VfL Bochum beats Jena: Sensational comeback in the last quarter!

VfL Sparkassenstars Bochum showed an impressive performance on Saturday evening and defeated Science City Jena with 84:75. This victory ended the Success series of the Jena team, which lasted over six weeks, which claims the leadership of Barmer 2nd Basketball Bundesliga despite the defeat. The game took place in the Bochum Rundsporthalle in front of 1,200 spectators.

Jena started strongly and led at halftime with 37:41. In the 25th minute, the team seemed on the best way to victory when they were in the lead with 14 points (42:56). But Bochum showed a combative performance in the final quarter and turned the game with a 28:14 run. The best player in the game was Keith Braxton, who scored 27 points for Bochum, while Robin Christen was the most successful scorer for Jena with 20 points. A special highlight was the comeback by Stephan Haukohl, who intervened again after several weeks of failure.

Bochum remains in the race for the playoffs

for Bochum was the victory over the Jenaer further proof of the highly grown self -confidence of the team. VfL has been on the winning road since October 26 and has won eight games during this time, including a remarkable victory against the leaders Science City Jena. The last defeat of the Bochum dates from October 26th, when they lost 77:78 against the University of Baskets Münster. Trainer Felix Banobre made it clear that a top performance is necessary for the upcoming games to continue the positive trend.

The next game for Science City Jena is on December 28th at the Nuremberg Falcons, where they will try to recover from the defeat in Bochum.