Etzella Ettelbruck won 86-78 in Oberanven and extended their current run to four straight wins, but the game had two very different phases.
Gréngewald Hueschtert started better. Alvin Tumblin Jr (Season PPG: 17.29, RPG: 12.2, AssPG: 1.7) scored GRE's first 8 points, and Ricky Easterling's team led 27-24 after the opening quarter. Lex Bauer added two early threes, and GRE reached 25-18 before Etzella closed the gap.
The turning point came in the second and especially the third quarter. Travis Henson (Season PPG: 20.86, RPG: 4.27, AssPG: 1.27) gave Etzella steady scoring, Philippe Gutenkauf (Season PPG: 14.67, RPG: 4.8, AssPG: 8.5) controlled the attack, and Marvin Delgado dos Santos (Season PPG: 10.29, RPG: 6.18, AssPG: 1.91) hit back-to-back threes in the third. Gavin Love's team went from 24-27 down to 45-39 up at halftime, then stretched the margin to its highest point at 64-48. ETZ finished with good shooting at the line (17/20, 85%) and from three (9/23, 39%), while GRE struggled from deep at 7/33, 21%.
Gréngewald still made it a close game. From 52-67, Raiquan Clark (Season PPG: 26.43, RPG: 7.8, AssPG: 1.5) led an 18-2 run and scored 17 points in the fourth quarter as GRE moved ahead 70-69. Jeremy Ingram and Gilles Kerschen supported that comeback.
Etzella's response was immediate. Henson scored twice in traffic, Philippe Gutenkauf added key points, and Delgado dos Santos, excellent at 5/7 from three, buried two late triples for 81-73 and 84-76. Henson led the winners with 24 points on a good 9/14 from two, Gordon added 15 with an excellent 9/10 on free throws, while GRE got 22 points and 9 rebounds from Clark, 17 points and 14 rebounds from official MVP Tumblin Jr, and 14 points from Ingram.
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