AS Soleuvre B pulled away late to beat Telstar Hesperange 78-58 in the Tour qualificatif opener at holleschb2/central. Telstar started sharper offensively: Max Klepper (TEL) and Lorenzo Ferrari (27, ITA) put the hosts up 18-19 after Q1, and Jamie Kappler's shooting surge in Q2 (multiple threes) helped Telstar reach halftime ahead, 42-39.
The game flipped after the break. Soleuvre leveled through Ibrahim Hasic and moved in front on Tom Lahure's back-to-back threes in the third, setting a 17-5 quarter for a 56-47 advantage. The visitors then opened the fourth with a 6-0 burst (Diego Fine, Hasic, Charel Diedenhofen) to 62-47 and never looked back, stretching the lead to the night's high of 20. Even a mini-run by Klepper with consecutive baskets only paused the momentum. Soleuvre's bench absorbed a C1 to coach Hervé Marie-Rose and a T1 to Hasic without losing control; captain Rainjay Maturan (22, PHL) later fouled out.
Leaders Telstar (club-trained core): Klepper 16, Kappler 16, captain Tom Roden 8, Jordan Kaboth 6; Filip Vukotic had early foul trouble. Others: Ferrari 7, Arturo Pablo Gosalbez Seva (33, ESP) 3. Soleuvre (club-trained core): Diedenhofen (19, 1.97m) 22, Lahure (45) 17 with momentum threes, Hasic 16. Others: Mathis Alex Guiot 8, Sandro Romao Sanches Gomes Barros (20, PRT) 4. Soleuvre starts with a win; Telstar opens with a loss.
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