Bayer Giants Leverkusen controlled this Mémorial Elvinger game from the opening minutes and beat Résidence Walferdange 86-62.
The visitors set the tone immediately. Bayer opened with five straight points from Maughmer and quickly moved to 8-0, then 15-3. Résidence stayed alive through Ahmad Gene Rand (28, USA), who brought energy and scoring in the first quarter, but Bayer still closed the period ahead 27-15.
The second quarter was the key stretch. Coach Michael Koch's team kept its spacing and shot creation level high, while Résidence struggled to slow the outside game. Bayer went from 29-19 to 41-21 and later reached 53-29 before the break. At halftime, the game already had a clear direction at 53-31. Bayer's offense was driven by 16 made three-pointers overall, a major gap against Résidence's 6.
Résidence had a better spell after the pause. Rand and Demarkus Tremayne Stuckey Jr (31, USA) carried the home scoring, and Rand helped cut the gap slightly early in the third. But every time the home side looked ready to build momentum, Bayer answered: Maughmer hit from deep, Fleute connected again, and the lead stayed above twenty. After three quarters it was 70-47.
In the last period, Résidence never got close enough to create real pressure. Bayer's biggest lead reached 26 points at 86-60 before the final 62-86.
Top scorers were Stuckey Jr with 24 and Rand with 19 for Résidence. Oliver Vujakovic (29, 1.95m) added 2 points, while Hampton scored 6. For Bayer, Fleute led the way with 21, Maughmer and Michels added 12 each, Reichstadt had 9, and Kjartansson 8. Bayer placed five players at 8 points or more and had scoring impact from both starters and bench. Coach Rainer Kloss saw his side compete in phases, but Bayer's early run and sustained perimeter production shaped the full game.
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Résidence Walferdange