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PS Karlsruhe Lions

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PS Karlsruhe Lions
PS Karlsruhe Lions logo
LeaguesProA
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
ArenaEuropahalle
Capacity3,500
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany
PresidentDanijel Ljubić
Head coachAleksandar Scepanovic
Websitepsk-lions.de
PS Karlsruhe Lions in December 2018
PS Karlsruhe Lions home game in December 2018

PS Karlsruhe Lions is a German professional basketball team located in Karlsruhe. The team competes in Germany's ProA league, the country's second division. In 2017, the team promoted from the third tier ProB to the second tier.[1] The team is part of the multi-sports club Post Südstadt Karlsruhe (PSK).

As of 2024, the team has been the reigning champion of the German ProA league.

History

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Basketball has been played at PSK in the southern Karlsruhe district of Weiherfeld-Dammerstock since 1961. In the following decades, the department celebrated numerous regional and national successes. In 2016, the PS Karlsruhe Lions had four men's teams and two women's teams registered for play. In addition, there were numerous youth teams from U10 to U18. Until 2016, there was a cooperation with BG Karlsruhe, which had emerged in 1993 from the basketball departments of PSK and its neighboring club, FC Südstern. Due to the promotion of the first men's team of the PS Karlsruhe Lions to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB, the cooperation was terminated in May 2016, as both teams competed in the same league in the 2016/17 season. The first Karlsruhe women's team played in the Regionalliga Südwest.

On 7 April 2024, the Lions' Lachlan Dent set a ProA league record for 3-poniters made in a single game as he hit 10 in the game vs. Paderborn Baskets.[2]

Arenas

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Until 2017, the club played in the Friedrich-List-Schule, which had a capacity of 862 people. In the 2017–18 season, following the club's promotion to the ProA, the Lions started playing in the Europahalle Karlsruhe which has a capacity of 1,500 people. In 2020, they moved to the Lina-Radke-Halle. (1,500 seats)

For the 2024-25 season, the Lions returned to the Europahalle with an anticipated capacity of 3,500 visitors.[3]

Honors

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ProA

  • Champions: 2023–24

Players

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Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

PS Karlsruhe LIONS roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 1 Germany Herzog, Lukas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001
SF 3 Germany Ndi, Elijah 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 20 – (2004-09-02)2 September 2004
PG 4 United States Williams, O'Showen Injured 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – (1997-10-22)22 October 1997
PG 7 Australia Dent, Lachlan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
PG 8 Germany Pisic, Pavle 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2005-09-08)8 September 2005
C 11 United States Tunstall Jr, Dennis Injured 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997
PF 12 Germany Jostmann, Melvin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 24 – (2000-07-12)12 July 2000
SG 14 Germany Ani, Jesse Chidera Injured 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 22 – (2002-01-27)27 January 2002
PF 17 Germany Haarmann, Terry Kodjo-Torgbe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 20 – (2004-08-02)2 August 2004
SG 18 Finland Mäntynen, Joel 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 22 – (2002-01-13)13 January 2002
SG 20 Germany Albus, Julian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-05-20)20 May 1992
SG 23 United States Miller, Michael Jordan Injured 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 27 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997
C 74 Germany Pluskota, Maurice Marko 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 32 – (1992-05-30)30 May 1992
PF 77 Canada Kigab, Abu 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998
Head coach

Croatia Aleksandar Scepanovic

Assistant coach(es)

Germany Aleksandar Nadjfeji

United States Andrew Michael Sauer

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 1 December 2024

Season by season

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Season Tier League Pos. Cup
2013–14 5 2. Regionalliga 2nd
2014–15 5 2. Regionalliga 1st
2015–16 4 1. Regionalliga 1st
2016–17 3 ProB 2nd
2017–18 2 ProA 3rd
2018–19 2 ProA 8th
2019–20 2 ProA 15th
2020–21 2 ProA 11th
2021–22 2 ProA 7th
2022–23 2 ProA 3rd
2023–24 2 ProA 1st First round
2024–25 2 ProA First round

Notable players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

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  • United States Michael Mai (2017–2018)
  • Croatia Ivan Rudež (2018–2020)
  • Germany Croatia Drazan Salavarda (2020–2021)
  • Croatia Aleksandar Scepanovic (2021–present)

References

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  1. ^ Endstand 92:75: PSK Lions steigen in die zweite Bundesliga auf regio-news.de, 23 April 2017. Accessed 16 June 2017. (in German)
  2. ^ Lachlan Dent wirft sich in die Geschichtsbücher: PS Karlsruhe Lions feiern ihren König der Löwen Moritz Hirn (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), 10 April 2024. Accessed 24 September 2024.(in German)
  3. ^ Moritz Hirn (30 January 2024). "Rückkehr mit erstklassigen Zielen: PSK Lions spielen bald wieder in der Karlsruher Europahalle". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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