Telstar Hesperange edged Rodemack 60-56 in a friendly that remained open until the final possessions. TEL won a close game built on a stronger finish after quarter scores of 20-17, 29-30 and 40-42.
The first quarter already had several swings. Rodemack moved to 11-6 with No.11 scoring five points in a row, but Hesperange answered with a 6-0 burst, driven by Jamie Kappler and Enrico Brizzi, to regain control. TEL then kept a narrow lead at the first break.
The second period stayed tight. Jordan Kaboth and Juan Joyner Lopes da Costa dos S. helped TEL reach 28-23, but Rodemack closed the half with a 7-0 run. No.8, No.22 and No.11 were at the heart of that push, and the visitors turned a five-point deficit into a 30-29 lead.
After the break, No.33 opened with a three for Rodemack. Tom Roden replied with back-to-back threes for TEL, an important response when the game was starting to tilt. Even so, Rodemack stayed slightly ahead and entered the fourth quarter up 42-40. When No.11 and No.8 extended the margin to 49-43, Rodemack had its biggest lead at +6.
Christophe Thil's side then found the decisive sequence. Alec Goedert started the comeback, and from 47-51 TEL produced a 12-1 run. Lorenzo Ferrari (28, ITA) was reliable at the line, Brizzi hit the tying three, and Lopes da Costa dos S. finished twice inside to make it 59-52. Rodemack's No.11, their top scorer with 12 points, fouled out during that stretch.
TEL's main scorers were Ferrari and Brizzi with 10 each, Kappler and Goedert with 9 each, and Roden with 6. Rodemack was led by No.11 with 12 and No.22 with 11, with useful support from No.5, No.8, No.14 and No.33.
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Telstar Hesperange