Bascharage Hedgehogs B, now 7th and up one place in M-Division 2, defeated leaders Mambra Mamer B 90-76 and avenged the 71-59 loss from the first meeting.
The game stayed tight for a half. BASB led 20-17 after the first quarter and kept a small cushion at 38-34 at the break. Reding opened the second period with 5 straight points, but Mamer answered several times through Christophe Ney (Season PPG: 12.10) and stayed in contact.
The decisive stretch came after halftime. Nino Luciani's team opened the third quarter with a 14-7 push to move from 38-34 to 52-41. Mamer cut the gap to 54-48 and later to 61-56, but BASB answered again before the end of the period. From there, the home side built the game's biggest margin, 85-60, after a strong sequence across the end of the third and start of the fourth. Pierre Hebbert's side reacted late and reduced the deficit to 11 points, but BASB had enough control to close it.
Tristan Hugues Heilmann (Season PPG: 25.11), the 25-year-old French forward, was the main difference with 29 points. Dzenan Eco (Season PPG: 18.56) added 15, Matteo Elia Albanese (Season PPG: 6.67) had 14 with three three-pointers, and Gil Schmit (17, 1.82m) gave an important 17-point burst, including 7 points in a key third-quarter stretch.
For Mamer, Ney produced 24 points despite clear foul trouble in the second half. Scharel Geimer (Season PPG: 15.06) scored 17, captain Jannik Tuffel (Season PPG: 9.14) added 16, and Dave Rischette (Season PPG: 9.20) finished with 12 on four made threes.
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