BBC Bayreuth ahead of key duel: Can they stop the Gladiators?

BBC Bayreuth ahead of key duel: Can they stop the Gladiators?

On Saturday, January 11, 2025, the BBC Bayreuth will meet the VET-Concept Gladiators Trier in the BARMER 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Pro A at 7:30 p.m. The team from Trier has performed excellently in the last few games and is currently in strong form.

Trier is unbeaten in the last nine games and is in second place in the league with 13 wins from 17 games. Only Science City Jena has a better record with 15 wins in 17 games. In the first leg on December 7th, BBC Bayreuth suffered a defeat against the Gladiators 78:91. In their last games, the Gladiators triumphed over Kirchheim with 93:85 and over VfL SparkassenStars Bochum with an impressive 112:69. Nolan Adekunle was the top scorer in the last game with 22 points.

Strength of the Gladiators

The Gladiators' head coach, Jacques Schneider, places great value on focus and humility within the team. The squad remains constant compared to last season, which has a positive effect. Top performers such as Behnam Yakhchali (13.2 points), Clay Guillozet (13.5 points) and Marcus Graves (10.1 points) round out the team. In addition to his points, Behnam Yakhchali also shows a solid rebounding performance of 4.5 and 3.6 assists per game. Marco Hollersbacher takes on an important role as the best rebounder with 5.5 rebounds per game. In addition, star player Maik Zirbes is appreciated by many fans, scoring an average of 9.7 points and 4 rebounds.

The team has made some changes due to injuries at the start of the season. JJ Mann was out at the start of the season, while Amir Hinton was also unavailable. Jordan Roland was signed as the new combo guard and impressed with an average of 16.5 points in eleven games.

Challenges for the BBC Bayreuth

BBC Bayreuth head coach Florian Wedell expressed mixed feelings after a doubleheader weekend in which the team suffered a win against Koblenz and a loss against Karlsruhe. He particularly highlighted the good performance against Koblenz, while the team had difficulty finding its rhythm against Karlsruhe. Wedell is optimistic for the upcoming game against Trier and emphasizes the need to put the Gladiators under pressure and play aggressively. BBC Bayreuth's goal is clear: fight for victory and use the momentum.

The upcoming encounter promises to be exciting as both Gladiators Trier and BBC Bayreuth will do everything in their power to achieve their goals in the current season.

Further information about the teams and their statistics can be found on the website Wiesentbote and Eurobasket.

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