AS Soleuvre B took a close 69-61 road win at BBC Käldall in the opening round-robin game and climbed to 4th place (+4), while Käldall is 6th (+1).
The game flow was defined by Soleuvre B's stronger first half. After a 19-16 first quarter, the visitors created real separation in the second and reached the break ahead 46-35. Their best margin was 11 points, built on balanced scoring and repeated answers whenever Käldall threatened. Julien Kuhn (26) scored early, Tom Lahure (46) added an early three, and Sandro Sana Sanchez Gomes Junior (22, PRT) was the main accelerator in the second period.
Käldall's response was strong after halftime. They won the third quarter 18-10 and cut the gap to 56-53. Léo Martin Gutierrez-Ortega (35, FRA) carried much of that push and had already produced 8 straight Käldall points in the first quarter. He finished with 26, clearly the game-high. Sofiane Mohamed Belal (20, FRA) added 13, and captain Ralph Anthony Lana (33) scored 10.
Soleuvre B stayed composed in the last quarter. From 56-53, they put together a decisive 9-2 sequence to move to 65-55, with Carlos Jordy Borges (25, NLD), Diego Fine (18, FRA) and Lahure all contributing. Käldall came back again at 65-60 after a Belal three, but Soleuvre B answered immediately through Sanchez Gomes Junior and Cyprien Gabriel Julien Brochot-Carric (20, FRA) to restore control at 69-60.
The visitors had four players between 9 and 19 points: Sanchez Gomes Junior with 19, Brochot-Carric with 18, Borges with 10 and Kuhn with 9. That scoring depth made the late difference.
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