In-form Cassius Winston powers Bayern to fifth BBL win - Eurohoops

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

Despite a sluggish display in the second quarter, FC Bayern Munich immediately bounced back into safety and the win, 81-68, versus medi Bayreuth Sunday evening.

Steadily emerging as the go-to player, Cassius Winston registered a game-high 19 points. The Michigan State product went 6/9 from the field in the easyCredit BBL Regular Season Round 6 affair.

Paul Zipser and Freddie Gillespie added ten points apiece for the team coached by Andrea Trinchieri. Team captain Vladimir Lucic sat out alongside teammates Othello Hunter (hamstring) and Zan Mark Sisko (illness).

Making the most of the visit to Munich, Brandon Childress ended up with 17 points in the losing effort. His side fell to 2-4.

Earlier in the German league, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg logged the fifth domestic win of the season. Prentiss Hubb posted a 28-point, 13-assist double-double paving the way to the 103-92 victory opposite Veolia Towers Hamburg.

The best performance across the Saturday schedule, a career-high 32 points plus ten rebounds for Jaren Lewis lifting Hakro Merlins Crailsheim in the high-scoring affair against Syntainics MBC, 119-102.

BBL Round 6:
ratiopharm Ulm – Niners Chemnitz 93-99 OT (83-83)
BG Gottingen – Wurzburg 82-74
Telekom Baskets Bonn – MLP Academics Heidelberg 98-65
Hakro Merlins Crailsheim – Syntainics MBC 119-102
Rostock Seawolves – Brose Bamberg 86-97
Fraport Skyliners – EWE Baskets Oldenburg 70-77
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg – Veolia Towers Hamburg 103-92
FC Bayern Munich – medi Bayreuth 81-68
Basketball Lowen Braunschweig – Alba Berlin (6/12)

STANDINGS: Telekom Baskets Bonn 5-0, Alba Berlin 5-0, FC Bayern Munich 5-1, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 5-1…

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