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 germanhoops.com every week to talk basketball.

Congrats Shawn on the massive 96-82 win against top team Essen. Was this a first sign that BG Hagen is for real and ready for the playoffs?

Thank you. No I think the league always knew we were for real but we made a statement that we’re on a mission for something bigger.

Talk about the 40 minutes. How did the game go and what were the ups and downs of the game for BG Hagen?

The game started pretty even and continued that way up until the middle of the third quarter I believe. This is when we started to turn it up on defense and everyone started to hit shots and everything was going our way. The ups were I think everyone did their job and played amazing defense overall and the downs were we fell asleep sometimes and let them be too comfortable on the court and it was after halftime when we turned up our aggression defensively.

Allen and Andrew combined for 38 points but BG Hagen still won. What was the team mentality going into the game in terms of how you wanted to defend those 2 for 40 minutes?

We wanted to make them as uncomfortable as possible the whole game which is already a tough task because they are experienced players. But when it was time to get stops I think we did just that.

How soothing is it to know in general that even when they shot pretty good, you could still win the game?

Very. Like I said, these type of players are going to score no doubt, but when the game is on the line and you NEED stops, we get the job done and our record proves that. And we still can improve and get even better at this in the playoffs and we will get better.

Besides another strong game what other factors helped the team get this win? You had 6 guys in double figures. That doesn´t happen often.

I think the first time we played Essen we were nervous and felt under pressure. But being at home and 20+ games in, that nervousness was gone and we were just playing free and without worry. Guys stepped up huge in the biggest game and that shows you what type of team we are.

You had your fourth triple double of the season. I imagine this was the sweetest since it helped knock off the ETB Miners?

Definitely. I wanted to do absolutely everything I could to win and leave everything on the court

Do you sense a raise in your game now in the stretch run or do you see yourself still being able to get better?

Still being able to get better for sure. My game is still not where I want it to be triple double or not and I’m going to keep working until it’s right.

BG Hagen next battle 13-11 Wulfen who you disposed of easily the first time by 23 points. What will be key to getting the win?

Just keep the momentum. We have still have to continue our win streak and finish the season on a good note. We’re treating this game like all the others and the plan is to go out and win it.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.