AS Soleuvre imposed itself 99-79 in Mersch after seizing control from the second quarter on. Black Star opened with an 8-0 burst (Sam Tibold's triple, Trey Sean Boayue inside, Raphael Solomon from deep), and Boayue added a 4-0 mini-run for 14-7. Soleuvre answered with an 8-0 streak fueled by Luca Ippolito and Ibrahim Hasic to level, yet BSM still edged the first quarter 25-23.
The game flipped in the second. After Matheo Mesquita Fonseca briefly pushed BSM ahead 29-25 with two straight baskets, Soleuvre strung together a 10-0 run (Rafael Aguiar Sousa, Mathis Alex Guiot and David-Andrei Cojanu) to 31-39 and reached halftime up 37-44. Guiot then broke the game open in the third with a burst that included two threes and multiple drives, while Tibold answered with two long-range makes to keep BSM within 57-68 after 30 minutes.
Early in the fourth, BSM trimmed it to 61-68, but Ippolito scored back-to-back and Soleuvre kept the pressure with Hasic, Aguiar Sousa and Cojanu until the final +20, the largest lead of the night.
Leaders: Guiot (Season PPG: 9.57) paced SOL with 26. Hasic (Season PPG: 18.83) added 19, Cojanu (Season PPG: 9.43) 16, Aguiar Sousa (17) 17, and Ippolito (20) 18. For BSM, Tibold (Season PPG: 24.3) poured in 32 with three triples, and captain Boayue (Season PPG: 22.1) scored 22; Solomon (Season PPG: 11.2) hit two threes.
Notable sequences and fouls: Bryan Nnganyadi committed two quick personals in Q2; Ippolito had two rapid whistles in Q4; Solomon picked up two early fouls in Q1; Guiot navigated four fouls without fouling out. Coach Hervé Marie-Rose's side also won the first meeting by forfeit; this time they did it on court. In the table, SOL climbs to 2nd (+2, 7-2), while BSM sits 5th (+1, 3-8) and is on a three-game skid under coach Jérôme Hansen.
(AI generated)