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Alba Berlin Secures First Bundesliga Win With 97–78 Victory at Jena

The performance answered Friday's upset through tighter defense, with Malte Delow and Justin Bean leading the scoring.

Overview

  • The win came two days after a surprising home defeat to newly promoted Gladiators Trier.
  • Malte Delow finished with 20 points and Justin Bean added 15 to pace the visitors.
  • Science City Jena's aggressive opening led to team-foul trouble inside five minutes.
  • Alba turned turnovers into early separation at 21:10 after seven minutes, then rode out third-quarter lapses as Jena drew within 56–51.
  • Berlin pushed the margin to 80:56 entering the fourth quarter and closed out the game in front of 3,125 spectators.