Avanti Mondorf edged US Heffingen 82-81 in Mondorf to open the Tour montée, decided by Joseph Daniel Reuter's go-ahead basket in the closing moments. The game swung repeatedly: Heffingen controlled the first period 24-17, but Mondorf replied 23-16 in the second, fueled by Tim Bartholomey's six points in a row on back-to-back threes and steady trips to the line from Reuter, for 40-40 at halftime. A tense third quarter brought a technical on Thomas Killian Quarry and an unsportsmanlike on Tim Bartholomey, and Heffingen still carried a 58-55 lead into the last 10 minutes.
Early in the fourth, Heffingen pushed the gap to 69-60, their largest lead, before coach Philip David Dejworek's timeout preceded Mondorf's surge. Sven Bartholomey hit from deep, Uzziah Khalil Dawkins added a triple and then sank two free throws in a row to level it at 79-79. In the final sequence, Reuter split a pair for 80-79, Gerry Schuder Minden answered, and Reuter delivered the winner.
Shooting separated the sides: Mondorf posted Good marks from 2 (18/36, 50%) and 3 (12/29, 41%), while Heffingen lived at the stripe (27/34, 79% Good) but struggled from the field (2P 18/45, 40%; 3P 6/20, 30%). Quarry (26 years, 2.01m, USA) repeatedly strung together free throws to keep HEF ahead.
Reuter (Season PPG: 23.33, RPG: 11.83, AssPG: 3.17) was the MVP with 30 points on Excellent shooting (FT 6/6, 2P 8/10, 3P 3/6), 14 rebounds and 7 assists. Dawkins (Season PPG: 26.86, RPG: 6.83, AssPG: 5.35) added 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Sven Bartholomey (Season PPG: 5.90, RPG: 2.39, AssPG: 2.61) and Tim Bartholomey (Season PPG: 6.28, RPG: 3.65, AssPG: 1.35) provided timely threes.
For Heffingen, Quarry logged 29 points with 14/14 FT (Excellent) and 13 rebounds, and Austin Joseph Parker III (Season PPG: 15.67, RPG: 6.84, AssPG: 3.08) added 18. Starting center Luke Henry Haasl (24 years, 2.08m, USA; Season PPG: 15.52, RPG: 11.00, AssPG: 2.08) fouled out late after 11 points, a blow to the interior rotation, while Jordan Rodrigo Carreira Kreps (Season PPG: 8.79, RPG: 5.20, AssPG: 3.10) contributed 8 points and 9 rebounds.
Mondorf string together a second straight win and climb to 5th (+1, 12-9). Heffingen stay leaders (17-4) but have dropped three of their last five.
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