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TAYLORHOOPS.COM ULM UPDATE ratiopharm Ulm Runs to Record Win in Kronberg After a hard loss in Chemnitz, a big win is just what the Doctor ordered. ratiopharm Ulm romped over MTV Kronberg 115-59 Saturday night in 2.Bundesliga South basketball action, an effort that resulted in team records for most points scored and largest victory margin. The win improved Ulm to 4-0 in 2.Bundesliga South play and helped them to recapture first place in the standings based on point differential. The evening began interestingly --- dressed as a Doctor, Ulm head coach Mike Taylor made a house call and addressed his teams illness offering a simple prescription while telling a story of 1980-81 LA Lakers chemistry issues. No matter the talent level, a team must be together and cliques or groups prevent potential. Entertained, ratiopharm Ulm players received the pregame and looked to respond on the floor. Ulm opened the game with a different backcourt in the starting lineup --- Christian Grosse played the point and Kenny Price at the two. Grosse had earned the starting nod with energy and intensity while Price replaced and injured Peter Heizer who slightly pulled a calf muscle earlier in the week. Heizer could have played, but the team medical staff felt it would be better for him to rest. Erege, Arinze and Shtein rounded out the starting five. The team started slow as Kenny Price made two soft plays in transition. After 2 minutes of action, with the score 4-4, Ulm called for time to set things straight. The team responded. Pressing and trapping with intensity all over the floor, Ulm defense created turnovers, shortened the shot clock and disrupted the MTV Kronberg rhythm. Before anyone could blink, Ulm jumped all over Kronberg 17-8. Kenny Price caught fire from the perimeter and Maksym Shtein pounded the offensive boards for baskets inside. Ulm's transition game opened up easy baskets for everyone. Emeka Erege streaked down the floor while Niki Arinze hit his flowing fadeaway. The scoreboard went to 24-13. Then the dam burst. Ulm finished the first quarter with a commanding 12-3 run behind hot perimeter shooting. Kenny Price capped the quarter with a three from the corner before puncuating Ulm's play with a buzzer beating three on Ulm's last second fullcourt play off a Kronberg free throw. Big Mike Niebling caught a pass from Antoine Sinclair and the 7 foot center pivoted to find a wide open Price on the right wing. In an instant, Kenny caught it and shot it.....good!
Kenny Price buried 5 threes on his way to a game high 26 Energy surged from the Ulm bench. The team was on fire. Subbing in, bench players made immediate impact. Antoine Sinclair went to work scoring a fast four points in tem seconds. After tracking down a loose ball rebound off a missed free throw, Sinclair finished strong along the left baseline off the glass. He then stole a cross court pass in Ulm's press, dribbled up to the foul line, missed an open 12 foot shot but quickly tipped in his own miss over two helpless Kronberg defenders. Like lightning Ulm's defense took over. Up 43-21 after one minute in the second quarter, Kenny Price was the catalyst in a 7-0 run hitting his third three of the half pushing Ulm to 50-21. Offense from their defense continued and Mike T's men took a 64-27 lead into the halftime lockerroom.
Antoine Sinclair finishes strong over 2 Kronberg defenders as Niki Arinze prepares to rebound. After much talk of maintaining intensity for 40 minutes and playing with a lead, ratiopharm Ulm players were focused for the second half. Kronberg did not quit. Starting quarter three, Kronberg hit open jump shots and handled pressure better. Ulm held their cushion for five minutes as the score moved to 75-36. Suddenly, Ulm forced consecutive turnovers and grabbed defensive rebounds. The running game ignited. A 14-5 run exploded. Up 89-41 after three, ratiopharm Ulm players found their rhythm. Michael Bree drilled two three point shots and delivered excellent post feed passes to big men. Maksym Shtein sprinted the floor for easy scores. Passes zipped across the floor with brilliant Ulm ball movement. By the time Emeka Erege secretly snuck along the baseline for a wideopen end of break layup, Ulm eclipsed the 100 point barrier with 5 minutes remaining: 101-48.
Christian Grosse goes baseline to make a play
Big Mike Niebling finishes his strong drop step inside The blowout continued as Ulm refused to let up off the accelerator. The team was focused on regaining first place in the standings --- entering the game, Nurnberg held first place by point differential. Trailing by 10 total points, Ulm's magic number was 11. Defending and attacking, Ulm players displayed fire and togetherness evident after several highlight plays. Christian Grosse sank a three down the stretch, Florian Mobius drilled his patented corner J and Big Mike Niebling beat the shot clock buzzer with a big drop step hook off glass inside. But nothing brought Ulm players off the bench celebrating more than a thunder dunk from the Danish big man --- Big Mike took a pass in the paint and hammered home a right hand power dunk that had Ulm players springing to their feet, smiling, slapping five and waving towels on the bench. At the final buzzer Ulm's record setting 60 point win erased the bad taste from Wednesday nights Cup loss in Chemnitz and helped the team regain first place in 2.Bundesliga South standings.
Emeka Erege and Maksym Shtein battle for a rebound as Grosse and Arinze look on. Taylorhoops.com Player of the Game Kenny Price was outstanding on the evening scoring a team high 26 points on 10-13 shooting including 5 for 7 from three. He also added 4 rebounds and 3 assists to the win. Niki Arinze was again sharp scoring 21 points with 7 boards while Maksym Shtein played his best basketball of the season finishing with a double double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. Emeka Erege added 15 points and 6 boards while Antoine Sinclair also played well with 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals in 16 minutes of action. Michael Niebling and Christian Grosse chipped in 9 points with Big Mike adding 6 boards to the team. Ulm shot 65% from the floor including 50% (10-20) from three. They outrebounded Kronberg 48-27 and held Kronberg to 32% shooting. Kronberg also had a poor 5 assist to 25 turnover ratio against the ratiopharm Ulm press. Ulm returns to action next Saturday when they host Bayern Munich in Sportszentrum Kuhberg for a 7pm tip. Follow all the fastbreaking ratiopharm Ulm basketball action all season long on Taylorhoops.com! GO ULM! MIKE T
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