59 GR vs COL 46<br /><br />LONDON, 31 August <br />Sebastian WOLK (GER) had 13 points and Dirk PASSIWAN (GER) scored 12 as Germany eased to a 59-46 victory against Colombia in group B of the men's wheelchair basketball tournament.<br />The Germans, fresh from their 77-72 overtime victory against Great Britain on Thursday, burst into a 9-0 lead through Andre BIENEK (GER) and PASSIWAN (GER), while their opponents missed seven field goal attempts in the opening minutes.<br />Colombia did manage to find the basket through Guillermo ALZATE (COL) midway through the first quarter but Germany finished the quarter strong as a fast break steal from PASSIWAN found Thomas GUNDERT (GER) n the box for a 17-6 lead.<br />The Germans maintained their high performance level in the second quarter and extended their advantage to 24 points with Sebastian WOLK (GER) hitting five straight field goals.<br />Led by Rodney HAWKINS (COL), Colombia opened the third quarter with a 9-2 run as they closed to 40-23 and the fightback continued into the closing stages with HAWKINS helping Colombia to six unanswered points as he took his total to 16 points.<br /><br />For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To<br />watch live action and videos on demand of the London 2012 Paralympic<br />Games, and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to<br />www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic<br />Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on<br />Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
