Shawn Scott (185-G-1996, college: SW Christian).is a 28 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 germanmhoops.com every week to talk basketball.

Congrats Shawn on the big 100-94 win over Salzkotten. The winning streak continues. Now it´s at 11 games. Is this the most games that you ever won in a row in your career?

Thank you. I believe it is. I don’t think people understand how hard it is to keep a streak like this especially having to play a team again and getting a win the second time.

It was a shoot out win and the most points the team gave up since Nov 18, 2023. Was the team ever in danger of losing?

I would say don’t let the points fool you because multiple times we were winning by double digits and they went on a run and came back which is normal. I don’t think we were ever in danger of losing because this was some of the best defense we played all season despite the amount of points they scored.

The stats were pretty even. Both teams gave up combined only 11 turnovers. Where did BG Hagen win this game?

We won this game on defense plain and simple. We made it difficult for their top players and even though they scored a lot, I believe we took them out of rhythm and made all of their shots tough to make.

BG Hagen had problems with Keith Hayes and Danius Zvinkyls combined for 48 points. Did you guys focus on everyone else more and let them just play?

I mean if you look at the numbers, Hayes shot 2-9 from 3pt and he’s one of the best shooters in the league. I’d say that was a win for us because we made it tough for him to get going. These are guys that are going to score no matter what but the difficulty of shot and how many they take is what we paid attention to.

Quincy Tjon-Affo had a great game with 24 points. How vital has his game been this season? He has come up big in many games. For sure. Quincy’s been due for a breakout game and I’m

Glad it was this one against the 3rd place team. He really saved us with big time shots in the 4th quarter and I hope this gives him a lot of confidence going into playoffs.

You had another solid game with 30/8/4. Does the game in the Reginalliga become more automatic with each new game or is it a challenge every game?

I mean you have to remember I played in this league last year as well and I’m familiar with these teams and their play styles and I feel the way I play can be adjusted in any way to be successful in this league. The real test is in the playoffs because every team is bringing out every possible plan to stop you then and it’s my job to not let that happen.

The next game is against Essen which is the big showdown. They won the first game by 20 points and Allen and Andrew combined for 45 points. What will be key to getting the win?

If we play the same defense that we played last week and with the same effort and energy, I think we have a good chance of winning. The key of course is stop their outside shooting which means we must be focused for 40 minutes straight and have to make them earn every bucket.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.