Seventh-placed Arantia Larochette C turned the season series around against fourth-placed Nitia Bettembourg B with a clear 94-75 home win, after having lost the first meeting 46-84.
The game changed quickly in the first quarter. After NITB moved ahead 6-5, ARAC answered with 13 straight points to take control at 18-6. That early burst set the tone for a 23-15 first period. Bettembourg stayed in contact in the second quarter, mainly through David Picco (Season PPG: 10.59) and Raphaël Valvasori (Season PPG: 3.00), but Larochette still went into the break with a solid 46-37 lead.
The key passage came in the third. NITB cut the margin from 54-37 to 54-45, and later from 61-47 to 61-56 behind Mathieu Ercolani (20), Gilles Dawir and Arnaud Pyee (Season PPG: 6.00). ARAC reacted immediately with an 11-0 run to close the quarter at 72-56. Early in the fourth, Bettembourg reduced it once more to 72-62, but Larochette closed the game with a decisive 14-0 stretch for its highest lead at 86-62.
Pedro Nunes Jordao, the 37-year-old Portuguese guard (Season PPG: 20.57), was the main offensive force with 38 points, equal to his season high. Alvis Kasteckas, a 42-year-old Lithuanian (Season PPG: 21.61), added 26. Vincent Diderrich (16) contributed 11, while Lars Bosdijk scored 8.
For NITB, Ercolani and Pyee both had 15 points, Picco added 13, Valvasori scored 12 on four three-pointers, and Dawir finished with 11.
ARAC stays 7th and records a second straight win after a three-game losing run, while NITB is now 4th despite the defeat.
(AI generated)