In basketball there are certain quotes and words players hear, “got to come with your _A game”, hustle, intensity, focus, compete, drive, desire, “will to win”. This is what the “Wild Bees” ran into against Mannheim this weekend in a 93-45 loss. The game matched both teams with the same win-loss record in a standing changing game. The mood of the game was felt early as Mannheim came out with hard court intensity and a battling attitude. “I stated to the players, that Mannheim would be ready and coming with their top game from the start, which they did very effectively”. I think both teams knew the importance of this game, but Mannheim showed they wanted it more. “This was again, another learning experience for the team, to actually run against a team that looks very hard at being competitive and really take that meaning to heart. “When you play a club that has 4 men’s team, to get a position on a team is very competitive and it shown against the “Wild Bees”, stated Coach Wicks. We need to now take this loss and let it give the team a meaning of going “vollgas” in every effort of our work in training, to be more effective on defense and to run the offense crisp. This weekend the “Wild Bees” play the top standing Viernheim/Weinheim at HWH. We will need all the support our fans can give and as stated before, “Come with our _A game”.
Tommy Wiedlich 17 (3), Nils Uhrig 7 (1), Mark Baier 4, Jannic Gund 4, Manfred Zimmermann 4, Andi Bohn 2, Alex Fuchs 2, Burak Öztürk 2, Ronny Oestringer 2, Florian Arnold 1, Thomas Hammes, Mo Schneider