Black Star Mersch produced a strong turnaround in Mersch, beating Black Frogs Schieren 93-61 after trailing 15-23 at the end of the first quarter.
FRO started the better. Eric Christopher Anderson (Season PPG: 21.20) was the main early weapon, and Schieren closed the opening period on a 6-0 run after Dean Gindt's unsportsmanlike foul. The visitors were still in control at 21-30 in the second quarter.
BSM then shifted the game. Coach Goran Lukic's team rebuilt through Dean Gindt (Season PPG: 13.41), Desean Hampton (Season PPG: 18.00) and captain Norman Kloss (Season PPG: 3.65). Mersch finished the first half on a 9-3 burst to move in front 40-38.
The decisive sequence came after the break. FRO briefly went back ahead at 41-40, but BSM answered with a 10-0 run to reach 50-41. From there, Donte Bezel Pope (Season PPG: 31.24) completely took over. He scored 15 consecutive BSM points in the third quarter, a major swing in the game, and Mersch entered the last period with a 67-51 lead.
The final quarter was one-way traffic, 26-10 for BSM, with the home side pushing its highest lead to 32 points at the end. Pope finished with 36 points, Hampton added 18, Gindt 15 and Kloss 12. Besenius gave efficient support with 8.
For FRO, Anderson scored 22, Gabriel Solomon (Season PPG: 9.00) added 12 and Alexandre Pereira Meireles (Season PPG: 8.77) 11, but Schieren managed only 23 points after halftime.
In the updated Tour montée table, FRO are 4th and BSM 6th. Mersch stop a four-game losing streak, while Schieren are now on three straight defeats.
(AI generated)