AS Soleuvre B controlled Black Frogs Schieren B 72-56 in Zolwer/Scheierhaf, moving to 2-1 and 2nd place, while the Frogs slip to 3rd (2-1) after two straight wins to start their campaign.
Game evolution mattered. Schieren opened 0-6 and led 1-10, taking Q1 by 11-14. The momentum flipped early in Q2: down 11-20, Soleuvre strung together a 10-0 run, sparked by a triple from Mathys Ntemo and 5 points in a row from Kieran Nono (22, 1.89m, IRL), to go ahead 21-20. Later in the quarter, an 8-0 burst pushed it to 31-24, with Ibrahim Hasic finishing at the rim. Soleuvre led 33-29 at the break.
Q3 was balanced but featured an unsportsmanlike on Francis Kneip that stalled the visitors, and Soleuvre edged ahead 52-46. In Q4, the hosts closed the door with a 7-0 spurt to 61-50 and never looked back, reaching a highest lead of 16. Schieren's foul trouble proved costly: Max Brouscher (35, 1.93m) and Daniel Freichel (31, 1.90m) both fouled out in the final stretch.
Standouts for Soleuvre: Charel Diedenhofen (19, 1.97m) led all scorers with 21 and calmly sealed it at the line; Nono added 15; Hasic had 13 (including 3 made free throws); Ntemo scored 14 with two timely threes. For Schieren, captain Bob Hirt (Season PPG: 6.67) paced them with 14, Brouscher scored 12, Freichel 11, and Daniel Kemp chipped in 7 with a three.
Coach Herve Marie-Rose's side showed composure after the slow start. Coach Bob Hirt's team battled, but the key runs in Q2 and the late foul-outs swung it to Soleuvre.
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