minutes.
Numbers Please: Ludwigsburg converted 60 percent of their two-point attempts while holding Hagen to just 42 percent from the field for the game. Ludwigsburg also turned 14 offensive rebounds into 20 second chance points - nine more points than Hagen produced from the same number of offensive boards.
Player of the Game: Justin Kier came off the Ludwigsburg bench and led the team in scoring with 20 points including 3 three-pointers while grabbing 3 rebounds and dishing out 5 of Ludwigsburg's 11 assists.
The Germans: Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann tallied 2 points and 3 rebounds as he overtook Jonah Radebaugh into 15th place on Ludwigsburg’s all-time scoring list with 754 points. Bjarne Kraushaar was excellent all game for Hagen with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists and just one turnover - albeit a big one as he failed to inbounds the ball after a timeout trailing 85-79 with 1:35 minutes to play. Fabian Bleck collected a season high 8 points to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal and Tim Uhlemann added 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Kunkel breaks curious trend with season high: Adam Kunkel proved to be a scoring force for Hagen as the shooting guard made 8 of 14 shots including 5 of 8 three-pointers for 25 points. That set a new season high for the American, who had scored 18 points in Round 1 . Curiously enough, the 26-year-old's scoring total dropped in every Bundesliga game since the regular season opener, down to 5 points last week against ALBA BERLIN.
Leggett gets the best of Gibson: The game was a matchup of two of the top 10 scorers in the league - Hagen's Trenton Gibson, who came into the contest ranked fifth with 18.0 points per game; and Ish Leggett, the Ludwigsburg shooting guard ranked eighth in scoring with 17.0 points a contest. Leggett got the best of Gibson as he poured in 19 points with 5 rebounds and 3 steals in getting the win, while Gibson had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals in the loss.
In street clothes: Hagen were missing two major players for the game. Marcus Graves last played on October 10 while Anthony Polite was receiving a planned break after recovering from a long-term injury.
What's Up Next: Hagen’s next game will be facing Veolia Towers Hamburg on the road on Sunday November 22. Ludwigsburg’s next game in the Bundesliga will be at home against SYNTAINICS MBC on Sunday November 22.
Video: Highlights of this game will be available soon on Dyn's website or on the YouTube channels of Dyn and the easyCredit BBL.
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