Niners Chemnitz turn the game around in Rostock

The Niners Chemnitz basketball team remains in the race for a playoff spot in the German league. The team of Head Coach Rodrigo Pastore won 78:73 (33:37) at the Rostock Seawolves and now has 22:24 points after its fourth away win of the season. Corey Davis Jr. was the Niners' best scorer with 23 points in front of 4,313 spectators.

Chemnitz missed the start and initially did not find any means against D'Shawn Schwartz, who had already scored eleven points for Rostock when the score was 16:7 (6th minute). The visitors then improved considerably in defense and produced a 10:2 run at the start of the second quarter to take the lead for the first time (24:22). However, Rostock was back in front at the break.

Decision only in the final period

The visitors constantly chased that deficit, but at least prevented Rostock from opening up a decisive gap with their great commitment in defense.

In the final quarter, the Niners developed far more drive to the basket and took the lead for the first time in the second half (66:65) through Davis Jr. with four minutes remaining. Rostock found an answer once more to make it 70:68, but Chemnitz was far more composed in the final one-and-a-half minutes and produced an 8:0 run to make it 76:70.