Shawn Scott is a 27 year old 185cm guard playing his third professional season and first with BG Hagen. Last season he split time with TVO Biggesee / TV Jahn Lindhorst (Germany-Regionalliga) averaging 31.2ppg, 10.4rpg, 6.1apg, 3.6spg, 2FGP: 56.2%, 3FGP: 30.4%, FT: 77.6%, in Jan.’23 moved to BG 2000 Berlin (Germany-Regionalliga) averaging 14.2ppg, 8.1rpg, 4.6apg, 2.4spg, FGP: 53.5%, 3PT: 14.3%, FT: 64.4%. he began his career at Jenks High School and then played 3 seasons at Southwestern Christian University. He teams up with germanhoops.com every week to talk basketball.

Congrats on the 86-83 OT win over Telekom Baskets Bonn 2. How good did it feel to get back on the winning streak?

Thank you, it felt really good but we still have so much work to do.

This is a game you couldn´t have lost. On paper BG Hagen was the heavy favorite. This team was full of youth players and one Canadian rookie that supplied 45 points. Why couldn´t BG Hagen finish them off earlier?

From the start we were not focused and locked in and didn’t want to play to our potential until the second half. This continues to be our issue along with defense.

Talk a little about the OT period. What was key to get the win?

We don’t lose many OT games so we’re naturally confident when overtime happens but we were able to get stops and then capitalize on offense with big shots.

BG Hagen didn´t shoot well, but rebounded very well and had only 8 turnovers. What else did the team do well in this game?

To be honest, we didn’t do much well this game but still managed to get the win. I’d say just in the second half we did much better playing defense how we practice it.

Mychael Paulo exploded for 45 points. Talk a little about his game? He seemed to be in the zone?

Yeah he was very calm the whole game and didn’t seem bothered at all. It seemed like everything he put up was going in and it was hard to stop him. Much respect to him.

What do you appreciate most about Jaro Abrams game? He went 9/9 from the field?

Jaro is a great slasher and attacker going to the basket and he loves to play defense. He finds a way to turn his defense into offense and when we don’t shoot well from outside, we can count on him to attack the basket.

You had a strong 33/12/5/5 game. Was your aggressiveness exactly where you wanted it to be at?

Not exactly where I wanted it to be but it was enough to get the win. I think everyone knows what they will get from me every game but I think it took me awhile to get going in this game. Teams are really trying their best to keep me out of the paint but I’m always watching film and analyzing so that I’m always a step ahead. I’ll always do whatever it takes to put my team in a position to win.

You next play 5-3 Salzkotten. What will be key to getting the win?

We have got to focus heavy on defense this week because they have very strong guards and bigs so it will be a lot on our plates. We need to really come together as one and all be on the same page defensively then I think we will be fine. Will be a great game for sure.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.