Gréngewald Hueschtert took control early and beat Amicale Steesel 66-53 in this Phase finale return game, completing a 2-0 season sweep after the 68-43 win in January. The result moved GRE up two places to 3rd in the classification, while AMI stayed 6th.
The game turned quickly in the first quarter. GRE opened 7-0, and captain Pol Elcheroth (Season PPG: 22.13) gave the home side the tone with 11 points in the period. Gréngewald led 21-8 after ten minutes and never trailed. In the second quarter, Amicale tried to respond through Vincent Segers (Season PPG: 15.36) and Bobby Kirsch (Season PPG: 14.43), but GRE answered with a strong scoring stretch from Mika Kirchen (Season PPG: 10.94), who produced 8 consecutive team points in the period. At halftime, the gap was 37-21.
The key peak came just after the break. A three from the 15-year-old Dutch player Mats Van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 20.93) pushed GRE to 40-21, their biggest lead at 19. Amicale kept working, mainly with Andreas Nys, the 15-year-old Belgian guard, who finished with 17 points, while Kirsch and Segers kept the visitors alive.
Amicale's best moment came in the fourth quarter. From 50-33, they scored 10 of the next 11 points and cut the margin to 51-43. GRE answered well after that sequence: Elcheroth hit two free throws, Kirchen added another decisive basket run, and Gonçalo Santos da Silva Zorrinh gave support inside the closing stretch.
Kirchen finished with 21 points and five three-pointers, Elcheroth had 16, and Van den Biezenbos added 18. For AMI, Nys scored 17, Segers 14 and Kirsch 11. GRE also stopped a three-game losing streak, while Amicale's losing run reached six games.
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