(- 11.12.2011 - Bayern Munich Guard #13 Je'Kel Foster drives against Artland's #31 Nathan Peavy - Quakenbruck, Germany)
11.12.2011 - FC Bayern Munich 83 at Artland Dragons 86 - Overtime (German League Regular Season)
A Targeted Team - FC Bayern Munich entered the 2011/2012 German Bundesliga Season with significant fan-fare and media coverage. They were able to back up the hype, so to speak, with a solid record in the first month of play..and every win has been earned because teams are seeing games with Bayern as an opportunity to notch a big early season victory. Bayern is getting the best efforts from their opponents, and it is the road games that are especially difficult due to an elevated level of energy & hostility of the away environments. It's tough to win on the road in high level Europe in general, but it just seems as if Bayern faces a major challenge every time they travel outside of Munich.Bayern vs Artland - Munich experienced another challenging road task in Round 8 versus the Artland Dragons of Quakenbruck. We watched Munich in previous road games at Bonn & Oldenburg..those were raucous crowds..and it was no different in Artland Arena on November 13. And in similar fashion to prior road games, Bayern found themselves in an uphill battle from the jump as Artland hit shot after first half shot (taking a 42-34 lead at halftime).
Foster Shows Out - Bayern quickly erased their halftime deficit in the opening of the 3rd, both teams would then exchange punches for the duration of regulation. This game featured an amazing scoring duel between Artland Guard David Holston and former tOSU Buckeye Je'Kel Foster! Je'Kel was the man of the match for Bayern. The Guard from Natchez, Mississippi led his club early with 12 first half points (including two three pointers). Foster especially took over in the 3rd quarter when Munich was in dire need of points. He matched his first half effort by scoring another 12 points, but this time in just one quarter resulting in 24 points after the 3rd period. Je'Kel made his 5th three pointer at the 2:23 mark of the 3rd which prompted the announcer to emphatically state, "Je'Kel Foster is on fire!!".
Overtime Thriller - As the game got into the latter stages, it seemed like whoever had the final possession would be the team to emerge as victors. Je'Kel Foster made a nice three point play at the 19 second mark after driving past Nathan Peavy for the layup (pictured above), but David Holston responded with two free throws to tie the game up with 11 seconds left. So Bayern had the ball for the last possession, and it was like 
everything was set up for Je'Kel to cap his strong performance with a game winner, but #13 was doubled, and teammate Demond Greene missed a would be GW as the regulation time expired.We did not view this game live, so we were quite surprised to see that Bayern actually had a six point lead in the overtime period. But Artland's David Holston would evidently not be denied on this evening. The guard out of Chicago State proved to be the difference after making two clutch threes that would ultimately give Artland the close 86-83 OT win.
Bayern did not get the W, but Je'Kel Foster was magnificent in finishing with a season high of 31 points, and once again living up to our nickname for him 'The Takeover' ! :)
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