Résidence Walferdange B edged leaders Mambra Mamer B 77-72 in walfer/ho1, overturning a 15-point first-half deficit and avenging September's 47-68 loss. Mamer dictated early (10-21 after Q1) behind Scharel Geimer's hot start and stretched the gap to the night's largest at 20-35. Halftime came at 27-36.
The game flipped after the break. Filip Dukic (Season PPG: 25.86) caught fire with 12 points in the third quarter including two threes and repeated trips to the line while Razvan-Alexandru Purice drilled a three and Miguel Gonzalez Vargas added another. Résidence closed to 58-59 after 30 minutes.
Miguel opened the fourth with the hosts' first lead since 2-0 (60-59), and Emanuele Santi (Season PPG: 12.22), a 49-year-old Italian, strung together key mid-range finishes to keep RESB in front. In the closing stretch, a foul on Maximilien Tresson and then two bench technicals on coach Pierre Flavien Hebbert yielded free throws Miguel and Santi pushed it to 77-69 before Mamer trimmed at the buzzer.
Game-winners for Résidence: Dukic's 29 points before fouling out late, Santi's 16 with timely fourth-quarter baskets, and Miguel's 13, including the go-ahead bucket and nervy late free throws. Purice added 8; Mihnea-Cristian Fulop had 7, and Liviu-Constantin Rusu hit a third-quarter triple. For Mamer, Geimer (Season PPG: 16.90) led with 24, Jannik Tuffel (Season PPG: 8.79) added 16, and Christophe Ney (Season PPG: 10.58) scored 12. Dave Rischette's three triples (9) punctuated the visitors' perimeter threat.
Foul trouble mattered: Mamer finished without Ney and Tresson (both fouled out), while Dukic exited on five after doing the heavy lifting. Scoring map: RESB 21 twos, 7 threes, 14 free throws; MAMB 20 twos, 6 threes, 14 free throws.
Mamer stay first at 10-2; Résidence climb to 6th (+1) and string back-to-back wins.
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