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SCHWABISCHE DERBY !!
ULM TAKES ON RIVAL LUDWIGSBURG AT KUHBERG SATURDAY!
ratiopharm Ulm vs EnBW Ludwigsburg
Saturday March 13th, 2010 7pm
Sportszentrum Kuhberg Ulm, Germany
ratiopharm Ulm hosts rival EnBW Ludwigsburg Saturday night at Sportszentrum Kuhberg in Ulm for the next Schwabische Derby between the two teams. With Ludwigsburg looking for a playoff spot, ratiopharm Ulm is focused for revenge from their hardfought road loss at Ludwigsburg Arena earlier this season. Sportszentrum Kuhberg will be sold-out and filled with energy as sponsor SWU takes center stage for the exciting Schwabische Derby between rivals ratiopharm Ulm and EnBW Ludwigsburg.
ratiopharm Ulm guard Rocky Trice against Ludwigsburg's Richard Chaney!
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For ratiopharm Ulm, traditional rivalries exist with Walter Tigers Tubingen and EnBW Ludwigsburg. All based in the German State of Baden Wurtemburg, Ulm-Tubingen and Ludwigsburg are those intense, emotional games that bring out the best in each other. Saturday's Schwabische Derby between Ulm and Ludwigsburg is the next chapter in the exciting history between the two teams. Records can be thrown out the windown when rivals meet and the Schwabische Derby between Ulm and Ludwigsburg offers much to be excited about on the floor.
ratiopharm Ulm's Christian Burns
Always a special game when two rivals meet for a Derby, ratiopharm Ulm and EnBW Ludwigsburg Hosting a 'Derby game' for the first time of the season, Saturday night will be the next sell-out crowd at Sportszentrum Kuhberg in Ulm. Part of the enthusiastic and supportive Ulm crowd will be Oberburgermeister Ivo Gonner along with other prominant Ulm politicians. The visit from Ulm's Oberburgermeister Gonner marks the second visit for an Ulm basketball game and first since the team moved back into the Bundesliga four seasons ago. Gonner and the Politicians were very influential in the vote for Ulm's new Arena which passed the vote earlier in the season. With the tremendous fan support and home court advantage of Sportszentrum Kuhberg, ratiopharm Ulm is focused for their first Derby win of the 2009-2010 Beko Bundesliga season.
ratiopharm Ulm post man John Bryant
Ludwigsburg's 2009-2010 team features tremendous talent, athleticism, depth and experience. Led by Bundesliga All Star Mike King, a skilled scoring guard who has a complete offensive game, Ludwigsburg's offensive attack boasts a plethora of weapons. This season, King has produced 11.2ppg 2.5reb and hit 38% from three as a primary scorer for Tolga Ongoran's attack. In the post, skilled center Kyle Visser has been strong for Ludwigsburg scoring 11ppg while grabbing 5.4reb and veteran power forward Quadre Lollis has contributed 8.3ppg 5reb. Post man Rashaun Freeman has returned from injury adding athleticism along with 4.1ppg 2.5reb as a role player in the frontcourt. As a skilled 4 man, Michael Haynes is another scorer for Ludwigsburg producing 11.4ppg 3.2reb 38% from three. Haynes gave Ulm 32 points in Sportszentrum Kuhberg last season while playing with Tubingen and has led the Ludwigsburg team in scoring the last two games. Athletic wing Richard Chaney is an underrated player and an active cutter that has given his team 7.1ppg 4.9reb and 33% from three. Experienced combo guard Domonic Jones has also been a terrific player for Ludwigsburg on both ends of the floor producing 9.1ppg 2reb and 36% from three. Young point guard David McCray is enjoying his best season in the Bundesliga and has stepped into a nice role within the Ludwigsburg team. While Ludwigsburg recently released former Ulm guard Kyle Bailey, the team added skilled scoring guard TJ Thompson who has established himself well in his first four games. A former teammate with Mike King at George Washington University in Washington DC, Thompson has scored 13ppg with 3.8ast and 37% from three. Rounding out the Ludwigsburg roster is physical and athletic forward Marco Sanders and talented young big man Philipp Heyden.
This season Ludwigsburg has shown talent and potential to be among the top teams in the Bundesliga. After a slow 1-3 start, Ludwigsburg ran off six straight wins as they were the hottest team in the league throughout much of the early season. But a stretch where the team lost 7 of 8 games followed and Ludwigsburg locked into a fight for playoff position. Recently, the team has picked up their play winning four of their last five games including a home Derby win over rival Walter Tigers Tubingen 82-70 last Sunday at Ludwigsburg Arena.
Over the last few seasons, ratiopharm Ulm and EnBW Ludwigsburg have locked up for some great games. The two teams have split six regular season games over the last three seasons with home-teams winning every time.
ratiopharm Ulm point guard Per Gunther gets into the lane at Ludwigsburg Arena.
Earlier this season, ratiopharm Ulm controlled Saturday nights Schwabische Derby against EnBW Ludwigsburg for 37 minutes, but a late Ludwigsburg run helped the hosts take an 80-71 home win live on DSF TV. Ulm's strong effort was led by Lee Humphrey's 15 points on 5 for 7 three point shooting and Robin Benzing's 14 points off the bench. Rocky Trice and Coleman Collins added 13 points apiece for Ulm in the hardfought loss.
click for 11-14-09 Ulm @ Ludwigsburg Schwabische Derby Game Summary!
click here for DSF TV Highlights
ratiopharm Ulm's Lee Humphrey continued his hot shooting hitting 5 of 7 threes to topscore with 15 points in the Schwabische Derby Saturday night November 14, 2009 at Ludwigsburg Arena.
In their matchup late last season, ratiopharm Ulm punched their first Bundesliga Playoff ticket with a fantastic 103-66 home win over EnBW Ludwigsburg Friday night April 17, 2009 at Sportszentrum Kuhberg in Ulm! Catching fire from the perimeter, ratiopharm Ulm sank a sizzling 17 of 33 three pointers (52%) as every Ulm player scored in the offensive fireworks. Sebastian Betz continued his excellent play with 17 points burying 3 of 6 threes.
Click for April 17, 2009 Ulm v Ludwigsburg Game Summary!
Up three points shooting two foul shots to ice the game 36 seconds to play, ratiopharm Ulm put themselves in position to win December 14th, 2008's Baden Wurtemburg Derby against EnBW Ludwigsburg in the rivalries last regular season game at Rundesporthalle. But two missed free throws, another big shot from Brian Jones and a defensive stand gave Ludwigsburg new life forcing a thrilling overtime that added to the fantastic history between the two teams. Brandon Woudstra starred in overtime leading Ludwigsburg to the intense 97-91 win. After an excellent effort and positioning themselves for a win, ratiopharm Ulm did everything but finish the game. And in classic rivalry way, Ludwigsburg made Ulm pay in overtime for leaving the game unfinished.
Click for complete 12-14-08 Ulm @ Ludwigsburg Game Summary!
In 2007-2008, Ulm and Ludwigsburg split two intense games as each team protected their home court with wins. Early in the season, ratiopharm Ulm upset EnBW Ludwigsburg 89-88 in overtime at Sportszentrum Kuhberg. Later last year, Ulm and Ludwigsburg met at beautiful Porsche Arena in Stuttgart where Ludwigsburg beat Ulm 95-84. Both games added to the terrific tradition of great games between the two teams.
In an instant classic game that scripted the next chapter of the traditional regional rivalry with an exclamaition point, ratiopharm Ulm upset Baden Wurttenburg neighbor EnBW Ludwigsburg 89-88 in an exciting back and forth overtime game that was up in the air until the final buzzer Friday October 12th, 2007. Trailing by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, Ulm stormed back before Kyle Bailey's clutch shot with 4.5 seconds left tied the game at 79 sending action to overtime. In the extra session, Bryan Lucas started scoring with a money three pointer before finishing the game with a wheeling left hand post move in the paint with less than ten seconds to play.
Click here for Ulm v Ludwigsburg October 12th, 2007 Game Summary
Later in the season, Sunday Febuary 10th, 2008 ratiopharm Ulm's cruise-control first quarter proved to be the difference in Sunday's race, the Baden-Wurtemberg Derby against rival EnBW Ludwigsburg. Jeff Gibbs' relentless 20 point 16 rebound effort and 19 points from Konrad Wysocki powered the Ulm attack, but racing from behind, Ulm's efforts ran out of gas. Overcoming the deficit to battle back into the game, Ulm shifted gears to trim an 18 point second half deficit to 7 in the mid-fourth quarter, but Brandon Woudstra's back to back clutch threes sealed the hardfought 95-84 win for Ludwigsburg helping them take the checkered flag. Sunday, it was a speedy victory for Ludwigsburg at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.
Click for Ulm @ Ludwigsburg Feb 10, 2008 Game Summary!
In 2006-2007, Ludwigsburg topped Ulm early in the year at Rundsporthalle in Ludwigsburg. Later in the year, Ulm and Ludwigsburg split a pair of games with Ulm winning at home (Click here for Game Summary) before Ludwigsburg took revenge knocking Ulm out of the Cup in a German Cup semi-final game at Rundsporthalle in Ludwigsburg. A competitive respect is held between the two teams and last seasons rivalry games provided basketball fans with tremendous highlights from the 2006-2007 year. Sunday's meeting at Porsche Arena holds the potential to be the next exciting action.
Wednesday March 21st, 2007 ratiopharm Ulm saw their dreams of a trip to Hamburg's Colorline Arena and a German Cup Top Four appearance end with a 101-75 loss in Ludwigsburg at Rundesporthalle.
click for March 21, 2007 Ulm @ Ludwigsburg German Cup Game Summary!
March 17th, 2007 ratiopharm Ulm upset regional rival EnBW Ludwigsburg 92-81 in the "Baden-Wurrtemburg Derby" Saturday night before a standing room only sellout crowd at Sportszentrum Kuhberg in Ulm. Jeff Gibbs was outstanding with a 22 point 13 rebound double double in the win.
click for Ulm v Ludwigsburg March 17, 2007 Game Summary!
Saturday night November 4th 2006, ratiopharm Ulm and EnBW Ludwigsburg rekindled their traditional regional rivalry with pride and passion at Rundsporthalle in an exciting game that saw big shots from veteran guards Jerry Green and Gordon Scott boost Ludwigsburg to a hardfought 85-78 win. ratiopharm Ulm's Jeff Gibbs starred with a tremendous 18 point 16 rebound performance!
Click for Ulm @ Ludwigsburg November 4, 2006 Game Summary!
ratiopharm Ulm post player Coleman Collins takes aim on his former team EnBW Ludwigsburg this weekend!
ratiopharm Ulm post man Coleman Collins will be especially ready for Saturday's game against EnBW Ludwigsburg. The former Virginia Tech Hokie big man played for Ludwigsburg in 2007-2008 before spending last season with the Fort Wayne NBDL team. Although a roster turnover has taken place in Ludwigsburg, Coleman will be focused for his first regular season matchup against his former team.
ratiopharm Ulm rookie forward Robin Benzing remains a game-time decision as he comes back from an ankle injury suffered against Bremerhaven two weeks ago.
Unfortunately for ratiopharm Ulm, injuries remain an issue as talented rookie forward Robin Benzing and hardworking wing Sebastian Betz remain 'game-time' decisions as both work their way back from physical ailments. Meanwhile, Christian Grosse remains out after receiving three stitches in his left eye last week. Finally, after last weekends ending at Lokhalle in Gottingen, the Bundesliga ruled no suspension and no fine for ratiopharm Ulm head coach Mike Taylor after he was ejected from the game for two technicals with 2.4 seconds to go.
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Saturday night is SWU night at Sportszentrum Kuhberg when ratiopharm Ulm hosts EnBW Ludwigsburg in the Schwabische Derby.
Saturday night is SWU night as the southern German energy company and ratiopharm Ulm sponsor takes center stage. With ratiopharm Ulm point guard Per Gunther as posterboy wearing 'green shoes', SWU has enjoyed a successful campaign with their environmentally friendly energy. Saturday night, many Ulm staff members will wear green shoes in support of SWU.
ratiopharm Ulm is focused for the next edition of their Schwabische Derby against a strong EnBW Ludwigsburg team. Follow all the fast breaking ratiopharm Ulm Bundesliga Basketball action all season long on Taylorhoops.com!
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TAYLORHOOPS.COM GAME NOTES
Ulm Roster
Lee Humphrey: buried 5 of 7 threes in last weekends game
Rocky Trice: impact player for Ulm
Coleman Collins: focused for matchup v former team
Christian Burns: leads Ulm in scoring and rebounding
Robin Benzing: talented rookie F a game time decision
Per Gunther: young pg directing Ulm attack like a veteran
Austen Rowland: pg focused for matchup v Ludwigsburg playmakers
Kevin Martin: physical inside player ready for Ludwigsburg front line
Sebastian Betz: hardworking wing also a game time decision
John Bryant: playing role well for Ulm team
Christian Grosse: remains out with 3 stitches in his eye
Head Coach: Mike Taylor
Asst Coach : Rainer Bauer, Tunde Adekola
Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Main Sponsor: EnBW
Home Court: Rundsporthalle
website: www.enbw-ludwigsburg.de
2007-2008: 15-19 12th place
2008-2009: 16-18 11th place
Playoffs: none
Offense: A terrific roster loaded with talent, Ludwigsburg has assembled a quality and skilled roster that features scoring weapons at all positions. Good one on one scorers, excellent in transition and experienced in the Bundesliga, Ludwigsburg features scoring strength from the wing with Mike King, Domonic Jones and Richard Chaney. In the post, go-to scorer Kyle Visser and Quadre Lollis provide excellent options.
Defense: Ludwigsburg plays an aggressive, athletic man to man defense while mixing in changing defenses including 2-3 and 1-3-1 zones.
Head Coach: Tolga Ongoran
Players:
Domonic Jones athletic veteran G/former All Star/ excellent wing
Kyle Visser: former Braunschweig big man/go-to scorer in post
Mike King: talented scoring wing a key for Ludwigsburg team
TJ Thompson: skilled scoring pg/college teammate w Mike King at GW
Michael Haynes: excellent scoring 4man/32pt in Kuhberg last season
Richard Chaney: versatile and talented playing well on wing
Quadre Lollis: experienced, talented and hardworking 4man
Marco Sanders: athletic and versatile forward/
David McCray: talented young PG/
Philipp Heyden: talented young forward
Ziyed Chennoufi: talented young player |
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