Fifth-ranked Black Frogs Schieren beat third-ranked US Heffingen 90-82 in Schieren, taking their first win in four meetings this season and stopping a five-game losing streak. Schieren also gained one place in the Tour montée table.
The game changed several times. Heffingen started better, with Jacob Washington (Season PPG: 21.50) scoring 8 straight points for his team in the opening minutes, and the visitors led 22-17. Coach Nigel Tolentino's side answered with a 14-2 run to close the first quarter at 31-24, driven by Gabriel Solomon and Eric Anderson.
Schieren then built the biggest lead of the game at 43-31, but Heffingen reacted strongly. From there, the visitors produced a 20-3 stretch and went into halftime ahead 51-46. Washington, Thomas Quarry (Season PPG: 26.80) and Austin Parker III (Season PPG: 14.63) were the main engines of that comeback.
Heffingen pushed the margin to 55-46 early in the third quarter, but Schieren stayed in contact. Alexandre Pereira Meireles matched his season high with 23 points, Solomon also reached his season best with 25, and 26-year-old 2.00m American Anderson added 21. Schieren erased the gap and tied it at 64-64 before Heffingen carried a 69-64 edge into the last period.
The decisive sequence came late. After Heffingen led 82-80, Schieren closed the game with 10 unanswered points. Solomon was central again, scoring 7 points in that final run and finishing 6 made free throws, 2 two-pointers and 5 three-pointers. For Heffingen, Washington also matched his season high with 30 points, while Quarry added 22 and Parker III 18. Bourgeois fouled out in the closing phase.
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