Gréngewald Hueschtert overpowered Black Star Mersch 131-68 in Oberanven, controlling the game from the early minutes and never looking back. After a brief 2-5 deficit, Yannick Julien's team answered with a 10-0 burst to 12-5 and closed the first quarter at 37-19. The decisive stretch came in the second period: from 39-24, GRE strung together a 20-0 run to 59-24, breaking the game open before halftime (71-34).
Lex Bauer (Season PPG: 18.00) set the tone and kept piling on, finishing with 32 points, including repeated scores to end the first quarter and another series of baskets in the fourth. Kian Wensveen Grou (Season PPG: 17.75) added 22 and authored a personal 7-0 run in the third quarter despite having picked up three early fouls in the first. Luca Pividor (Season PPG: 12.50) matched him with 22, while Sam Urwald (Season PPG: 26.50) contributed 14. Off the bench, Max Frederik Hessz (21, 1.88m, DEU) brought 15.
For BSM, Sam Tibold (Season PPG: 23.44) led with 20 points and Trey Sean Boayue (Season PPG: 22.11) added 17. Leandro Da Silva Nunes (Season PPG: 8.11) chipped in 11. Jérôme Hansen's side saw several key players reach four fouls, which blunted any chance of sustained resistance.
GRE's offense kept rolling quarter by quarter (37, 34, 30, 30), and the hosts reached their largest lead at the buzzer (+63). Gréngewald remain perfect atop the standings at 10-0 and extend their winning streak to nine. Black Star sit 5th at 3-7 (ranking +1), now on a two-game slide after a four-game winning run. The first meeting had been awarded to GRE by forfeit, but this time the leaders settled it comprehensively on the floor.
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