ratiopharm ulm snapped a four-game home losing skid
Ulm rewards itself with tiebreaker on Chemnitz after strong fourth quarter
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Regular Season
Round 14 of 18
Regular Season
group b
ratiopharm ulmULM
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ratiopharm ulm captured what in essence was a double victory with a strong fourth quarter in beating NINERS Chemnitz to stay alive in the race for the playoffs.
Ulm mounted a 15-4 run in the final frame to secure an 88-76 victory to not only improve to 6-8 but also take the tiebreaker over Chemnitz, which had won its home game in Round 5 by 11 points.
“It’s a great win for us. We took the points spread. We’re hanging around that last playoff spot. We’re gonna fight for it until the end,” said Ulm head coach Ty Harrelson, whose team had lost six of the last seven games as well as its last four home games.
“Great effort from us in the fourth quarter. A couple times in this EuroCup season, it seems like we run out of gas against our opponents and didn’t finish the game. Today, with missing a couple guys and a smaller rotation, we found a way to get it done. Just proud of our effort and fight until the end. When we do that, we’re a pretty good basketball team.”
Christopher Ledlum led the way for Ulm with 23 points while Tobias Jensen collected 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Malik Osborne tallied 15 points and 11 rebounds and Justin Simon chipped in 15 points.
“We knew we had to come in and fight and play hard and we did that. I am very proud of our team and everybody doing what we were supposed to do today. We just stuck with what we do. We played hard and we fought. That’s what it came down to,” said Ledlum, who scored 18 points of his points in the first half.
Despite star Mark Smith missing the game as well as Nelson Weidemann and Tommy Klepeisz, Ulm got Alec Anigbata back for the first time since Round 11.
Ulm scored the first 8 points of the second quarter and pushed the advantage to 12 (33-21). Chemnitz cut the deficit to 38-37 and trailed 46-41 at the break. A 2-13 run near the end of the third quarter put Chemnitz ahead 62-64.
The game was knotted 69-69 when Ulm put it away with a 15-4 surge to lead 84-73. The only question was if Ulm could grab the tiebreaker as well. Simon snatched the ball and threw down a dunk with 4.9 seconds to give that to Ulm as well.
“It’s a tough loss. We gave ourselves a chance up by 2 in the last possession of the third quarter, but our fourth quarter was not good,” said Chemnitz head coach Rodrigo Pastore.
“We looked fatigued in the last quarter. I didn’t like what I saw: Our rhythm was not there, open court game was non-existent, and too much half-court basketball and that’s the way they want to play.”
Chemnitz saw its four-game winning streak snapped to fall to 7-7 despite Amadou Sow scoring 20 points and Kevin Yebo contributing 16 points and 11 rebounds. Aher Uguak, who just re-joined the club, chipped in 6 points in 16 minutes off the bench in his first game since February 2025 after undergoing knee surgery.
