Etzella Ettelbruck, now on a six-game winning streak, answered its earlier defeat against Résidence Walferdange with a 100-83 home win. The game was still balanced through much of the first half. Résidence moved in front 26-23 early in the second quarter, but Etzella reacted with an 11-0 run to 34-26 and took a 53-46 lead into halftime.
The decisive phase came after the break. Walferdange trimmed the margin to 53-50, then Gavin Love's team answered immediately with 9 straight points for 62-50. From there, Etzella controlled the tempo. The fourth quarter opened with a 14-0 burst from 77-67 to 91-67, the game's highest lead. Résidence replied with 9 unanswered points, but the gap stayed too large.
Etzella combined volume and efficiency, with good shooting on all three levels: 24/29 free throws (82.8%), 17/31 on 2-pointers (54.8%) and 14/36 from three (38.9%). The 24-year-old 2.01m American Nicholas Davis (Season PPG: 21.10, RPG: 9.97, AssPG: 1.91) was the main interior presence with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting an excellent 9/12 from two-point range. Adrian Delph (Season PPG: 21.95, RPG: 6.81, AssPG: 3.38) added 23 points and 7 assists, with 5/5 free throws and 4/8 from deep. Philippe Gutenkauf (Season PPG: 16.73, RPG: 4.50, AssPG: 7.20) produced 19 points and 10 assists, including an excellent 11/12 at the line. Thomas Henkel added 14 points, all his field goals coming from long range.
For Résidence, Brendan T. Bailey (Season PPG: 22.73, RPG: 9.34, AssPG: 1.38) scored 24, John Clark Slajchert (Season PPG: 27.05, RPG: 5.45, AssPG: 3.62) had 23, and Oliver Vujakovic (Season PPG: 14.95, RPG: 6.00, AssPG: 2.50) finished with 17. Walferdange was good at the line as well at 76.5%, but its 47.3% on 2-pointers and 27.3% from three left too much of the offensive burden on its leading scorers.
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