Gréngewald Hueschtert won a close Phase 1 game against Arantia Larochette, 61-57, and moved up one place to 4th, while Arantia dropped to 5th. It was also a response from GRE after two straight losses, whereas ARA are now on a four-game losing streak.
The game changed direction several times. GRE controlled the opening quarter 13-6 and stretched the margin early in the second period. After baskets from Victor Möller (Season PPG: 17.00), Noah Colas (GRE) and Jake Jozef Rajniak (Season PPG: 11.60), the home side reached its highest lead at 25-8. At that stage, coach-managed timeouts became important for Arantia, who answered with a 20-6 run to close the half at 31-28. Noa Franssens (Season PPG: 7.80) and Sam Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 11.20) were central in that comeback.
Arantia carried that momentum into the third quarter. Noé Bissen (ARA) tied and then pushed the visitors ahead, and ARA led 42-40 after 30 minutes. Bissen scored 7 points in the quarter, and Göhlhausen added inside baskets as Arantia briefly had the game under control.
The decisive stretch came in the fourth. Teo Konsbrück (Season PPG: 1.60) hit a three to put GRE back in front at 43-42, and 12-year-old Rajniak then produced 7 consecutive points, turning 44-45 into 51-45. Möller stayed reliable late, while Colas added the last two GRE points from the line for 61-55.
Möller finished with 19 points for GRE, Rajniak had 17, Colas 10 and Matthieu Krüger (Season PPG: 2.60) 6. For Arantia, Bissen scored 16, Franssens 13, Göhlhausen 11 and Rui Carlos Silva (Season PPG: 6.80) 7. The final minutes stayed tight, but GRE's late burst in the fourth quarter made the difference.
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