In the direct duel between 9th and 10th in M-Division 3, Telstar Hesperange B took a 67-54 away win over Amicale Steesel B and completed the season sweep after their earlier 80-50 success.
The game stayed open for a half. Telstar started 6-0, but AMIB settled and were still close at 15-17 after the first quarter. The first important turning point came late in the second period: with the score at 24-26, the visitors closed the half on a 6-0 run to reach 32-24. That control continued after the break, when TELB pushed the margin to 39-24, their biggest lead of the night at 15.
Amicale still produced a real response. Coach Tom Rech's team cut into the deficit in the last quarter, mainly through Philippe Koeune (28, 1.82m), who hit back-to-back three-pointers, and Elyass Zaourou (20, FRA), who kept getting to the line and attacking the paint. AMIB came back to 51-56, but Telstar answered at the crucial moment. Enrico Brizzi (Season PPG: 4.43) scored seven points in a row, Juan Menacho de Gongora (Season PPG: 12.79) added the next basket, and that 9-0 burst turned a five-point game into a 65-51 gap.
Zaourou finished with 28 points for the home side, Koeune added 13, and Jo Weimerskirch (Season PPG: 11.29) scored 9. Zaourou's late disqualification hurt an already short AMIB rotation. For TELB, Menacho led with 19 points, Brizzi had 15, while Lorenzo Clavarino (Season PPG: 6.00) and Carlos Fabrega Zurita (Season PPG: 4.08) each scored 7.
For Telstar Hesperange B, this win ended a six-game losing streak and kept them 9th, one classification point ahead of 10th-placed Amicale Steesel B.
(AI generated)