Toru Dean (183-PG, college: Langston) is a 183cm guard from Miami Florida playing his rookie season overseas with the TSV Bargteheide Bees (Germany-Regionalliga). He began his basketball career with South Miami High School and then played 3 seasons at Barry University (NCAA2) averaging 8.8ppg, 2.6rpg, 2.3apg, 1.1spg, FGP: 41.4%, 3PT: 32.9%, FT: 65.1% and in his second season averaged 12.0ppg, 3.6rpg, 4.0apg, 1.1spg, FGP: 39.2%, 3PT: 34.5%, FT: 46.2%; and in his third season averaged 9.1ppg, 4.3rpg, 4.1apg, 2.0spg, FGP: 39.9%, 3PT: 31.7%, FT: 62.9%. He then finished at Langston University, OK (NAIA) averaging 10.3ppg, 4.2rpg, 3.5apg, 1.9spg, FGP: 46.5%, 3PT: 37.1%, FT: 81.0% and 9.4ppg, 4.3rpg, 4.1apg, 2.1spg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 29.3%, FT: 69.4%. He teams up every week with germanhoops.com to talk basketball.

Congrats Tore on the 101-71 rout over ASC Goettingen. How good does it feel to be unbeaten this season?

This is something I’m kind of used to it but it’s only the beginning so I can’t rush to get the hopes up and be satisfied.

Talk about the 40 minutes. Was this a game that Bargteheide dominated from the start or was the opponent at times closer in the game than what the result shows?

It’s was a long ride that kind of drained me because of traffic and the rain or what not but we just been playing basketball at a high level. My teammates have been playing good defense and making go plays on offense for each other.

Bargteheide forced ASC Goettingen to 20 turnovers and you as a team won the rebound battle. What was the biggest strength of the team on this night?

Defensively we forced them to bad shots and turned the ball over. So I think defensively holding them to one shot opportunities really helped us

Marcel Hoppe had a great game with 27 points on 7 three´s. Is this guy the teams best shooter?

Marcel is the best shooter in the league hands down. Nice pretty pure shot maker.

You had a 13/3/3/2 game. How content were you with your own game?

Yes not my best game but my teammates was playing so good I didn’t have to do much. But definitely just happy to get the win.

You only scored 13 points in the last 2 games. Has the team shown early on that it has enough weapons so you don´t have to score 25 points a night to win?

Yes I agree the team has shown me that they’re playing at a high level and that might not need me to scored25 points a night but I will continue to get better so when my team and I are playing good the games wouldn’t be close. Just preparing so later in the season trying to find a grove of where I would fit and what the team needs.

The team is a scoring machine and defends solidly. You next battle Freibeuter who are 2-2. What will be key in getting win?

Being strong on the defensive end playing for each other to continue with our momentum.

Thanks Toru for the chat.