First-placed Black Star Mersch controlled this return game at sixth-placed Basket Esch B and won 91-64, completing a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 112-86.
Stéphane Feller's team started well. Basket Esch B went up 6-0 through Leonardo Antuquia Lopes Cruz (Season PPG: 6.80) and Jake Feller Birchen (Season PPG: 9.81). Black Star's answer came quickly from 16-year-old Spanish scorer Alvyn Madoki Bigas (Season PPG: 36.89), who produced his team's first 9 points in a row. The game was still balanced at 20-20 late in the first quarter, before Black Star closed the period 24-20.
The key moment came at the start of the second quarter. Mike Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 36.00) scored 8 straight points, Madoki Bigas added 5 more, and Black Star opened the quarter with a 13-0 run to turn 24-20 into 37-20. From there, Aleksandar Petrovic's side had control. The visitors led 51-33 at halftime.
Esch tried to stay in touch in the third quarter behind Antuquia Lopes Cruz and Chimezie Samuel Dialo (Season PPG: 11.63), but every small push was answered. Romario De Oliveira Pais (Season PPG: 8.63) gave Black Star important scoring in that phase, and Rolando Charle Nienaber Mendes (Season PPG: 15.05) remained productive inside. The margin grew to 71-48 after three quarters and later reached 31 points, the highest lead of the game.
Madoki Bigas finished with 31 points, Nienaber Mendes added 21, Göhlhausen 19 and De Oliveira Pais 16 for Black Star. Basket Esch B was led by Antuquia Lopes Cruz with 16 and Feller Birchen with 13. Esch also had Amilcar André Rodrigues Moreira (Season PPG: 8.58) and Colin Ral Schneider (Season PPG: 8.05) under foul pressure with four fouls each. Black Star Mersch has now won seven straight, while Basket Esch B has lost two in a row.
(AI generated)