Ulm edges past Prometey in the final seconds, 105-106

ratiopharm Ulm has improved its record in the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup to 3-3 after beating Prometey Slobozhanske 105-106 at Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Wednesday evening. This defeat means that Prometey now finds itself 3-3.

Regular Season

Round 6 of 18

game ratiopharm Ulm vs Prometey Slobozhanske

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Yago Dos Santos had a very impressive night for Ulm, finishing with a 26-point, 10-assist double-double. Curiously, the final assist Dos Santos provided was for a game-winning reverse layup by Karim Jallow, who had 24 points on a perfect night from the floor, going 7-for-7 from two-point range and 2-for-2 from three. Nicolas Bretzel was also very important in the win, scoring 17 points. For Prometey, Gian Clavell left it all out on the floor, ending with a game-high 34 points, but ultimately his team came up just short. DJ Stephens, Issuf Sanon and Caleb Agada also finished with a double-digit number of points, having scored 18, 17 and 16 points, respectively.

Bretzel got Ulm off to a strong start during the game at Zalgirio Arena, scoring nine of his team's first 12 points in the first quarter. Prometey, playing in its second temporary home of the season, began to fight back through the likes of Agada, Stephens and Dustin Hogue, but Ulm ended the first 10 minutes five points ahead, 22-27. In the second quarter, Ulm managed to keep Prometey at arm's length, with the playmaking of Juan Nunez and Dos Santos starting to have a major impact on proceedings. The visitors were able to open up a lead as big as 12 before ending the second quarter up 10, 43-53. At halftime, Ulm had Dos Santos, Bretzel and Jallow all sitting on 10 points each. Little changed for Prometey after the break, and it even found itself down 18 points, 64-82, after Dos Santos drained his fourth three-pointer of the quarter. Going into the final quarter of play, Prometey was trailing by 15, 71-86, and it appeared as though Ulm was going to coast to a road win. Yet, Clavell and Sanon made sure that the visitors did not have it that easy, with these two stepping up during a 12-0 Prometey run to make it 83-86 with 6:30 minutes left in the quarter. From there, it became a back-and-forth affair which saw Clavell and Stephens take center stage. Ulm had largely lost the rhythm it had in the previous three quarters, but it kept finding ways of putting points of the board. Then, in the final 30 seconds, Clavell drained a three-pointer before later seeing a floater drop to make it a 105-104 game with 9.3 seconds to go. After being 18 points down, it appeared as though Prometey was going to come away with a big win in Kaunas. Yet, Dos Santos drove to the rim and dished the ball off to Jallow, whose reverse layup put Ulm up for good, 105-106, with 1.9 left on the clock. Sanon attempted a half-court heave, but it was off target, much to the delight of everyone on the Ulm bench.