Black Frogs Schieren B, 4th in the relegation group, started far better and led 22-12 after one quarter, with a first high point at 22-10. The home side had energy and balance early, but the match changed completely in the second period. Luxembourg Phoenix, 7th after the game, opened the quarter with 8 unanswered points to come back to 22-20, then closed the half with another 8-0 run from 27-27 to 27-35.
That swing decided the tone. Schieren B managed to tie at 35-35 early in the third quarter, but Phoenix answered immediately with a 10-0 burst to 45-35. From there, the visitors controlled the rhythm. FROB came one last time to 56-61 in the fourth, yet CED replied with 7 straight points and later stretched the gap to its highest margin, 73-58.
The decisive edge for Phoenix came from two scorers. Oscar Khoury (22) finished with 26 points in his first game of this competition, while captain Joseph Zeidan Ep. Beaucourt (Season PPG: 9.09) produced 28. Together they scored 54 of the team's 75 points. Chadi Mikhael (42, LBN) added 7, including a key third-quarter three, and Monzer Houdeib (Season PPG: 2.00) also had 7.
For Schieren B, Janssen Liu (Season PPG: 6.00) led with 15 points. Tim Ittenbach (Season PPG: 7.91) and Jerry Valente (Season PPG: 4.00) scored 12 each, while Daniel Kemp (Season PPG: 6.50) and Noah Michels (Season PPG: 3.40) added 10 apiece. Liu and Ittenbach both had to navigate late foul trouble.
Phoenix had lost the two earlier meetings this season, 52-63 and 62-69, but reversed the matchup here and ended a 13-game losing streak. Schieren B is now on three straight defeats.
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