US Heffingen controlled this M-Nationale 2 qualifying opener from the first minutes and won 113-37 away at Black Frogs Schieren. The new table places Heffingen 1st and Schieren 6th after one game.
The game was already moving one way in the opening quarter. Heffingen went from 0-0 to 7-0, then answered Schieren's brief reaction with a 17-0 run to close the period at 28-8. José Alberto Pais Costa's team kept the same rhythm in the second quarter and pushed the margin to 48-19 at halftime. A disqualifying foul was recorded against Najee Williams (23, 1.95m, USA) in the second quarter, but it did not slow Heffingen's control.
The decisive break came after halftime. Schieren got within 21-48 and later 23-51, but Heffingen then produced a major 32-0 run, turning the game into an 83-23 gap before the end of the third quarter. That stretch settled everything. The last period only confirmed the size of the difference, with the lead peaking at 76 points.
Williams finished with 30 points and Helder Neto (25, 1.98m, AGO) added 28, giving Heffingen strong scoring from inside and outside. Among the Luxembourg players, Mika Jung (21, 1.86m) scored 13, Lee Bourgeois added 9, and Ethan Steinmetz (18, 1.80m) gave useful late support with 8.
For Serge Logelin's side, Yann Makoki Bakongo (33, COD) was the main scorer with 10 points. Zino Beslija added 7, captain Benjamin Kezie scored 7, and Welton Silva do Rosario (31, 1.94m, PRT) had 6. Mathis Kraus (16) also brought 4 points in a difficult game.
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