T71 Dudelange beat Résidence Walferdange 101-89 at Grimler/Central, stopping a three-game losing streak and completing a 2-0 season sweep after the 86-85 away win in October.
Yves Defraigne's side created the separation with shotmaking and better offensive flow. The first quarter stayed balanced, but T71 moved from 27-26 to 35-26 early in the second period, then carried a 53-42 lead into halftime. The key moment came just after the break: Maurice Calloo and Jimmie Taylor III pushed the score to 61-42, the game's highest lead (+19). Résidence, under Rainer Kloss, did not fold. Brendan Bailey and John Clark Slajchert drove the comeback, cutting the gap to 77-70 after three quarters and then to 77-74 early in the fourth. T71 answered well with an 8-0 run to 90-79, and later finished another decisive stretch from 93-86 to 101-86.
T71's main edge was excellent three-point shooting: 16/31 from deep for 52%, with 20 assists as a team. Game MVP Joe Kalmes (Season PPG: 13.63, RPG: 6.38, AssPG: 2.50) scored 26 points with 7 rebounds and an excellent 5/7 from three. Taylor III (Season PPG: 24.52, RPG: 6.85, AssPG: 2.96) added 25 points, also with an excellent 5/9 from three. Calloo (Season PPG: 19.78, RPG: 6.91, AssPG: 1.27), the 2.03m American forward/center, had 24 points and an excellent 9/9 at the line. Ivan Do Rosario Delgado added 9 points and 7 assists.
Résidence remained dangerous through Bailey (Season PPG: 22.73, RPG: 9.33, AssPG: 1.37), who posted 31 points and 10 rebounds with an excellent 6/6 on free throws, and Slajchert (Season PPG: 27.05, RPG: 5.26, AssPG: 3.56), who finished with 29 points. Walferdange shot an excellent 9/10 on free throws and a good 28/46 on two-pointers, but T71's perimeter volume made the difference.
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