AS Soleuvre C controlled this return-round game against Telstar Hesperange D and won 80-55, completing a 2-0 season sweep after the 61-56 away win in the first meeting. The result also lifted Soleuvre one place to 3rd in M-Division 3, while Telstar D is 7th after this round.
The game was balanced early. Telstar D opened 6-2 behind Sylvain Felten (Season PPG: 20.43), but Soleuvre answered with an 8-0 run to move from 2-6 to 10-6, with Cédric Demontis (Season PPG: 11.10) already active. After the 18-15 first quarter, the home side broke the game in the second period. Soleuvre started that quarter with 11 straight points for 29-15, then closed the half with another 9-0 stretch for 38-19. That 20-4 quarter decided the flow.
The third quarter confirmed the trend. The 46-year-old Tom Lahure (Season PPG: 13.23) hit key baskets and Soleuvre opened the half with a 10-0 burst from 38-21 to 48-21. Carlos Jordy Borges, 25, from the Netherlands (Season PPG: 13.38), also gave strong support in that sequence. Soleuvre reached 60-32 after three quarters and later built its highest lead at 31 points, 75-44.
Demontis and Lahure both finished with 19 points for Soleuvre, Borges added 17, and captain Pit Heinz (Season PPG: 13.21) scored 10 with 6 made free throws. For Telstar D, Felten scored 16, Loïc Wohl (Season PPG: 6.00) added 12, Gil Roden (Season PPG: 7.00) had 9, and Norman Aust (Season PPG: 6.00) contributed 8. Telstar D was more productive in the last quarter, 23-20, but by then Soleuvre had long controlled the pace.
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