AB Contern won a close game in Steinsel, 78-72, and completed the season sweep against Amicale Steesel after the earlier 86-50 result. In the new table, Contern climbs one place to 4th, while Amicale remains 6th. Contern also stopped a four-game losing streak; Amicale is now on nine straight defeats.
The first half stayed balanced. Amicale led 20-19 after one quarter and even reached its highest margin at 39-35, but Contern answered to make it 39-39 at the break. Bobby Kirsch (Season PPG: 15.31) and Andreas Nys (Season PPG: 14.78) carried much of Amicale's offense early, while Alexandre Lopes Meysembourg (Season PPG: 6.47) and Max Welter (Season PPG: 6.00) kept Contern level.
The game turned in the third quarter. After Amicale moved ahead 43-39, coach Michael O. Ayodele's team changed the rhythm completely. From 45-45, Contern produced a 19-3 surge to 64-48, with Lopes Meysembourg, Alex Wies (Season PPG: 12.16), Welter and Tao Tock (Season PPG: 6.37) all scoring in that stretch. Contern won the quarter 25-9.
Amicale, coached by Thorsten Freiheit, reacted strongly in the last period. Kirsch opened the quarter with a personal run and scored 10 early fourth-quarter points, then captain Miguel Lopez Fernandez, a 14-year-old Spaniard, added 6 in a row to cut the gap to 64-69. That brought the game back into reach, but Contern stayed calm. Tock hit a key three for 72-66, Wies and Mathis Neuens added late baskets, and Lopes Meysembourg finished the scoring from the line.
Kirsch finished with 26 for Amicale, ahead of Nys with 14 and the Belgian Vincent Segers, 15, with 12. For Contern, Lopes Meysembourg led with 22, while Welter and Wies both scored 14 in a balanced winning effort.
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