Basket Esch B edged Gréngewald Hueschtert B, 64-62, in a tight MDivision 1 championship-round opener. Esch flew out 6-0 behind back-to-back triples from Marko Latinovic (38, 2.00m, HUN) and closed Q1 up 19-15. Gréngewald hit back in Q2 as Mika Demuth (GREB) strung together 7 consecutive points to drive a 6-15 quarter and a 25-30 halftime lead.
After the break, Gréngewald stretched it to 27-36 before Esch produced the game's key 12-0 run (Tousch, Latinovic, Jeremy Fischbach, Yannis Czerwonka) to flip it to 39-36 and 45-40 after three. In Q4, Antoine Köhn (LALB) buried a three and Esch built the largest gap at 56-47. Gréngewald responded through Lex Bauer (GREB), Luca Pividor (18, 1.78m) and Kian Wensveen Grou (GREB) to tie at 59-59, but Köhn and Fischbach (LALB) delivered the decisive field goals before Czerwonka (LALB) added a late free throw for 64-59. Pividor kept it alive with three free throws in a row, yet Esch held on.
Top performers Esch: Fischbach (LALB) 20, Latinovic 17, Czerwonka (LALB) 11, Köhn (LALB) 7. Gréngewald: Demuth 18, Pividor 17, Bauer 15, Wensveen Grou 10. Both teams hit four threes; Esch's edge came inside (22 made 2s to 20) despite Gréngewald's 10 made free throws. Esch's Fischbach and Laurent Tousch (LALB) navigated 4 fouls each. Early table: Esch B 4th, Gréngewald B 5th.
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