Etzella Ettelbruck won a close road game at Gréngewald Hueschtert, 86-78, and moved up to 2nd place, while GRE slipped one spot to 6th.
GRE had the better start. Alvin Charles Tumblin Jr (Season PPG: 18.60, RPG: 12.57, AssPG: 1.57) scored his team's first 8 points and helped build a 17-9 edge. The home side still led 27-24 after one quarter. ETZ changed the rhythm in the second period: after GRE went up 33-28, Ettelbruck answered with a 17-6 run to take a 45-39 halftime lead, with Travis Michael Henson (27, USA) driving that stretch.
The decisive phase came after the break. ETZ won the third quarter 19-9 and pushed the margin to 64-48, its biggest lead of the night at 16 points. Marvin Delgado dos Santos (Season PPG: 12.20, RPG: 7.00, AssPG: 2.43) hit back-to-back threes in that sequence.
GRE still produced the main comeback. From 52-67, Ricky Easterling's team went on an 18-2 surge to lead 70-69. Raiquan Clark (Season PPG: 24.20, RPG: 7.57, AssPG: 1.71) and Jeremy Ingram (35, USA) carried that push. ETZ answered immediately: Henson scored again, Philippe Gutenkauf (31, 1.83m) controlled the closing minutes, and Delgado buried two more threes for 81-73 and 84-76.
Henson finished with 24 points on a good 9/14 from 2-point range. Delgado added 15 points with an excellent 5/7 from three, Gordon had 15 with an excellent 9/9 at the line, and Philippe Gutenkauf posted 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. For GRE, Clark scored 22 with an excellent 9/10 free throws, Tumblin had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Ingram added 14.
Team shooting mattered: ETZ was good from three (9/23, 39.1%) and good on free throws (8/10, 80%), while GRE was good at the line (21/26, 80.8%) but struggled from the field, especially from three (7/33, 21.2%).
(AI generated)