The Swans from Gmunden lost on Thursday evening in the placement round (6th round) of the basketball league against Oberwart Gunners with 81:84 (55:48). As a result, Gmunden has to hand over the lead to BC Vienna, who won 94:84 at Wels the day before.
For the Swans it looks like a victory for a long time, in the meantime the lead is 13 points. After the long-term lead up to 81:81, the Burgenland from Oberwart snatched the match from the Upper Austrians in the finish to 84:81 (48:55) success.
In the second Thursday match of the placement round, however, St. Pölten had no trouble in the Lower Austria derby against the Klosterneuburg Dukes at 87:66 (40:28).
Vienna now leads the table with 30 points ahead of Gmunden (28) and Oberwart (19). In the qualifying round, UBSC Graz takes the lead after a tight 69:68 against the Vienna Timberwolves.