Black Frogs Schieren C opened the championship round with a clear 72-32 home win over Résidence Walferdange B and moved into 1st place, while RESB stands 2nd after this first game.
The game evolution was largely controlled by FROC from the start. Ricardo Miguel Peres Dias (36, PRT) scored the first 5 points for the home side, and Schieren quickly imposed its tempo. After Walferdange stayed within reach at 10-6, FROC finished the opening period with a strong 21-6 stretch, including an 8-0 run to reach 31-12.
Walferdange's best phase came later when it cut the deficit from 34-12 to 34-21 with a 9-0 run, driven mainly by captain Gonzalez Vargas (48, ESP). That moment briefly changed the rhythm, but Schieren answered immediately. The home team closed the third period on a 16-3 spell to take a 50-24 advantage, which was the crucial sequence of the game.
In the last quarter, Kevin John Gillen (22) kept the pressure high. FROC extended the lead steadily and finished with 14 unanswered points, reaching its highest lead of 40.
Gillen was the main difference-maker with 30 points, including 8 made three-pointers. Manuel Delgado Ferreira (42) added 13 points with 3 threes, Daniel Freichel (32, 1.90m) scored 10, and Noah Michels (30, 1.80m) brought 7. For RESB, Gonzalez Vargas finished with 15 points, nearly half of his team's total, while Mihnea-Cristian Fulop (32, ROU) had 6 and Lukasz Grzegorz Kaminski (46, POL) added 5.
The long-range gap was decisive: Schieren made 13 three-pointers, Walferdange only 1.
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Black Frogs Schieren C