Telstar Hesperange, now 3rd at 2-0, took a very tight 86-85 home win over Bascharage Hedgehogs, who are 4th at 0-2. In a one-point game, the decisive basket came from captain Ceylian Lortilloir (17) for the final 86-85.
Bascharage controlled much of the first half. After leading 20-17 at the break, they pushed the margin to 52-42 early in the third, their highest lead of the afternoon. Gil Schmit (17, 1.82m) was outstanding, finishing with 38 points and seven 3-pointers, while Mathis Fischer (16) added 20 and helped BAS build that early cushion.
Coach Hichem El Basri then saw Telstar change the rhythm in the third quarter. From 46-55, TEL produced a 10-0 burst to move in front 56-55, and the hosts won the period 22-13. Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov (17) was central to that swing with 23 points and five 3-pointers, while Léon Paul Harry Raffoul (16) and Tomás Giordana Pi (17) kept the offense balanced with 15 points each.
The fourth quarter stayed tense. Bascharage answered with a 9-0 run from 61-66 to 70-66, with Schmit scoring six points in that sequence. Telstar replied through Mratsenkov, Raffoul and Giordana Pi to regain the lead at 80-77, but BAS tied it again at 80-80 on Tom Kruchten's third 3-pointer. Schmit then scored five straight points late to put Bascharage ahead 85-84 before Lortilloir had the last word.
Other important contributions came from Gabriel Marques dos Ramos (16) with 9 points and Borris Alden (16) with 8 for TEL, while Kruchten had 12 and Samuel Louis Hobby (15) 10 for BAS. Fischer fouled out late, which mattered in the closing stretch.
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