DeJuan Collins capped a big night with the game-winning layup in the final minute to lead Brose Baskets to a 78-77 win over former ULEB Cup champion Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius on Tuesday in a Group A game in Bamberg, Germany. Collins scored 20 points and dished 10 assists to lead Brose Baskets to its first win. L. Rytas, which lost its opportunity for the win when Roberts Stelmahers turned the ball over in the closing seconds, fell to 201. Adam Harrington drilled four triples on his way to 17 points, Darren Fenn added 12 and Zelly Wesson finished with 9 points and 9 rebounds. Marijonas Petravicius led L. Rytas with 14, Joao Paulo Batista added 12, Tomas Delininkaitis 10 and Stelmahers 10 points and 6 assists.

Andre Emmett's free throw opened the scoring and Marijonas Petravicius's offensive rebound and putback made it 2-6 for the guests. Another Petravicius offensive rebound and putback made it 10-12. Matt Nielsen's inside basket gave the Lithuanians a 13-16 advantage. But back-to-back three-pointers by Adam Harrington pushed the Germans in front 19-18. Newly-acquired Derrick Zimmerman came off the bench and assisted on and scored a basket for a 25-24 Bamberg lead after 10 minutes. Bamberg continued to get excellent help from their bench as Ivan Pavic scored inside for a 31-28 advantage. The see-saw first half went on as Andrius Slezas buried his second straight three-pointer for a 34-36 Rytas lead. The Germans pulled back ahead on Darren Fenn's trey - 41-38. Joao Paulo Batista scored four baskets in the final three minutes and Collins hit four free throws in the final minute as the teams went into the locker-rooms tied - 46-46. There were a total of 18 lead changes in the first half.

The Lithuanians scored just one point on their first four possessions of the second half as Fenn's inside basket opened a 52-47 Bamberg lead - the biggest advantage for either side thus far. Sharon Drucker's side would not go away as Roberts Stelmahers buried a trey to push Rytas back ahead 52-53. K'Zell Wesson and Chris Ensminger each made two free throws for a 58-55 lead only to see Rytas snatch the lead back on Emmett's alley-oop dunk and foul shot - 58-60. Tomas Delininkaitis's driving layup on the break gave Lietuvos a 60-64 lead and the Lithuanians were ahead 62-65 going into the final period. Harrington hit another long range bomb to draw even 67-67 only to see Slezas answer with a trey of his own (67-70). Collins scored three straight baskets - the last a trey - and Wesson buried two free throws for a 76-70 Bamberg lead with 2:04 remaining. But again, the Lithuanians would not die and Titus Ivory missed a chance to tie the game on a free throw with 43 seconds left. Bu t Collins turned the ball over and Delininkaitis scored a break-away layup for a 76-77 Rytas lead with 20 seconds left. Collins redeemed himself with a layup in the paint on an inbounds play wtih one second left. And then he dipped away the inbounds pass for the Bamberg victory.