GER/JOR – Germany secures fifth place by defeating Jordan

KAYSERI (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Germany defeated Jordan 91-73 to secure fifth place in Group A of the FIBA World Championship with a 2-3 record. Jordan finished with a 0-5 record in their first appearance.

Tibor Pleiss scored the first 7 points for the Germans and finished with 12 points in the quarter as the Germans cruised to a 28-17 first quarter lead. An 8-0 run led by Pleiss, Jan Jagla and Steffen Hamann opened up the score 11-3 with 7:47 remaining.

Then in the second quarter Germany enjoyed a comfortable lead until the Jordanians opened up their scoring from three point range to be down 34-33 with 2:43 left. Germany closed the half with a quick 6-0 run to finish up 40-33. Pleiss had 14 points for Germany and for Jordan Osama Daghles had 15.

The German replacements kept their intensity on both sides of the court in the second half and even increased their lead as they finished the third quarter up 67-50. In the final ten minutes they went back to Pleiss who sealed the game.

In the win Pleiss finished with 23 points and 9 rebounds while Lucca Staiger had 16 and Jan Jagla 14.

Quotes:

Dirk Bauermann (Head Coach, Germany): I congratulate Jordan because they fought all the way to the end. We were very unlucky in this championship, but my team proved to have the quality to play here. I’d like to thank Turkish people in Kayseri, they were great. I’m only upset about not going to the beautiful city of Istanbul.

Heiko Schaffartzik (Guard, Germany): It’s good to win today but we are disappointed at not going to Istanbul. We have enough motivation for next year.  People here were very friendly and they smile a lot.

Mario Palma (Head Coach, Jordan): Technically Germany played very well and they kept pressuring us. Germany has young but very talented players. The surprising thing is not that they won against us but they are not continuing to the next round.

Zaid ABBAS (Forward, Jordan): We had a good tournament and we gained experience here. Next time we will be more experienced and we hope to continue to the next round next time.

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