Gießen 46ers

Gießen 46ers
Nickname	MTV Gießen
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1937
Arena	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
Capacity	4,003
Location	Gießen, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Heiko Schelberg
Head coach	Denis Wucherer
Championships	5 German Championships 3 German Cups 1 German 2nd League
Website	Team site
Uniforms
Home Away

Gießen 46ers is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semifinals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1-3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.

In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.^[1] In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.^[1]

They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.^[2]

Honours

• German Championship

Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978

• German Cup

Winners: 1969, 1973, 1979

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European Competitions
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	17	Relegated[lower-alpha 1]	–	–
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	14	–	–	–
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	15	–	–	–
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	17	Relegated[lower-alpha 1]	–	–
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	18	Relegated	–	–
2013–14	2	ProA	4	Semifinalist	–	–
2014–15	2	ProA	3	Promoted ^Champions	–	–
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	9	–	–	–

Notes

1. Gießen eventually did not relegate in the 2007–08 and 2011–12 season.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Gießen 46ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name F 7 Konstantin Kovalev PG 8 Achmadschah Zazai G 9 Braydon Hobbs SF 10 Yorman Polas Bartolo G/F 11 Anthony DiLeo (C) SG 12 Eric James Palm PF 13 Benjamin Lischka F/C 17 Suleiman Braimoh G 21 Karsten Tadda G 22 Cameron Wells F/C 25 Gabriel Olaseni F 34 Ethan Wragge C 44 Björn Schoo	Head coach Denis Wucherer Assistant coach(es) Steven Key Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: Jan 23, 2016

Individual awards

Basketball Bundesliga MVP

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year

• Stefan Koch – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Rookie of the Year

• Anton Gavel – 2006

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
• Henning Harnisch (3 seasons: 1985-88)
• Heiko Schaffartzik (2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08)
• Anton Gavel (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Louis Campbell (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Chuck Eidson (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Kevin Nash (1 season: 1980–1981)

Top scorers

Season	Player	PPG
2012–13	Ryan Brooks	15.9
2013–14	Myles Hesson	16.1
2014–15	Cameron Wells	12.3
2015–16	Suleiman Braimoh	12.1

References

2. Davies, Ross. Kevin Nash, p.19

External links

• Team site (German)