Erstes Spiel in der AWBL gegen einen harten Gegner

“UBI Graz Gives DBB Rude Introduction To The AWBL”

Coming into the game, Coach Beszczynski listed UBI Graz as one of the Title favorites for the new AWBL. DBB is one of the youngest Teams in the League and expectations for this opening game on the road were kept low key.

Dagmar Sagerer got the first points for DBB in their opening game giving the road team an early lead 2-0. This would be the first and last lead of the day, as UBI Graz ran off a 7-0 run over the next 3:00 led by the strong play of Simone Sill. Lisa Ganhör broke the run with two FT’s, but then Graz blew the game wide open with an 18-4 over the next 4:00. Camilla Neumann poured in 8 pts to lead the way and give the home side a 27-8 lead that DBB LZ Linz would not recover from. The quarter ended 32-13 for the home side.

The 2nd quarter saw more of the same action from Graz who used a strong compbination of fast break basketball and half court execution to expand their lead to 44-19 in the opening minutes of the quarter. DBB came back with a mini 8-4 run, but Graz used the long ball from Camilla Neumann and Nura Mahalbasic. At halftime the score stood 51-25.

DBB LZ OÖ Linz/Wels fought back in the 2nd half with some solid defense and good team play, but on this day, the learning curve proved to be a number to big for the young team. In the end, UBI Graz gained their first victory of the season 91-40.

1. Viertel 32-13
2. Viertel 19-12
3. Viertel 25-11
4. Viertel 15-4

Coach Beszczynski after the game: “Congratulations to UBI Graz on their victory. They showed an attractive basketball today in the new Raiffeisen Sportpark and it was a good advertisement for Women’s Basketball in Austria. We knew coming in that the task in front of us was a tall one, but in the 2nd half we showed our character with some solid defense. Our Ladies need to get used to the tempo and physicality of the Bundesliga. Next week is our home opener and we know how hard the Timberwolves will play, so we must be ready.”

Scorers: Ganhör 15, Kunz 6, Voithofer 6, Schwarzinger 5, Sagerer 4, Mendl 2, Lounova 1, Kandelhart 1, Führer, Gumpetsberger, Jelinek, Milovanovic