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.

Congrats on the huge 86-79 win over Koln DTV. The team now has a 3 game winning streak. What has the team been doing better in the winning streak?

Thank you. I think we’re starting to get back in a groove and playing good basketball and our defense in the past games have been pretty good I must say. I think this is the best time that we can start to play good before the break and keep that streak going.

Talk about the 40 minutes. What was the strongest quarter and what was key in crunch-time to getting the win?

I think the 4th quarter was the strongest because everyone locked in on defense and rebounded well. A lot of guys stepped up big on the offensive side and we were able to get good looks and capitalize. The key was rebounding for sure and making them take tough shots and then rebounding and controlling the ball after that. Of course we knocked down the much needed free throws to secure to win

Could one say that BG Hagen had some luck in that despite allowing 17 three´s still were able to win?

Definitely. It’s unbelievable that we had the lead most of the game even though they hit so many threes. But I think we got key stops and were able to score fast on the other end and get more possessions. We knew that they would shoot a lot of threes and our plan was just to make sure that the main shooters weren’t getting open shots.

BG Hagen had problems controlling American Elijah Jenkins. What was most difficult in trying to control him?

He got a lot of great looks from three point and he moves constantly without the ball so we tried our best to stay with him but he doesn’t need much space to get his shot off.

BG Hagen received solid support from the bench from Dusan Iiic? How key was his aggressiveness on the night?

Dusan was the X factor this game for sure. He was playing with absolutely no fear and had key and 1s late in the game and clutch free throws. For 15 years old it’s still crazy that he can produce like this in big games and moments.

You had a strong 26/12/6 game but 7 turnovers. What irritated you most about the turnovers?

I was not satisfied at all with my performance and the turnovers were the most frustrating. I was most irritated about the turnovers very late in the game and being so careless with the ball.

You next play up and down team Recklinghausen who are 7-7. What will be key to getting the win?

We have to stop the American Hinton for sure. We will watch film and gameplan on how we can limit him but this team also loves to shoot a lot of threes. I’m confident though because we have been very good defensively the past games and we plan to continue that for next game.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.