US Heffingen C won a close road game, 51-45, against Gréngewald Hueschtert C in the opening championship-round fixture. After the result, Heffingen stands 2nd and Gréngewald 3rd.
The game stayed balanced early. The first quarter ended 13-13, with Gréngewald getting points from Craig Forde (33, IRL), Olaf Recht (51) and Diogo Melicio Paiva (28, PRT), while Heffingen answered through Daniel Wampach (33), Tun Elcheroth (17) and especially Danilo Hess (18, 1.90m). There were already short swings: Gréngewald moved from 3-6 to 8-6, but Heffingen kept matching.
In the second quarter, coach Ioannis Xirouchakis' team briefly led 19-15 after baskets from Christos Nterelis (31, GRC) and Anastasios Kotsopoulos (28, GRC). Heffingen then changed the rhythm. Wampach and Hess led a 6-0 response, and the visitors closed the half in front, 28-25.
The decisive stretch came after the break. Heffingen won the third quarter 12-5 and turned 25-28 into 38-26 with a strong 10-1 run. Hess kept scoring, and Nicolas Colbach (21) gave solid support inside that sequence. Early in the fourth, Heffingen pushed the margin to its highest point, 45-30.
Gréngewald still made it a game. Recht and Nterelis sparked a 12-2 run to cut the gap to 47-42, and the home side had real momentum. A late technical on Nterelis was costly, though, as Heffingen added free throws and steadied the finish. Nterelis still hit a big three for 45-49, but Wampach sealed the close win from the line.
Top scorers were Hess with 22 and Wampach with 12 for Heffingen; Nterelis had 13 and Recht 12 for Gréngewald.
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Gréngewald Hueschtert C 
US Heffingen C 
