2021-22Regular SeasonRound 6
December 08, 2021 CET: 18:45
Local time: 18:45 HALA ORBITA

Slask storms Hamburg for maiden win

Slask Wroclaw captured its first victory over the 7DAYS EuroCup season by blasting Hamburg Towers 87-71 on Wednesday night at Hala Orbita. The hosts led by as many as 26 before easing up late in the game. The result left both teams with 1-5 records and tied for eighth place in Group A alongside Dolomiti Energia Trento. Travis Trice ran the Slask attack with 18 points and 9 assists, Aleksander Dziewa also scored 18 and collected 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, Kodi Justice added 15 points on 4-of-10 three-point shooting and Kerem Kanter tallied 9 points and 11 rebounds for the winners. Seth Hinrichs paced Hamburg with 16 points and 8 rebounds, Maximilian Di Leo added 14 points and Caleb Homesley tallied 13 points and 6 assists in defeat.

Jaylon Brown took a steal in for a layup to open the scoring before Dziewa got Slask on the scoreboard. Justice struck from deep for the hosts’ first lead, 5-3. Justice connected on a second triple to make it 9-3, after which Hamburg made three early substitutions. Homesley got the visitors going with a floater and Di Leo added a three-pointer. Justice drilled another three, though Maik Kotsar took charge with a pair of baskets and on defense drawing an offensive foul. Di Leo tied it at 14-14 after a steal by Homesley.  Dziewa put Slask back in front and Kanter made it 18-14 after 10 minutes. 

The hosts rebuilt their lead to 23-16 on a triple by Jakub Karolak. Di Leo responded from downtown and Kotsar got Hamburg within 2. Slask pulled away again as Justice made a triple and Michal Gabinski added free throws for a double-digit lead, 32-21. Hinrichs heated up for Hamburg though Slask continued to make shots and remained comfortably ahead. Dziewa scored at the rim and Trice added free throws to stretch the margin to 47-33 at the break.

Hamburg looked rejuvenated at the start of the second half with 2 steals and 2 offensive rebounds in the first 2 minutes for a 0-6 run. The hosts called a timeout to settle down, Kanter scored on the offensive glass and Trice made free throws to give Slask a 51-39 cushion. Homesley nailed a pair of threes to trim the deficit to 53-47 midway through the quarter. Trice responded with a steal and a three-point play and Ivan Ramljak restored a double-digit margin. A triple by Karolak capped a 9-0 run and prompted a Hamburg timeout down 15. Trice beat the third-quarter buzzer from mid-court for a 67-50 advantage.

Back-to-back threes by Trice and Dziewa early in the fourth quarter took Slask’s lead into the 20s. Trice fed Ramljak for a slam that extended the margin to a game-high 81-55 with 5 minutes remaining. Hinrichs and Di Leo stepped up for Hamburg to lower the deficit in the closing minutes with the game’s outcome already clear.

Trice runs the show for Slask

Travis Trice tied the club record for assists with 9 in controlling the Slask Wroclaw attack against Hamburg Towers. Trice also scored 18 points and grabbed 2 steals in compiling a performance index rating of 27, which tied his personal best. He scored 7 points and dished 4 assists in the second quarter when Slask outscored Hamburg 29-19 to take a 14-point halftime lead. ; He added 8 more points in the third to keep Hamburg on its heels. His assist total tied Rashid Atkins for the most in club history. Atkins had 9 dimes against Dynamo Moscow in February 2008.

By the numbers: Slask dominates the box score

Slask Wroclaw outshot Hamburg Towers from all ranges and controlled the rebounding battle in its comfortable win on Wednesday. The hosts made 14 of 30 two-pointers (46.7%), 13 of 33 threes (39.4%) and 20 of 26 free throws (76.9%). Though those numbers were far from outstanding, they dwarfed Hamburg’s 17 for 43 on twos (39.5%), 11 for 35 on threes (31,4%) and 4 for 7 on from the foul line (57.1%). Slask also had 48 rebounds to Hamburg’s 38.  Even though the visitors had more offensive rebounds (11-13), Slask scored 15 second-chance points, which were 7 more than the Hamburg total.

Hinrichs is the bright light for Hamburg

Seth Hinrichs set a career-high in scoring with 16 points for Hamburg Towers in Wednesday’s loss at Slask Wroclaw. He also tallied 8 rebounds and 3 assists for a performance index rating of 20. He led his team in scoring, rebounds and PIR and was the only starter to score in double figures. Hinrichs scored 7 points in the fourth quarter to help the team trim a 26-point deficit down to 13. His previous personal best in scoring was 12 in Round 4 against Lietkabelis. This is the 28-year-old forward’s second season in the competition.

Travis Trice - Slask Wroclaw (photo Dawid Podsiadlo - Slask) - EC21
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: FOUFIS, IOANNIS; KOLJENSIC, MILOS ; KONSTANTINOVS, KRISTAPS
Attendance: 1327
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Slask Wroclaw
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 TRICE, TRAVIS 31:23 18 2/6 3/6 5/6 1 3 4 9 2 4     1 7 27
2 KOLENDA, LUKASZ 17:40 6 1/1 0/3 4/4   2 2 4         2 5 12
3 KAROLAK, JAKUB 14:28 8   2/5 2/2           1     1 2 5
5 KANTER, KEREM 30:30 9 2/4 1/2 2/2 1 10 11 1   4     1 2 15
6 JUSTICE, KODI 27:36 15 1/3 4/10 1/2 1   1 1 2 3     1 1 7
7 GORDON, KACPER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 WOJCIK, JAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 DZIEWA, ALEKSANDER 28:55 18 5/10 2/4 2/2 2 8 10     1 2 1 1 1 21
15 GABINSKI, MICHAL 12:53 5   1/1 2/2 1 3 4             1 10
19 MEIERS, MARTINS 7:44   0/1   0/2   3 3     2     4 1 -5
24 MARCHEWKA, KACPER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 RAMLJAK, IVAN 28:51 8 3/5 0/2 2/4 3 6 9 3   1 1   4 5 15
Team           2 2 4               4
Totals 200:00 87 14/30 13/33 20/26 11 37 48 18 4 16 3 1 15 25 111
        46.7% 39.4% 76.9%
Head coach: URLEP, ANDREJ
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Hamburg Towers
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 BROWN, JAYLON 17:11 9 2/9 1/6 2/2   2 2 2 2 1   1 3 1 -1
1 BROWN, ZACHARY 10:55 2 1/2 0/2   1 3 4 2 1 2   1     3
3 DI LEO, MAXIMILIAN 18:17 14 1/1 4/7   2 3 5   1       4 1 14
5 HOMESLEY, CALEB 27:10 13 2/5 3/9     3 3 6 1 1     1 3 15
6 RICH, OSARO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 MEISNER, LUKAS 8:26   0/1 0/2   1   1 1   1     2   -4
8 CHRISTEN, ROBIN 15:01 3   1/3   1   1           3   -1
10 MCCALLUM, RAY 14:19   0/2 0/2   1 1 2 4   1     1 1 1
11 KOTSAR, MAIK 31:28 9 4/10   1/3 2 5 7   2 1 1   3 6 13
12 HINRICHS, SETH 31:19 16 5/8 2/3   3 5 8 3 1 1   1 2   20
17 EDIGIN, EDDY 8:32 2 1/1               1     4   -3
21 HOLLATZ, JUSTUS 17:22 3 1/4 0/1 1/2   2 2 1   2     2 3  
Team           2 1 3     2         1
Totals 200:00 71 17/43 11/35 4/7 13 25 38 19 8 13 1 3 25 15 58
        39.5% 31.4% 57.1%
Head coach: CALLES, PEDRO

Head Coaches

URLEP, ANDREJ
Slask Wroclaw
“For sure defense was the key thing. We did a really good job on their best shooters. Unfortunately in the first quarter, No. 5, Homesley, he got some open shots and he made them. But otherwise, I can say I'm very happy about the defense. A little less with offensive even though we scored many points, but some shots we rushed, some shots we forced when we were not supposed to instead of being patient. Congratulations to the guys. They did an unbelievable job. The fact is because of their hard job they got tired and we made some mistakes. But we are very very happy because finally, we got this win."
CALLES, PEDRO
Hamburg Towers
“Congratulations to Slask. They were clearly the better team today. They played with more energy and were much more focused. That's why they were better than us today at both ends of the court. They got more rebounds, brought themselves to the free-throw line significantly more often - 26 attempts compared to just 7 on our side. We didn't attack their defense aggressively enough, weren't active enough driving to the basket and therefore couldn't commit any fouls. We weren't ready in any way today."

Players

TRICE, TRAVIS
Slask Wroclaw
“I would say we came with a great defensive mentality. It was a total team effort and guys were unselfish and hitting shots.”
HINRICHS, SETH
Hamburg Towers
“We knew that they are a very physical team. They hadn't won a game so far. So we knew they would appear hungry. They closed all ways into the paint with their defense, so we had a hard time finding an offensive rhythm. But it was even more fatal that we weren't consistent enough in defense. In the second half, we briefly managed to defend, so we came back to 6 points. Then after a timeout, they started a run, increased their physicality and we couldn't answer that anymore. It's a game we have to learn from."
DI LEO, MAXIMILIAN
Hamburg Towers
“It was a really difficult game. We didn't do our job well in defense today. We gave them too many easy threes, especially in the first half. We haven't closed out fast enough, so they found their shooting touch. That hurt us today. We had a little momentum after halftime and cut the deficit to 6 points. Then they took a timeout and came back much more physically. We didn't hold back and, from then on, not much was possible. It was a crucial moment, we had a chance to keep the game close. But after their run, they were completely in control."
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