Dramatic defeat: Dragons Rhöndorf slips to 9th place!

Dramatic defeat: Dragons Rhöndorf slips to 9th place!

On January 26, 2025, the Dragons Rhöndorf had to accept a bitter defeat against the Orange Academy Ulm. With a final score of 73:89 (37:47), the dragons slipped to 9th place on the PROG table and are therefore in a serious risk of missing the qualification for the playoffs. In the current season of the Barmer 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Pro B, which started on September 30, 2023, the Rhöndorfer fight for one of the coveted eight places in the championship round, but the last games are anything but promising.

In front of 575 spectators in the Dragondomen, Rhöndorf initially started strongly and was able to achieve a 10:10 up to the fifth minute. But then a 10-0 run from Ulm followed, the first quarter ended with a gap of 13:24 for the dragons. Despite a solid defensive, Rhöndorf had to fight hard, while Ulm performed more creatively on the offensive and punished the mistakes of the Rhöndorfer ice cold.

game course and decisive errors

Ulm was already at the front with 45:37. In the second half, the dragons shortened the gap to 54:50 before Kelvin Omojola, the best scorer of the game with 15 points, had to go to the bench because of four fouls. In the 39th minute, Marko Rosic managed to reduce the gap to 60:59 through a three -point throw. But in the last quarter the team collapsed when Omojola collected his fifth foul and the Ulm took a 13-0 run, which led to a comfortable 78: 61 lead in the 35th minute.

In the end, the dragons were still limited, but the 73: 89 defeat leaves traces. The head coach Stephan Dohrn team urgently has to find the swing to qualify for the playoffs in the remaining games of the regular season, which ends on April 6, 2024.

performance of the team and other challenges

Coach Dohrn agreed to the overall performance of the team, while Thomas Adelt, head coach of the dragons, criticized the decisive mistakes that were brutally punished. In their next challenge, the dragons compete against the Fellbach Flashers and are challenged to pull the helm around. The table of Cologne, Ulm II and Schwelm is currently being cited, and the competition is harder from game to game.

The statistics also speak volumes: Ulm won 46 rebounds, while Rhöndorf only managed 35. In addition, the Ulm team effectively took advantage of second throwing chances. Further attention should be paid to individual services; In addition to Omojola, Rosic 13 and Rahn scored 11 points and 8 rebounds. But also the ball losses that the Rhöndorfer had to cross in this game also prevented a turn in the game.

With the decisive games in the ProB, it should be noted that the Dragons Rhöndorf urgently need to go back to the road to success in order not to lose sight of the goal of playoff qualification. The coming weeks will be decisive for the future of the team.

summarized there is a lot to do for the dragons to avoid the impending descent from the playoff places. The game against the Fellbach Flasher will be the first step in this direction.

The details about the league and the mode are well described in the prob. The master receives the right to participate in the ProA, while the two most worst -placed teams have to relegate to the regional leader of every season. The tension in the Barmer 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Pro B remains high until the end of the season.

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