Black Star Mersch C took a close game away from North Fox C, winning 62-48 after the score was still only 43-42 at the end of the third quarter.
North Fox started well and built the first clear momentum of the night. After trailing 7-6, the home side put together 9 unanswered points to move to 15-7 and closed the opening quarter 15-13 ahead. Coach Joao Da Silva Moreira then saw his team keep control for much of the second period. Alexis Sia Vanhems (22, 1.94m) was the main reference, and his 6 points in a row helped FOXC regain the lead after Black Star had tied the score at 22-22. North Fox went into halftime up 28-24.
The game changed after the break. Fynn Schlechter (17, 1.75m) pushed FOXC to its biggest lead at 31-24, but Black Star answered steadily. After Mett Wald's basket made it 38-35, the visitors produced an 8-0 run to go in front 43-40, with Daniel Göhlhausen (BSMC) central in that stretch.
The decisive moment came early in the fourth. From 44-42, Black Star exploded with a 14-0 run to 58-42, their biggest lead of the game. Göhlhausen finished with 25 points, including 3 made three-pointers, while Jo Philipps (BSMC) added 10 and Luis Henrique Duarte Almeida Evora (18, CPV) had 9. For North Fox, Vanhems scored 19, Schlechter added 14, and Pablo Oliver Asama Bindang (25, ESP) contributed 5.
After this first round-robin game, Black Star Mersch C sits 4th in M-Division 4, with North Fox C 5th.
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