Gréngewald Hueschtert C controlled Arantia Larochette C, 72-53, in the Championship Round at Oberanven/Central. Coach Olaf Recht's side jumped 6-0 and dictated the first 10 minutes (21-9). They kept the pace to halftime (33-20), then broke the game open right after the break: from 39-22, GREC strung together a 19-4 burst to 58-26, their largest lead at +32. Arantia tried to halt the slide with a timeout, but the momentum stayed green. In that phase, Pedro Nunes Jordao picked up an unsportsmanlike foul.
Coach Sascha Schmit's team reacted in the fourth. Schmit drilled back-to-back threes to start the period, and Nunes Jordao (37, 1.82m, PRT) caught fire with 17 points in the last quarter, including four triples, trimming the gap as close as 69-53. GREC, however, managed the finish, despite a late technical on Leonidas Grigoriadis.
Standouts: the international scoring duo Mathieu Franco (21 points; Season PPG: 18.46) and Diogo Miguel Melicio Paiva (20; Season PPG: 14.0) set the tone for Gréngewald, with Anastasios Kotsopoulos (28, GRC) adding 9 and Christos Nterelis 8; captain Olaf Recht chipped in 4. For Arantia, Nunes Jordao led with 26 (Season PPG: 20.25) and Alvis Kasteckas added 10, while captain Sascha Schmit's two timely threes gave him 6; teenager Max Daems (16) contributed 2.
Context and form: GREC avenged October's 78-60 loss and remain 2nd in the standings (8-5). Arantia slip two spots to 7th (6-6). Gréngewald are on a three-game winning streak; Arantia have dropped their last two.
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