ratiopharm Ulm bounced back from its last overtime defeat at home and pulled out a hard-fought win at Tofas Spor Salonu on Wednesday evening. The visitors built a 16-point margin in the third quarter but saw Bursaspor rally back to tie it at 83-83 entering the last minute. Key free throws by Yago Dos Santos and Thomas Klepeisz ended up securing the win for Ulm, which improved to 2-2.
Ulm survives thriller in Bursa, 86-90



Dos Santos led the way for the visiting team with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Klepeisz followed with 15 points and 6 assists and Sagaba Konate and Devin Robinson contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively. Onuralp Bitim paced the home team with 19 points and 6 assists, David Dudzuinski chipped in 16 points, Zach Auguste neared a double-double with 15 points and 9 boards, and Derek Needham added 12 points for Bursa, which dropped to 2-2.
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Shooting 3-of-4 from three, Ulm managed to earn a quick 7-13 lead after 5 minutes. But long-range accuracy was not the only tool the visitors used, as Konate, Karim Jallow and Robinson showed up inside to extend Ulm’s advantage to 13-23. The hosts found Auguste and Yigitcan Saybir to reduce the gap to 17-23 at the end of the first quarter and completed the rally when Bitim got red hot and drilled 3 three-pointers in a row to put Bursaspor on top, 35-34, midway through the second quarter. Ulm stayed calm and used contributions from bench players like Maximilian Langenfeld and Nicolas Bretzel to recover and earn a 41-48 edge at halftime.
The guests improved their defensive performance after the break, allowing just one field goal in the next 6 minutes, to amass a 45-61 advantage. Clemmons took over with a three-point play and a free throw that turned the lights on for Bursa. Bitim followed him to help the hosts to a 14-4 run that closed the third quarter with everything still undecided, 59-65. The temperature got even hotter when Dudzinski made it 63-67 soon after, but triples by Klepeisz and Langenfeld restored a double-digit margin to Ulm, 68-78, with 5 minutes remaining. Needham came to the rescue with back-to-back triples and later drew an unsportsmanlike foul that made it a one-possession game, 79-81, entering crunch time. Another bomb from Needham tied it up, 83-83, but Dos Santos was cold as ice to provide key free throws and a steal that made it 85-88 with 5 seconds remaining. Bitim had the chance to force overtime from the line, but he missed and allowed Ulm to celebrate a valuable road win.







































































































