Weißenfels (dpa/mv) – After the clear Bundesliga defeat at the Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club, the disappointment of the Rostock Seawolves was deep. “We never managed to match MBC’s intensity, physique and energy today,” said head coach Christian Held on Saturday evening after the newly promoted team’s 78:102 (39:52).
The difference between the two teams was apparent from the first minute. The hosts dominated the action under both baskets, Rostock was in the meantime even 8:20 behind in the first quarter. Accordingly, Held praised the hosts: “They did it cleverly at the beginning, found their way into the game and put us under extreme pressure.” His team, on the other hand, never managed to find their way into their own game. “Neither defensively nor offensively,” emphasized the 34-year-old.
In the second half there was nothing to be seen of the comeback qualities of the Mecklenburgers, which have already been shown many times this season. Rather, the MBC set the course with a 7-0 run after the break. As the game progressed, the Seawolves’ deficit grew to 30 points. Most notably, JeQuan Lewis, who scored 22 points, prevented a debacle in the final minutes. His otherwise so accurate teammate Derrick Alston, on the other hand, only scored two points.
“We have to learn from the game,” said Held after the twelfth defeat in the 22nd game of the season, and admitted: “It was the first game in which something like this happened to us – it has to be the only one.”
