Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled US Heffingen C, 82-60, in the M-Division 1 championship round at deichwisen/central, building a double-digit cushion early and never relinquishing it. Heffingen struck first through captain Claude Ludwig, but coach Nelson Delgado's ETZB answered with a 10-0 run to close the opening quarter at 22-12. The hosts kept piling on in the second: José Miguel Domingos Sanches (Season PPG: 17.11) hit from deep, Delgado scored inside and out, and Sam Schaaf (Season PPG: 15.33) kept the pressure on for a 43-27 halftime lead.
Heffingen responded after the break. Under coach Daniel Wampach, the visitors won the third quarter 22-21 behind Wampach's three triples and the energy of Gustavo Alves Novaes (19, PRT). But every push met an answer: Charel Wilmes and Delgado opened the fourth with back-to-back threes, restoring a margin past 20. ETZB's largest lead reached +26 (80-54, later 82-56).
Numbers told the story inside the arc: ETZB converted 25 two-pointers to HEFC's 13, while also dropping 10 threes (Heffingen 9). Domingos Sanches led all scorers with 25 (five triples). Delgado, the 45-year-old captain, added 16, Schaaf 15, Wilmes 10, and Ayrton Babinyanga Bonyeme (19, BEL) chipped in 10. For Heffingen, Nils Rock (17) had 19 on four threes and five free throws, Wampach (Season PPG: 6.4) 14 with four triples, Joé Prim (Season PPG: 4.38) 12, and Alves Novaes 11.
ETZB stop a two-game skid and move to 4-6, sitting 9th. Heffingen slide to 3-7 but remain 8th. No player fouled out; ETZB managed the game's rhythm and decisive runs from start to finish.
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