Niners Chemnitz extends lead in table with win against Heidelberg

The Niners Chemnitz basketball team has strengthened its lead in the German Basketball League. The team of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore won 93:69 (53:34) against bottom-placed MLP Academics Heidelberg on Saturday. It was Chemnitz's tenth win in its eleventh game. Defending champions ratiopharm Ulm, who have won eight in ten games so far, face cup winners Bayern Munich in second place in the table this Sunday.

Kevin Yebo, Wesley van Beck (17 each), DeAndre Lansdowne (15), Jeffery Garrett, Kaza Kajami-Keane (14 each) and Aher Uguak (10) played the biggest part in the Niners' success against Heidelberg. Only Vincent Kesteloot (15), Jeffery Carroll (13), Elias Lasisi (11) and Isaiah Whaley (10) scored in double figures for Heidelberg.

The club from Chemnitz had slight teething troubles. The home side trailed 7:12 after four minutes. The club from Saxony turned the game around in the first quarter, went 25:20 in front and stretched its lead to 34:20 (12') with a 9:0 run. After this spurt, the home side was no longer in trouble.