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

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 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

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 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)