Science City Jena
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Science City Jena
Club founded in 1994
Colors Black, White
Arena Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle
(1,200 seats)
Avg. Attendance 1,190


Science City Jena is a basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Jena
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 that plays in the Pro A, the second highest level of the German competition. Their home court is the JenArena, which seats 2,500. Their current head coach is Sean McCaw.

The team was known as erdgas baskets Jena through the 2006
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 season, then as POM baskets Jena, and took their current name in 2007
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History

Although never a big sport in the former East Germany, basketball was played in Jena since the 1960s. In 1994, a new basketball program was found in the "Turn- und Sportverein (TuS) Jena". Starting in the lower divisions the club gained promotion to the second division (2. Liga Süd) in 2001. Once established in professional sports the club started to become a basketball only organization with the founding of the Baskets Jena GmbH which now holds the license.

The biggest success so far has been the promotion to the 1st division (BBL
Basketball Bundesliga
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) in 2007. The stay in the top league lasted only one year with the club finishing last after an eventful year. With the promotion, the team switched to the bigger "JenArena" which allowed attendances up to 3.000 in a temporary construction. Financial difficulties in maintaining the "JenArena" led to a return to the gym "Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle".

Results

League Season Name Place Record Head Coach Points Rebounds Assists Steals Turnover
ProA (2nd Div) 2008/2009 Science City Jena 6. 18-12
(2368:2305)
2 Wins annulled
McCaw (1-12)
Stumpf (14-30)
Seggelke (444)
Seggelke (15.3 PPG)
Black (199)
De Michael (6.8 RPG)
Williamson (128)
Williamson (4.3 APG)
Williamson (65)
Williamson (2.2 SPG)
Black (91)
Uhegwu (3.0 TPG)
BBL (1st Div) 2007/2008 Science City Jena 18. 5-29
(2379:2705)
Harmsen (1-19)
McCaw (20-34)
Seggelke (344)
Moss (17.0 PPG)
Basit (203)
Moss (11.0 RPG)
Davis (95)
Felton (4.2 APG)
Seggelke (36)
Davis (1.2 SPG)
Davis (106)
Moss (4.5 TPG)
2nd Div South 2006/2007 POM baskets Jena 1. 24-6
(2337:2049)
Harmsen Seggelke (513)
Seggelke (17.1 PPG)
McCaw (233)
McCaw (7.8 RPG)
Elliott (98)
Elliott (3.4 APG)
McCaw (36)
McCaw (1.2 SPG)
Seggelke (77)
Elliott (2.6 TPG)
2nd Div South 2005/2006 erdgas baskets Jena 2. 25-5
(2605:2119)
Menz Taylor (609)
Taylor (20.3 PPG)
Buss (166)
Braun (9.0 RPG)
Taylor (145)
Rowland (4.9 APG)
Taylor (63)
Rowland (2.6 SPG)
Taylor (82)
Taylor (2.7 TPG)
2nd Div South 2004/2005 erdgas baskets Jena 5. 19-11
(2595:2450)
Menz Lake (602)
Lake (20.1 PPG)
Braun (261)
Braun (9.0 RPG)
Lake (154)
Lake (5.1 APG)
Lake (106)
Lake (3.5 SPG)
Lake (109)
Lake (3.6 TPG)
2nd Div South 2003/2004 erdgas basket Jena 8. 16-14
(2425:2360)
Menz Cousin (405)
Cousin (15.0 PPG)
Gutt (169)
Braun (7.6 RPG)
Probst (128)
Probst (4.7 APG)
Cousin (80)
Cousin (3.0 SPG)
Probst (83)
Probst (3.1 TPG)
2nd Div South 2002/2003 TuS Jena erdgas baskets 4. 24-8
(2685:2483)
Menz Cousin (514)
Cousin (16.6 PPG)
Aidietis (181)
Aidietis (6.0 RPG)
Probst (113)
Probst (3.5 APG)
Cousin (74)
Cousin (2.4 SPG)
Probst (72)
Cousin (2.3 TPG)
2nd Div South 2001/2002 TuS Jena 12. 13-17
(2544:2692)
Palmer Vukotic (518)
Cousin (25.4 PPG)
Majstrovich (159)
Majstrovich (6.9 RPG)
Vukotic (156)
Vukotic (5.2 APG)
Cousin (42)
Cousin (3.8 SPG)
Vukotic (87)
Thomas (3.2 TPG)

Roster

No. Name Pos Age |HT WT Nat Last
10 Drew Williamson PG 23 6-0 187 USA Mitteldeutscher BC (Germany)
7 Ermen Reyes-Napoles PG 19 6-0 176 GER Science City Jena (Germany)
0 Henry Uhegwu SG 25 6-3 194 USA Kaposvari (Hungary)
5 Björn Blossey SG 21 5-11 185 GER TuS Jena (Germany)
6 Alexander Seggelke SF 28 6-5 205 GER Science City Jena (Germany)
11 Markus Paetz SF 18 6-7 205 GER TuS Jena (Germany)
45 Ryan DeMichael PF 32 6-8 229 USA Walter Tigers Tübingen (Germany)
14 Gregor Linke PF 30 6-6 220 GER Science City Jena (Germany)
13 Jeremy Black C 22 6-7 225 USA Tampa Spartans (SSC, NCAA II)

Name Position Age Nat Last
Tino Stumpf Head Coach 33 GER TuS Jena (Germany)
Lars Masell Assistant Coach 27 GER TuS Jena (Germany)
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