M-Coupe FLBB, Phase éliminatoire US Heffingen B routed Phoenix CED 103-37 in Frisange, controlling every quarter (21-7, 21-12, 26-10, 35-8). Heffingen opened with an 11-0 run before Phoenix got on the board, prompting an early timeout. By halftime it was 42-19, and a further 8-0 burst right after the break stretched the gap beyond reach. The largest lead was the final margin of 66.
Joel Thesen (37, 1.85m) headlined Heffingen with 38 points, scoring at all three levels and stringing together a personal 7-point run early in the fourth. Support came from Yves Bellwald (33, 1.95m) with 13, Manuel Scholtus 12 (including a late three), plus 10 each from Charel Hetto and Joé Prim. Ten different Heffingen players scored as coach Jacoby's rotation kept the pace high and the pressure steady.
Phoenix struggled to generate offense but found spurts through Simone Buran (32, ITA) with 14 points and captain Joseph Zeidan 8 (two early threes). Dany Deaibes and Tony Alkhoury added 4 apiece. The hosts' difficult night was compounded in the final quarter by two unsportsmanlike fouls, while Heffingen kept piling on with repeated conversions in transition and at the line. Phoenix's timeouts in the first and second quarters briefly stemmed the flow, but Heffingen reasserted control every time.
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