Shawn Scott 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 reaching the Regionalliga west final. You swept DTV Basketball Koln. Were you a bit surprised of the sweep or was the team 100% locked in?

 Thank you. I wasn’t surprised at all about the sweep. I think we just weren’t willing to accept anything but two wins in a row and we came together and got it done.

You beat them in game 1 96-69. How proud were you of the team to holding them to 8 assists? This was a masterful defensive performance of BG Hagen.

We honestly played probably the best basketball we ever played all season in game 1. Everyone was so dialed in defensively that it was hard for Köln to get out of the hole.

You had a great game with 32 points and even a block only your 5th of the season. How special is it for you to get a block? Especially in a big game?

 I’m not much of a shot blocker at all but if I have the chance I’ll try for it. Not sure if it changed much of the game but I´m proud of the guys defensively as a whole.

BG Hagen won game 2 86-76. Talk a little about the game. Did you control the game or did the guests have chances to win?

 I think we did control the game for the most part but Koln definitely had many runs that we could’ve avoided but at the end of it we knocked down huge shots and made big defensive stops when we needed it to seal the deal.

 It seemed like the guests were stronger, but BG Hagen buckled down on defense. How much did heart play a role in getting this win?

 Our main message before the game was that we didn’t want to play a game 3. This gave us all the motivation we needed to get the win by any means possible.

Now it´s the big showdown against the ETB Miners. BG Hagen split the season series and you had 26 and 30 points. What will be key to getting the title?

We just have to be ultra focused and disciplined and pay attention to what game plan the coaches have for us. We know that defense is going to win us this series and we’re more than up for the challenge and I´m excited for game 1.

Thanks Shawn for the chat.