Shawn Scott (185-G-1996, college: SW Christian) 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.

BG Hagen suffered a tough 105-90 loss to Salzkotten. How frustrating was this loss coming off a big win?

Very frustrating. We are having a big problem with being ready to go at the start of the game.

Talk about the 40 minutes. Was there a time where you could have won the game?

Yes for sure. We were down the whole game and eventually got it within 6 towards the end of the game but many unforced errors didn’t allow us to make a run.

Is it fair to say this game was lost on the 3 point line?

You could say that, but I think it was lost off of effort and defense. We are not mentally prepared to play.

You won shoot outs in the 6 game winning streak, but are teams figuring you guys out better now as the season continues to progress?

Yes, teams are starting to figure out our weakness and it’s been the same in the last 4 games but we continue to change how we counter and we are still trying to put it together. Thankfully it’s still early in the season.

Three players from the starting 5 combined for 65 points led by American Keith Hayes with 24 points. Did his offense overshadow his defense? He supplied 5 steals.

He was comfortable the whole game and I tried to tell everyone that we need to make him uncomfortable but again this goes with being disciplined and paying attention to scouting. Most of the time we just passed the ball right to him honestly, but respect to him he did everything necessary to win the game.

You had a huge game scoring 41 points. Can a guy who scores that much even take blame for a loss? You left it on the floor?

The way I am personally, scoring that much really means nothing to me if we don’t win. The win is more important to me because then you put the scoring along with a deserving win. So I’m not satisfied one bit. As the leader of the team, I have to set the example on offense and defense and I feel I did the best I could but I did make many mistakes as well so we go back to the drawing board and figure out how we can improve.

Shooting wise it was pretty solid. You took 25 shots and the rest of the team 27 points. Do you feel like you could have been more aggressive?

I think this game was one of my very aggressive games so far this season. Many times I found myself going coast to coast trying to score. When we aren’t making shots from outside, they can count on me to get the ball in the paint and make a play. I still tried to get my team involved of course but it just wasn’t our day.

Next week #1 Essen at 8-2 battle BG Hagen who are 7-3. How excited are you and what will be key to getting the win?

I can’t wait for this game really. No matter about last game, I’m still very motivated and ready to get a win. The key for us is simply to be disciplined, locked in, and have energy at the very start of the game. There’s no complex answer to this, we just need to give more effort on the defensive side and have confidence on offense that’s it. I will for sure be hyped for this game so hopefully my guys will feed off of it.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.