Gréngewald Hueschtert won 68-57 in a game that stayed open deep into the fourth quarter. The result mattered in the table: GRE climbed two places to 4th, while 3rd-ranked ERA stayed in place and slipped to a second straight defeat after a three-game winning run.
ERA, coached by Thorsten Freiheit, started well and led 19-15 after the first quarter. Elvio Alissoutin (Season PPG: 8.77) set the tone early with 8 first-quarter points, and ERA kept control through the second period. Rafael Dos Santos Antonio (16, 1.94m) and Riley Wohl (Season PPG: 13.40) helped stretch the margin to 35-26, ERA's biggest lead, before GRE closed the half on a 5-0 run for 35-31.
The third quarter changed the rhythm. After ERA moved ahead 40-34, Harik Avanesov (Season PPG: 8.40) caught fire with 9 unanswered points to spark a 14-2 GRE run, turning the score into 48-42 and then 48-43. ERA answered with a 6-0 burst to level at 48-48, but Felix Penning (Season PPG: 19.60) finished the quarter strongly and GRE entered the last period up 53-50.
The decisive stretch came late. Nojus Banys (Season PPG: 20.00) opened the fourth with a three for 53-53, and Wohl kept ERA close at 57-59. From there, coach Ricky Easterling's team closed on a 9-0 run. Mats Genevaro Van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 15.60) was the main winner-maker with 24 points and 4 made threes, while Penning added 18 and Avanesov 16. GRE's 8 made threes against ERA's 1 were a clear separator. For ERA, Wohl scored 18, Alissoutin 13, and Banys and Dos Santos Antonio added 10 each.
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