Basket Esch C (LALC) overturned a slow start to beat Grngewald Hueschtert C (GREC) 76-59 in MDivision 2. The visitors controlled the first stretch (10-20 after Q1) and even reached +12 at 10-22, powered by early scoring from Mathieu Franco (34, FRA) and Pierre Adrien Grange (35, FRA).
LALC flipped the game in the second quarter. An 8-0 burst cut 15-26 to 23-26, and another surge pushed the hosts to a 36-32 lead before halftime, with Dorian Da Cruz (30, 1.75m) connecting multiple times from deep and Darren Marschal (24, 1.75m) attacking the rim. Notably, Marschal picked up a technical foul in the first period but settled to become a central piece of the comeback.
Coach Raoul Burg (32, 1.82m) opened the third with a triple from Noah Kambala (25) and kept LALC's offense flowing. After a brief GREC response, Antoni Cimino (24, FRA) scored on consecutive possessions and, late in the quarter, Sven Reis and Da Cruz drained backtoback long balls to cap an 8-0 run for 61-48 after 30 minutes.
In the fourth, Burg himself went on a personal 6-0 (three straight baskets) to stretch the gap to 71-52, the night's highest lead (+19). Franco and Christos Nterelis (30, GRC) tried to answer, while Grange added a three, but Cimino sealed it with a late triple.
Top LALC scorers: Marschal 18, Da Cruz 17, Burg 14. For GREC: Franco 17, Grange 13, Nterelis 11. Coach Craig Forde (32, IRL) added 8 for GREC.
Classification: Basket Esch C sit 2nd (+8) after one round; Grngewald Hueschtert C are 9th. Both begin their season's series at 10 (LALC win) and 01 (GREC loss).
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