AS Soleuvre won a very close Phase finale game, 84-82 after overtime, and moved up to 3rd place (+1), while Gréngewald Hueschtert dropped to 4th (-1). Soleuvre reacted well after a loss; GRE are now on a four-game losing streak.
Gréngewald controlled long stretches. Pol Elcheroth (Season PPG: 22.53) and 15-year-old Dutch scorer Mats van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 21.14) pushed the home side to a 10-2 start, a 36-29 halftime lead and then a 56-45 edge after three quarters. The highest GRE margin came at 58-45 early in the fourth. Elcheroth scored again and again in the first half, even after picking up two first-quarter fouls.
The game turned late. Soleuvre, coached by Olivier Haan, erased a 67-58 deficit with an 11-2 finish to regulation for 69-69. Nik Lahure (Season PPG: 26.13) was the central figure in that comeback and remained decisive in overtime: he scored Soleuvre's first four points there and all of his team's last six. He finished with 37 points. Max Kunen (Season PPG: 13.00) added 13, including a key overtime three, and Evan Leal de Oliveira (Season PPG: 4.92) gave solid support with 9.
For GRE, van den Biezenbos produced 27 points, Elcheroth added 25 before fouling out in overtime, and Mika Kirchen (Season PPG: 10.27) had 16 with four three-pointers, including the late basket for 82-82. The closing possessions went to Soleuvre in a game that stayed open until the final seconds.
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