Arantia Larochette won 99-66 on the floor of AS Soleuvre after taking control step by step through the game flow. Soleuvre stayed in contact in the first quarter, with Gerald Drumgoole Jr (SOL) scoring the first 7 home points and later lifting the score to 21-24, but Arantia still closed the period 25-21 ahead.
The decisive break came in the second quarter. After Soleuvre cut it to 24-25, Arantia answered with a strong 19-2 run to 44-26. Joshua Mc Clary (ARA) was central in that phase, while Vic Heuschling (ARA), Lee Brosius (18, 1.92m) and Tyrell Daniel Sturdivant (31, 2.04m, USA) kept the pressure on. Soleuvre reacted late in the half, yet the visitors were still comfortably in front at 49-36.
Luc Loesch's team tried again early in the third quarter. Christian Parker (SOL) and Drumgoole brought Soleuvre to 39-51, but Arantia immediately responded. Heuschling was productive around the rim and from the line, Mc Clary added again, and a late burst from Mathis Dieterlen (17, 1.83m, FRA) and Alan Genoud (ARA) pushed the margin to 74-46 after three quarters. The gap later reached 33 points.
Arantia placed five scorers in double figures: Mc Clary 22, Heuschling 18, Brosius 15, Sturdivant 14 and Dieterlen 13. For Soleuvre, Drumgoole finished with 25 points and Parker added 15, but Drumgoole's disqualifying foul in the third quarter came during the key separation.
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