AS Soleuvre handled Black Frogs Schieren 80-63 in Zolwer/Scheierhaf to move to 3-0 and climb to 2nd in M-Nationale 2: Tour qualificatif, while Black Frogs sit 3rd at 2-2. The visitors jumped 0-6, but Christian Jeffrey Parker (23, USA) strung together six points in a row to flip the momentum, and Felix Whitcomb Kloman (23, USA) sank four free throws consecutively for 17-10. Q1 closed 23-20.
Midway in Q2, an unsportsmanlike foul on Mathieu Lafontaine offered Black Frogs a lifeline: Gabriel Solomon (23, 1.83m, PHL) converted two free throws and the game was tied at 35-35, later 37-37. Eric Bettini's side answered with a 6-0 burst to the break (43-37).
Soleuvre then opened the second half with a 10-3 stretch to 53-43, aided by a technical on Borian Tymi (19, 2.00m). The gap reached 60-51 after three. In Q4, Parker added 11 more, including a late three for 78-61; the hosts posted their largest lead at +19 (80-61) before closing at 80-63. Black Frogs' best responses came around the Q2 swing and with threes from Nemanja Mladenovic (20, 1.90m) and Alexandre Pereira, but the run support faded. Nigel Tolentino's team also lost Tymi to fouls (five, with one technical).
Top performers
- Soleuvre non-domestic: Parker 31 (10x2P, 8x1P, 1x3P); Kloman 19 (8x1P).
- Soleuvre homegrown: captain Gilles Weis (30, 1.85m) 10; Raphael Peffer 8; Sandro Sana Sanches Gomes Junior (21, PRT) 8.
- Black Frogs non-domestic: Khyree Terell Armstead (25, 1.96m, USA) 14; Eric Christopher Anderson (26, 2.00m, USA) 11.
- Black Frogs homegrown: Solomon 10; Mladenovic 9; Tymi 8 before fouling out.
Soleuvre are on a three-game winning run; Black Frogs saw a two-win sequence halted.
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