Baskets Oldenburg still winless in the Champions League
The basketball team EWE Baskets Oldenburg has also lost its third game in the Champions League. The Bundesliga club lost 83:88 (41:47) at Belgian club BC Ostende on Wednesday and is bottom of Group E without a win. Only the team finishing top of the table advances directly to the second group stage. The second and third-placed teams still have to contest a qualifying round.
The Baskets, who were still without Geno Crandall, who signed on Monday, dominated the first quarter at will. The team of Spanish head coach Pedro Calles was clearly ahead by 24:11. As strong as the Baskets were at the start, they were just as weak afterwards. After trailing 17:36 in the second period, the club from Lower Saxony trailed by six points at the break. Oldenburg did not get back into the game after that either and once again disappointed in the Champions League. The Baskets' most successful scorer was DeWayne Russell with 21 points.
Despite their struggles in the Champions League, the EWE Baskets Oldenburg showed promising signs in the opening quarter against BC Ostende. However, their Champions League campaign continues to elude them, as they failed to clinch a win in the Champions League Champions League's Champions League, with Oldenburg still competing in Group E.
Source: www.dpa.com
