Avanti Mondorf overturned a six-point halftime lead by Bascharage and closed strong to win 66-75 in Bascharage. The visitors controlled the start (14-19 after Q1) and burst out with a 13-2 run early in Q2 to 16-32. Coach Goran Lukic's team steadied, and after the break produced its best spell: Bascharage opened Q3 with a Veljko Dragasevic (Season PPG: 14.67, RPG: 6.0, AssPG: 6.0) triple to 37-40, then Jeffrey Early Jr. (Season PPG: 28.17, RPG: 5.6, AssPG: 3.1) took over with a three, a two, and three free throws in a row, while Teodor Lukic added two consecutive free throws. The hosts flipped it to 58-52 at the end of Q3.
Coach Philip David Dejworek's side answered immediately. Uzziah Khalil Dawkins (Season PPG: 24.8, RPG: 6.5, AssPG: 2.83; 25, USA) scored to 58-56, Joseph Daniel Reuter (Season PPG: 20.4, RPG: 13.17, AssPG: 2.67; 22, USA) hit a three, and Foni Mertens (20, 1.82m) added another from deep for 58-62. After Dragasevic's reply (61-62), Reuter calmly sank two free throws and later scored back-to-back twos. Mondorf closed it with a 9-0 run from 63-66 to 63-75, capped by a Dawkins three and layup. Bascharage managed only a late three for the final score.
Reuter delivered an MVP double-double (23 pts, 18 reb, 5 ast), Dawkins added 27. Among the locals, Benni Reichling contributed 11 and Tim Bartholomey 7. For Bascharage, Early Jr. scored 26 and Dragasevic 16; Aziz Ndiaye's inside buckets fueled the third-quarter surge. Nino Luciani committed two fouls in a row early but later hit a first-quarter three. An unsportsmanlike foul (U2) was assessed to Jonathan Maximilian Daiminger in Q3.
Key numbers: Mondorf dominated the paint (2P 24/42, 57% - good) and offensive glass (12 OR), and protected the ball (9 TO). Bascharage lived from three (12/25, 48% - good) but struggled inside (2P 10/26, 38%) and turned it over 20 times. Mondorf used two professionals to Bascharage's one. In the table, Bascharage sit 3rd (3-3), Mondorf climb to 7th (1-4), ending a four-game losing streak.
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