Gréngewald Hueschtert edged Mambra Mamer 80-77 in Oberanven, a close M-U18 Division 2 Phase 2 game shaped by big swings and late composure. After Mamer took the first quarter 16-14, coach Nicolas Saquan Parrish's side seized control with a 29-10 second period. Pol Elcheroth (Season PPG: 8.4) came off the bench to spark the surge with three baskets, while 17-year-old LTU forward Egidijus Jarukaitis (Season PPG: 10.2) finished relentlessly inside. Gréngewald reached a game-high +17 at halftime (43-26).
Junior Pacome N'Guessan's Mamer answered in the third. Led by Henry Alberto Murray (Season PPG: 15.67) and Alexis Georges Bourgoignie Martin (Season PPG: 22.9), they strung together a 15-2 run that flipped 47-34 into 47-49, a sequence fueled by captain Linus Schumacher's U2 and Bourgoignie converting three consecutive free throws. Felix Penning (Season PPG: 10.73) steadied Gréngewald at the line for 49-49, and late buckets by Harik Avanesov (Season PPG: 9.0) and Jarukaitis restored a 61-56 lead before the fourth.
Mamer kept coming. Jonathan Henrik Wallenius (Season PPG: 15.56) buried a triple to make it 78-74, but Mats Van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 6.0) had timely answers back-to-back baskets earlier in the quarter, two free throws, then another finish for 77-71. Schumacher added two late free throws for 80-74; Bourgoignie's last-minute three set the final margin. Elcheroth (13) fouled out in the fourth after a pivotal contribution.
Top performers: Gréngewald Jarukaitis 17; Schumacher 13; Avanesov 13; Elcheroth 13; Van den Biezenbos 12. Mamer Murray 25; Bourgoignie 23; Wallenius 11; Tadas Stalauskas 10.
Context matters: Gréngewald halt a nine-game slide and sit 5th (1-4), while Mamer drop a fifth straight and remain 6th (0-5).
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