League leaders Mambra Mamer B took control after a tight opening and beat Gréngewald Hueschtert C 83-48 in Mamer. MAMB stay first in M-Division 2 at 13-4 and extend their winning streak to three games, while GREC are now fourth at 9-7 after gaining one place. It was also Mamer's second win over Hueschtert this season after the 80-73 away success.
The first quarter stayed balanced. GREC opened 2-0, MAMB answered through Scharel Geimer and Christophe Ney, and the visitors were still level at 12-12 late in the period before captain Jannik Tuffel scored for the 14-12 quarter lead. The separation came in the second quarter: Mamer went from 18-16 to 32-20, with Dave Rischette repeatedly stretching the floor and the home side reaching halftime up 38-27.
After the break, MAMB kept the pressure on. Rischette opened the third quarter with another three, and the margin kept growing to 62-41 after 30 minutes. GREC cut it to 67-45 in the fourth, but Mamer answered with 11 points in a row to break the game open and reached their highest lead at the final buzzer, +35.
Rischette was the main difference-maker with 24 points, all from three-point range, equalling his season best. Xavier Loizeau, the 29-year-old Belgian, added 17 points with five threes, Luc Decker scored 15 despite early foul trouble, and Geimer, who came in at 14.93 points per game, finished with 12. Tuffel added 9.
For GREC, Anastasios Kotsopoulos again led the scoring with 12 points after averaging 14.67 this season. Mathieu Franco and Christos Nterelis had 8 each, captain Olaf Recht scored 6, and Flavio Monteiro Alves also added 6.
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