Nitia Bettembourg B won 64-55 at Résidence Walferdange B and moved up one place to 4th in M-Division 2 (9-7), while RESB stayed 8th at 6-9 and slipped to a second straight defeat. The season series is now split 1-1 after Walferdange B had won the first meeting 73-55.
The game was largely shaped in the first half. After RESB led 3-2, NITB answered with a 12-3 stretch and then a 9-0 run from 6-5 to 6-14. That gave the visitors control, and the first quarter ended 20-11. In the second, Walferdange B tried to stay in touch through 17-year-old Kristupas Zilionis and Gonzalez Vargas, but Bettembourg B kept finding answers and went to the break up 36-23.
RESB had its best phase after halftime. Razvan-Alexandru Purice (Season PPG: 5.15) opened the third quarter with 5 points in a row, and later Miguel Gonzalez Vargas (Season PPG: 9.54) and Zilionis combined in a 7-0 push that cut the gap to 35-41. That was the main danger moment for NITB. The visitors reacted well, restoring separation with a 9-1 response and reaching their highest lead at 50-35.
Bettembourg B did not have one dominant scorer, but its balance was decisive. Jacques Jaeger (Season PPG: 11.40) and Bill Marteling (Season PPG: 4.20) finished with 10 points each, while David Picco (Season PPG: 10.93), Elvin Muhovic (Season PPG: 7.00), Ben Molling (Season PPG: 4.88) and Wesley Almeida (Season PPG: 11.46) all added 8. Eric Picco also gave useful spacing with two three-pointers.
For RESB, Zilionis led with 18 points in his first game of this competition, Gonzalez Vargas, the 47-year-old Spaniard, had 15, and Purice matched his season high with 12. Walferdange B won the second half 32-28, but the first-half deficit and foul pressure on Patricio Novales Peleato and Tudor-Costin Maldarescu limited the comeback.
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