AB Contern B won the top-of-table game at US Heffingen B, 74-61, and completed a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 81-63 home win. In the new classification, Contern B stay 1st and Heffingen B 2nd, both at 14-2, while Contern extend their winning run to six games and Heffingen see a long winning streak end.
Heffingen started better. Marco Steinmetz's team led 20-15 after the first quarter and kept control for most of the first half. Frank Jacoby's free throws, Joel Thesen's activity and another three from Manuel Scholtus pushed the home side to 24-17, their highest lead. At the break, Heffingen were still in front 34-31.
The game turned in the third quarter. Contern erased the deficit quickly, reached 40-40, then produced the key sequence. After Thesen scored for 45-43, Contern closed the period on a 10-0 run through Yann Besch, Ben Goergen, René Wolzfeld and Christian Harr. That made it 53-45.
The run continued into the fourth quarter. Kafer scored first, Goergen added two free throws, and Contern's burst reached 14 unanswered points before Yves Bellwald stopped it at 45-57. From there the visitors controlled the game and built a highest lead of 14 points.
Goergen was the main difference-maker with 23 points for Contern B, well above his Season PPG: 12.44. Besch added 18 (Season PPG: 15.85), including major third- and fourth-quarter scoring, while Wolzfeld had 14 and Kafer 8 with two important threes. For Heffingen B, Bellwald finished with 23 points (Season PPG: 14.21), Scholtus added 12 with four made threes, and Thesen scored 11 (Season PPG: 24.73).
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