Third-placed Gréngewald Hueschtert (+1) stopped a four-game losing streak by beating sixth-placed Black Star Mersch 102-82. GRE has also taken the last three meetings between the sides after BSM won the first one in the qualification phase.
Ricky Easterling's team established the rhythm early. The 23-year-old American Aidan Reichert (Season PPG: 27.71) scored 10 of GRE's first 12 points, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 12-8 lead. BSM stayed in contact behind Donte Bezel Pope (Season PPG: 31.04), but GRE still closed the first quarter ahead 26-18.
The separation came in the second period. Dayne Prim (Season PPG: 28.53) went on a personal 8-point run to move the score from 31-22 to 39-22, and the home side kept control to halftime at 54-35. In the third quarter, GRE stretched the margin to 62-37. Max Frederik Hessz (Season PPG: 11.43) and Reichert added important outside scoring, while Prim answered again when BSM showed signs of life.
Black Star's best spell came late in the third and early in the fourth. Desean Hampton (Season PPG: 18.00), Dean Gindt (Season PPG: 13.31) and Pope helped cut the gap to 70-55, then BSM produced 9 unanswered points in the last quarter to reduce 85-61 to 85-70. GRE reacted quickly: Prim hit from deep, Luca Pividor (Season PPG: 1.77) added a three, and the lead climbed to a game-high 26 points at 100-74.
Prim finished with 37 points, Reichert added 30 and Hessz 16 for GRE, with Patrick Hoffmann contributing 8. For BSM, Pope scored 35, Gindt and Vladimir Vukovic (Season PPG: 10.43) had 12 each, and Hampton added 11. Black Star is now on a four-game losing run.
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