AS Soleuvre C, third in the table, controlled this M-Division 3 return-round game against fifth-placed Telstar Hesperange C and won 63-47. It was also Soleuvre's second win against Telstar this season after the 73-67 away success in the first meeting. Just as important for momentum, SOLC answered two straight losses, while TELC saw its two-game winning run stop.
The game was largely decided in the first three quarters. Soleuvre opened with real defensive pressure and went up 8-0 before Telstar settled. After Mitov's three made it 8-5, the home side closed the first period on an 11-0 run for 19-5. The gap kept growing in the second quarter: Borges scored immediately, Kuhn added a three, and Soleuvre reached halftime at 36-15.
Telstar tried to react after the break. Raibikis and Mitov helped cut it from 38-15 to 38-22, but that push was answered immediately. Soleuvre produced a 16-3 stretch to close the third quarter at 54-25. In that phase, Pit Heinz (Season PPG: 13.58) and Tom Lahure (Season PPG: 13.36) were decisive, and the lead later peaked at 31 points at 56-25 early in the fourth. Telstar won the last quarter 22-9, but the comeback never became a real threat.
Heinz finished with 22 points and Lahure added 20, giving Soleuvre a strong inside-outside scoring base. Carlos Jordy Borges (Season PPG: 12.17) contributed 11. For Telstar, 35-year-old Lithuanian Deivydas Raibikis (Season PPG: 20.00) carried the attack with 21 points, including 10 made two-pointers. Adomenas, usually at 12.27 ppg, was held to 2 points and fouled out, which mattered for the visitors' offensive balance. Midway through the third quarter, coach Irmantas Jarosas was also charged with two bench technical fouls during Soleuvre's big run.
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