In M-Division 4, Black Star Mersch C, 8th in the table, beat 2nd-placed North Fox B 57-51 in Mersch and levelled the season series at 1-1 after the 55-75 loss in the first meeting. Coach Lisa Hilges' side is now on a 3-game winning streak.
FOXB had control for a long stretch. Nadjahou Mousel Mouda (Season PPG: 10.86), Dzenan Muratovic (17, MNE) and Dozie Bowei (Season PPG: 8.60) helped the visitors to a 18-10 first quarter and later to their biggest lead at 40-26 in the third. Muratovic's two second-quarter threes were important in that phase.
The game changed completely from there. BSMC answered with a 16-2 run from 26-40 to 42-42 across the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth, then followed with an 8-0 burst for 50-42. In a close game, that was the decisive moment.
Captain Daniel Gölhausen (Season PPG: 16.75) made the biggest difference for the home team with 19 points. He scored 8 of BSMC's first 10 points and then hit key baskets again in the fourth quarter. Steen Beckers (Season PPG: 10.78) added 11, while Luis Henrique Duarte Almeida Evora (18, CPV) brought 10 in only his 2nd game of this competition. Jo Philipps finished with 7.
For FOXB, Muratovic scored 15, Mousel Mouda 11 and Bowei 9. Thomas Leclerc and Raphaël Nkoa added 6 each. After reaching 40 points early in the third quarter, North Fox B scored only 11 more the rest of the way, including just 9 in the last period.
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