Black Frogs Schieren C handled Black Star Mersch C 75-51 in Schieren, completing a 2-0 sweep of the head-to-head (70-33 away, now 75-51 at home) and climbing to first place in M-Division 4 (+2 in the ranking). Mersch stay eighth.
Schieren set the tone with a 27-19 opener, powered by early free throws from Jaylson Ribeiro-Gonçalves and perimeter hits from Noah Michels (Season PPG: 8.22) and Daniel Kemp (41). Mersch stayed in touch behind Daniel Göhlhausen (21 pts; Season PPG: 16.33), who put together five points in a row in the first quarter (a 2 and a 3) and later shouldered a heavy load despite four fouls, as did Max Heiderscheid (12; Season PPG: 7.30).
The game broke open right after halftime. Michels started the third with a triple, and the key sequence was an 11-0 blast: Ricardo Peres Dias (Season PPG: 3.88) buried back-to-back threes six points in a row before Kemp added another from deep for 44-23. In that stretch, Erikson Medina Vezo picked up two quick P2 fouls, but Schieren's balance held. Cameron Cano (7; Season PPG: 2.67) and Christophe Lenert (7; Season PPG: 6.56) answered in the fourth, yet Patrick Ribeiro Goncalves (12; Season PPG: 4.60) kept spacing the floor with timely long-range makes, and the hosts peaked at +24.
For the home side's local core, Michels (12), Kemp (11), Angelo Possing (10; Season PPG: 10.38), Patrick Ribeiro Goncalves (12) and Tanguy Labatut (29, 1.90m) spread the scoring. Among the reinforcements, captain Jerry Valente (Season PPG: 5.21) added 7, and Peres Dias (35, PRT) swung the third quarter with those consecutive triples. For Mersch, the core contributors were Göhlhausen and Heiderscheid, with support from Lenert and Jeff Gils (2; Season PPG: 2.00), while Luca Testori chipped in 2.
It is Schieren's fourth straight win, under coach Jerry Valente, reinforcing their momentum at the top. Coach Lisa Hilges' team saw a two-game upswing halted.
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