US Heffingen stayed perfect with an 85-77 road win in Bascharage after flipping the game in a pivotal second quarter. Bascharage led 26-21 after 10 minutes behind early scoring from Aziz Ndiaye (28, 2.03m, SEN) and Veljko Dragasevic (28, 1.94m, HUN), but the visitors seized control in Q2. Thomas Killian Quarry (Season PPG: 27.8, RPG: 7.0, AssPG: 2.0) strung 6 points in a row with back-to-back threes at 41-41 for 41-49 at the break, a burst helped by an unsportsmanlike foul on Bascharage.
Heffingen then opened the third with a 7-0 run (45-56) through Quarry and Luke Henry Haasl (Season PPG: 18.0, RPG: 13.0, AssPG: 1.8). The gap peaked at nine (59-68). Coach Goran Lukic's team rallied to 73-74 in the fourth, but Coach Alexis Kreps's side closed with composure: free throws by Gerry Schuder Minden (Season PPG: 12.4) and Quarry sealed it.
Quarry was the MVP with 37 points (6/6 FT, 5/14 threes). Haasl added 16 and 11 rebounds on 8/11 inside, and Austin Joseph Parker III (Season PPG: 17.0, RPG: 8.6, AssPG: 1.8) chipped in 14. From the supporting unit, Oly Charel (Season PPG: 4.6) and Schuder Minden scored 8 each.
For Bascharage, Ndiaye powered 25 (10/18 2P), Dragasevic had 14 (2/5 threes) and Jeffrey Early Jr (37, 1.90m, USA) added 14 (7/11 FT). Deni Sabotic (17, 1.85m) scored 9. Teodor Lukic committed a string of fouls in Q2, including an unsportsmanlike, and later fouled out; HEF's Jordan Rodrigo Carreira Kreps also fouled out.
Team stats underline the swing: HEF was good at the line (76%, 16/21) and won the steals battle 8-3, while BAS moved the ball better (22 assists) and shot a good 51% on 2s (25/49) but only 27% from three and 63% at the stripe. Heffingen fielded two pros to Bascharage's one. The winners extend their streak to four.
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