Gréngewald Hueschtert overpowered Black Star Mersch 102-71 in Oberanven/Central, overturning October's 61-76 loss in the reverse fixture. The visitors opened well (25-23 after Q1) behind Donte Bezel Pope and Desean Hampton, but Max Frederik Hessz struck early with back-to-back threes for GRE. The hosts edged ahead by halftime (47-40) as Dayne Prim and Aidan Reichert began to control the interior.
The game broke open in the third quarter. GRE authored a 29-12 frame, including an 8-0 burst fueled by a Reichert triple and two Patrick Hoffmann threes, with Prim adding calm free throws. Nicolas Hittelet's three pushed it to 74-52, and the lead ballooned to 31 by the buzzer. Sam Urwald added six late points in Q4. Pope had a string of three consecutive free throws in Q1 after a personal foul on a three-point attempt.
Shooting told the story: GRE were excellent from three (14/24, 58%) and good at the line (20/26, 77%), while BSM had a good 2-point clip (19/36, 53%) but struggled from deep (8/26, 31%) and at the stripe (9/15, 60%). Gréngewald dominated the glass (37-21) and shared the ball (15 assists to 4).
Prim (Season PPG: 25.13, RPG: 12.43, AssPG: 4.43) took MVP honors with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting an excellent 9/9 FT and 4/5 from three. Reichert (Season PPG: 26.38, RPG: 11.86, AssPG: 2.57; 1.97m, USA) logged a 27-point, 12-rebound double-double. Hessz added 14 on 4/6 threes (excellent) and Hoffmann (Season PPG: 7.60, RPG: 2.38, AssPG: 2.08) hit three third-quarter triples for 13. Hittelet contributed 9.
For BSM, Pope (Season PPG: 33.31, RPG: 6.67, AssPG: 4.00) scored 27 with a good 8/13 inside and 5/6 FT. Hampton (Season PPG: 20.40, RPG: 9.75, AssPG: 2.88) had 20, drilling an excellent 4/5 from deep; Romain Dieterlen (Season PPG: 6.57, RPG: 4.38, AssPG: 2.38) added 9. Under coach Ricky Easterling, GRE's structure and rebounding overwhelmed Goran Lukic's side.
In the table, Gréngewald climb to 2nd (11-4, +1) and extend their winning streak to ten. Black Star remain 5th (9-6), now on back-to-back defeats.
(AI generated)