Musel Pikes won a much tighter third meeting with Entente RES AMI, 83-81 in Steinsel, and kept 4th place in the final phase. ERA stayed 5th and is now on a three-game losing run.
After two earlier clear MUS wins this season, ERA stayed fully in the game from the opening minutes. The home side led 22-19 after the first quarter, the score was 40-40 at halftime, and MUS only had a 60-58 edge going into the last period.
The key swing first seemed to go to Thorsten Freiheit's team. ERA turned a two-point deficit into a 79-69 lead, their biggest advantage of the evening. Noah Stansbury Daleiden (Season PPG: 17.71) was central in that stretch and scored seven ERA points in a row. He finished with 30 points, while 16-year-old Elvio Alissoutin (FRA) added 10 and Tim Geisen (Season PPG: 10.19) had 9.
Majdi Anan's side answered immediately. MUS produced a 10-0 run from 69-79 to 79-79, with Geoffrey Schlammes (Season PPG: 19.82) carrying the comeback. He exploded for 40 points, matching his season high, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Abram Macalou (Season PPG: 25.88) added 14, and Jules Jacquet (Season PPG: 15.24) also scored 14 before fouling out late.
ERA lost Aurel Nicula on five fouls in a 67-67 game, which weighed on the closing minutes. After Jules Reuter tied it at 81-81, Schlammes and Omar Youssef Essid scored the last two MUS points from the line to decide this close game.
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