Gréngewald Hueschtert, after two straight losses, reacted well under coach Ricky Easterling and beat first-placed Musel Pikes 95-77 in Oberanven. GRE moved up one place to 4th, while coach Nicolas De Marchi's MUS stayed 1st. The score looks clear, but the game was still tight at halftime.
GRE set the early rhythm with a 6-0 start and won the first quarter 27-18. Captain Jake Jozef Rajniak (GRE), 12 years old, was already in full flow and scored 20 points in that opening period. Musel stayed in contact through Lex Flies (MUS), and the visitors had a strong second quarter. After trailing 39-25, MUS cut the margin to 43-40 before Rajniak scored again for a 45-40 halftime edge.
The decisive phase came after the break. GRE opened the third quarter with 6 points in a row, stretching the lead to 51-40. Musel answered and got back to 55-50, but the home side found another gear. Rajniak and Arnas Pakasius (GRE) drove a major run, and GRE closed the third quarter up 79-60. Early in the fourth, the home team reached its biggest lead at 87-65 and controlled the rest.
Rajniak finished with 51 points, his season best, built on 23 two-point baskets, 1 three-pointer and 2 free throws. Pakasius added 17 and Peer Konsbruck (GRE) scored 11. For Musel, Flies produced 32, Jean Henri Fischer (MUS) had 17 with three made threes, and Jonah Kieffer (MUS) added 15. Flies was especially important in Musel's second-quarter push.
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