Arantia Larochette B took a 75-65 road win in Mamer in a game that stayed competitive for a long stretch. After a 15-15 first quarter, the visitors led 37-32 at halftime and 54-45 after three periods. In the updated table, Arantia Larochette B is 2nd and Mambra Mamer B 3rd, both with a 1-1 record.
The opening was balanced, but Arantia produced the first notable run. From 3-2 down, Laurent Majerus (36, 2.04m) and Pedro Nunes Jordao (38, 1.82m) helped build an 8-0 burst to 10-3. Mamer reacted well through Scharel Geimer (39) and Xavier Arnaud Loizeau (29), and the quarter closed level.
A key moment came in the second period. Mamer briefly moved ahead 30-29 behind seven unanswered points, with Loizeau scoring twice from long range in that stretch, but Arantia answered by closing the half on an 8-2 sequence for a five-point edge. Donovan Delhommais (25, 1.86m) was already giving the visitors steady interior production, while Majerus kept converting around the basket.
The separation became clearer around the end of the third and start of the fourth. David Controguera (40) opened the second half with a three, and Nunes Jordao went on a personal roll with 10 points across that span, pushing the score to 57-45. Arantia later reached its highest lead at 67-51, and again at 72-56.
Delhommais led the winners with 24 points, Majerus added 20, Nunes Jordao 15 and Controguera 12. For Mamer, Maximilien Tresson (26) scored 21 despite foul trouble, Loizeau added 16 and Geimer 12. Florian Reinke's team kept playing with discipline in the last quarter, but the gap never dropped below 10 after Arantia's main break.
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Mambra Mamer B