US Heffingen B won 105-71 at Black Star Mersch B and moved up one place to 1st in M-Division 1 with a 15-2 record. Black Star Mersch B stayed 12th at 1-16. Jean-Pierre Kunnert's team also completed the season sweep after the 93-65 win in the first meeting.
The game turned quickly after BSMB's 4-0 start. Heffingen answered immediately, and after 4-4 the visitors put together a 7-0 sequence to take control. The first quarter already showed the pattern of the night: Scholtus and Bellwald gave HEFB steady inside-out scoring, and two late threes by captain Manuel Scholtus pushed the gap to 31-14.
Black Star had a better offensive spell in the second quarter, mainly through Daniel Göhlhausen, who kept attacking well and helped his team reach 29 points by halftime. Still, Heffingen matched every basket and went into the break with a clear 56-29 lead.
The decisive moment came just after halftime. Joel Thesen (Season PPG: 25.38) opened the third quarter with 7 consecutive points for HEFB, stretching the score from 56-29 to 63-32. From there, the lead stayed above 25 and later reached 34.
Thesen led all scorers with 35 points, built around 16 two-point field goals and 3 free throws. Scholtus (Season PPG: 10.85) added 23, with five 3-pointers, and Yves Bellwald (Season PPG: 14.60), the 1.95m forward/center, scored 20. Robert Brinck (HEFB) added 9.
For Lisa Hilges' side, Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 7.29) finished with 19 points, Charel Weis (Season PPG: 11.33) had 18 with two 3-pointers, Ben Hilges (Season PPG: 9.00) scored 12, and captain Pol Rodesch (Season PPG: 16.00) added 8. Luca Testori ep. Diber (BSMB) contributed 4 points in his second appearance of the competition.
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