First-placed Mambra Mamer B edged second-placed T71 Dudelange B 67-66 in Mamer, a one-point game settled late by Maximilien Tresson (Season PPG: 11.71). The home side also ended a three-game losing streak, while T71B saw its two-game winning run stop.
T71B had the better start and led 19-18 after the first quarter, then Serge Logelin's team took clear control in the second. Daris Honsic (16, FRA) went on a major roll, scoring 14 straight points from 18-19 to 18-33. That sequence gave the visitors their biggest lead at 15 points, and they reached halftime in front 45-33.
Mambra changed the game after the break. Dave Rischette (Season PPG: 7.40) was central to the shift, and the hosts produced a 12-0 run to turn 42-53 into 54-53 late in the third quarter. Rischette, Jannik Tuffel (Season PPG: 9.35) and Christophe Ney (Season PPG: 11.20) drove that comeback, with Pierre Flavien Hebbert's team winning the period 21-10.
T71B reacted again early in the fourth and moved ahead 60-54, but Mamer answered with another strong spell and climbed to 65-62, its best moment of control. Dudelange still had one more swing: Rafael Costa Farinha (Season PPG: 7.67) and Karim Chakir (Season PPG: 8.89) pushed the visitors back in front, 66-65. Tresson, already in four-foul trouble since the third quarter, then scored the decisive basket for 67-66.
For MAMB, Scharel Geimer led with 15 points, Rischette added 13 and Luc Decker (Season PPG: 7.46) had 11. For T71B, Honsic finished with 29, Costa Farinha scored 13, while Arnaud Yann Menu (25, FRA) and Lenn Dondelinger (Season PPG: 13.89) added 11 each.
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