North Fox B, now 1st in M-Division 3 after a one-place gain, beat AB Contern C 71-63 and stretched its run to three straight wins. Contern dropped to 6th after losing two places.
Joao Da Silva Moreira's side set the tone early with a defensive first quarter at 13-5. Patrick Walravens (33, 1.88m) scored Contern's first five points, but FOXB answered with a 9-0 burst and kept control. FOXB also saw Sébastien Schmitz (27, 1.86m) collect two quick fouls in the opening period, yet the home team still built a 36-22 lead by halftime. The gap reached 14 points several times.
The game changed in the third quarter. Contern won that period 27-18, mainly through Walravens, Jeff Besch (32) and Michel Kirsch (40). After FOXB had moved in front 54-40, the visitors closed the quarter on a 9-0 run to cut the margin to 54-49. At that stage, North Fox B was the winner of a close game that was still fully open.
FOXB reacted well at the start of the last quarter with a 6-0 push to 60-49, driven by Sébastien Schmitz and Nadjahou Mousel Mounda (28, 1.79m). Contern never came closer than eight after that.
Mousel Mounda led FOXB with 16 points. Tom Uding (29, 1.85m) added 13, Fábio Samuel Mauricio Gomes (27, 1.92m) scored 12, and Pol Linden (22, 1.78m), Schmitz and Dozie Bowei (26, 2.03m) each had 9. For Contern, Walravens carried the offence with 26 points, including 19 after the break; Kirsch added 11, Besch 10, and Sébastien Hommel (Season PPG: 4.67) finished with 8.
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