Crailsheim (dpa/lsw) - The Hakro Merlins Crailsheim have celebrated the second preliminary round victory in the Europe Cup. The basketball Bundesliga club won against the Swedish representative Norrköping Dolphins on Wednesday evening in front of their home crowd with 95:64 (51:30) and now has six points in Group H.
Crailsheim laid the foundation for success in the first quarter, which ended 30:5. Given this cushion, the home side could afford two weaker quarters before they made significant gains again in the final section. The winner's best pitchers were Otis Livingston and Arunas Mikalauskas, each with 18 points.
