AS Soleuvre C edged Telstar Hesperange D, 61-56, after a tight fourth quarter in holleschb2/terrain 2. TELD started sharper, overturning an early three by Vincent Sunnen with an 8-0 burst to 8-3 and building the game's largest lead at 12-5 (+7) before closing Q1 up 19-13. SOLC answered in the second behind Jérémy Le Marchand and Sunnen to trim it to 29-26 at halftime.
The third quarter swung on a TELD surge from Sylvain Felten (TELD), who buried back-to-back threes for a personal 6-0 run and a 40-34 cushion; TELD still led 44-41 after three. The closing period was a sequence of lead changes. From 52-48 after makes by Norman Aust and Alec Goedert, SOLC flipped the game: Pit Heinz scored, Sunnen hit a go-ahead three (52-53), Felten briefly restored TELD's lead (54-53), then Gilles Gerstmann coolly made two free throws for 54-55 and Heinz added another basket (54-57). Goedert cut it to 56-57, but Gary André Pleimling hit the decisive three for 56-60 in the 9th minute, and Julien Kuhn sealed it at the line. SOLC closed on a 13-4 run. TELD's guard Norman Aust (48) later fouled out, hampering the hosts' late offense.
Top performers
- SOLC: Vincent Sunnen (SOLC) poured in 29 (8 two-pointers, 3 triples), Heinz added 14 (Season PPG: 13.13). Pleimling delivered the game-winner from deep; Le Marchand chipped in 6 (Season PPG: 7.43), Gerstmann 6.
- TELD: Alec Goedert 23 on 11 made two-pointers (Season PPG: 17.63); Felten (TELD) 17 with two threes. Denis Pleimling (30, 1.86m) added 6; Aust 8 (Season PPG: 6.50).
In the table, SOLC climbs to 3rd (+2) and is on a three-game winning streak. TELD remains 9th and has dropped two straight. Coach Tim Geiben's group showed poise late, while player-coach Denis Pleimling's side led for long stretches but couldn't close it out in the final minutes.
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