AS Soleuvre, leader of the championship round, beat AB Contern 122-63 and completed a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 106-68 away win. Soleuvre stayed first and extended its current run to three straight wins. Contern, despite moving up one place to fourth, is now on a three-game losing streak.
The game was balanced only in the opening quarter. Contern stayed level at 23-23 behind Max Muller (Season PPG: 38.63), who already set the tone from outside and at the line. Soleuvre then changed the game in the second period. From 33-29, Carlo Ferrante's team produced a decisive 17-2 run to 50-31. Timéo Weber (Season PPG: 21.13) drove that phase and, even after picking up his first three fouls in the second quarter, kept full scoring rhythm.
The third quarter settled everything. Soleuvre won it 29-6. Captain Lou Lahure, 14, opened the half with 9 points in a short stretch, and the home side later turned 65-40 into 85-42 with a 20-2 burst. Early in the fourth, Weber scored 8 straight points to push the margin from 89-42 to 97-42. The highest lead was the final 59 points.
Weber finished with 43 points, matching his season best, with 21 made two-pointers. Lahure (Season PPG: 25.69) added 34, and Phillipe Vieira Geraldes (Season PPG: 21.27) scored 17. Soleuvre scored 116 of its 122 points from two-point baskets.
For Contern, Muller carried the offense with 35 points, more than half of the team total, including 4 threes. Felix Zoller (Season PPG: 9.63) and Gabriel Rasque Schmitt (Season PPG: 11.19) added 10 each. Contern made 8 three-pointers, but after the first quarter it could not match Soleuvre's pace and interior volume.
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