Arantia Larochette B beat Gréngewald Hueschtert B 81-66 and climbed to 3rd place, a gain of four spots, while GREB stayed 11th and fell to a fourth straight loss.
The game was decided by its swings. ARAB set the tone early with a 25-16 first quarter, finishing the period on a 13-5 stretch behind Laurent Majerus (Season PPG: 21.20), Donovan Delhommais (ARAB) and Marc Backendorf (Season PPG: 8.40). GREB answered well in the second quarter: from 25-16 down, Ricky Easterling's team came back to 29-29 and later moved in front 38-37. Linus Schumacher (GREB), Mats Genevaro Van den Biezenbos (GREB) and Yannick Peffer (GREB) drove that reaction, but ARAB still reached halftime ahead 42-38.
The crucial moment came just after the break. Arantia opened the third quarter with 8 straight points to move from 42-38 to 50-38, then extended that burst into a 14-2 spell for 56-40. That sequence gave the home side control. In the fourth quarter, Maximilien Nuss (Season PPG: 7.00) added 8 points in a row, pushing the score from 62-53 to 70-53. The biggest gap reached 20 points at 75-55.
Backendorf led ARAB with 19 points, Majerus added 15, Nuss 14, Delhommais 12 and Pedro Nunes Jordao (Season PPG: 10.57) 11. For GREB, Schumacher scored 13, Van den Biezenbos and Oliver Thomas Stobart (GREB) had 10 each, and Yannick Peffer (GREB) finished with 9. Sam Brosius (ARAB) also brought useful support with 7 points.
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