Telstar Hesperange C moved up to 4th place, gaining two positions, with a 77-65 home win over 5th-placed Avanti Mondorf B. It also completed the season sweep after the earlier 60-59 away success. Mondorf arrived on a three-game winning run, but Telstar controlled the key stretches.
The start belonged to Fabio Gaston Rigo (19), who scored MONB's first 7 points. TELC answered quickly: after trailing 4-7, it went on a strong 16-4 stretch to close the first quarter 20-11. The second period brought Mondorf back to 22-17 with back-to-back threes from Rigo, but this was the turning phase of the game. Coach Irmantas Jarosas' team finished the half on an 18-4 run and built its biggest lead at 40-21.
Mondorf reacted after the break with a 6-0 opening and Arthur Ladonet (Season PPG: 12.71) carried much of the offense in the third quarter, but Telstar kept answering through Valentin Mitov (Season PPG: 6.83), Romas Degutis (Season PPG: 8.57), Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov (16, BGR) and especially Deivydas Raibikis (Season PPG: 19.86). The fourth quarter remained more open, and MONB cut the gap to 73-65, mainly through Jeffrey Neyen (Season PPG: 3.72), Sven Bartholomey (Season PPG: 13.60) and more Rigo shooting. TELC then closed with the last 4 points.
Raibikis led the winners with 22 points, Domas Savickas (Season PPG: 9.46) added 14, while Degutis, Mitov and Andrius Sujeta (43, LTU) all scored 8. For Mondorf, Rigo finished with 24 points and six three-pointers, ahead of Ladonet's 19.
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