Basket Esch B controlled US Heffingen C 67-50 in Heffingen, shaping the game with timely runs and perimeter accuracy. Esch struck first as Marko Latinovic (38, 2.00m, HUN) buried back-to-back triples, but Heffingen answered and even led 13-10 after Yves Bellwald reeled off five straight points. The visitors then closed the opening quarter on a 7-0 burst (13-17) and extended it to 9-0 across quarters when Jules Frédéric Neuen scored right after the break.
Heffingen steadied through Manuel Scholtus' two threes and Bob Banzer's inside finishes, trimming the gap to 29-32 at halftime. The third quarter swung back to Esch: Jeremy Fischbach's activity and a Ruben Vidal triple pushed it to 39-48 after three.
The decisive stretch came early in the fourth. After Daniel Wampach (32) and Jeff Wagener cut it to 44-51, Esch unleashed an 11-0 run points shared by Laurent Tousch, Neuen, Yannis Czerwonka, Vidal and Antoine Kühn to 44-62, with the lead peaking at +18 (46-64). Latinovic's four triples (18 points) set the tone; Vidal added 11 (three threes), Tousch 9, with Kühn and Fischbach 8 each.
For Heffingen, Wampach and Bellwald (33, 1.95m, Forward/Center) led with 13 apiece, Banzer added 10 and Scholtus 8. A notable second-quarter moment saw Joé Prim commit two personal fouls in succession as Esch built momentum.
Under coach Marko Latinovic, Esch move up to 5th (6-5). Coach Claude Ludwig's HEFC slip to 9th (3-8, -1) and take a second straight loss.
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