AS Soleuvre C secured a clear 98-50 home win over US Heffingen C in M-Division 2 and climbed four places to 5th. Heffingen remained 4th and slipped to a second straight defeat. For Soleuvre, it was a second consecutive win after opening the season with two losses.
The game was only briefly level. Heffingen went 4-3 up, but Soleuvre responded immediately with an 11-0 run, seven of those points coming from Lex Lahure (18, 1.76m), to move to 14-4. That first break set the tone, and the home side closed the opening quarter at 22-13.
Heffingen had its best moment at the start of the second period. Claude Ludwig and Tun Elcheroth combined to cut the margin to 22-18. Soleuvre answered with a strong 14-0 stretch and restored full control. By halftime, the gap was already 41-24.
The third quarter removed the last doubt. Soleuvre won it 27-12 and pushed the lead to 68-36. There was even a score correction on a Tom Lahure basket, first counted as three and then changed to two, but it did not alter the flow. The fourth quarter became even more one-sided, with the margin peaking at 48 points.
Tom Lahure led Soleuvre with 19 points, including four made threes. Pol Diedenhofen added 17, and Lex Lahure also finished with 17 after his early scoring burst. Julien Kuhn contributed 10, while Carlos Jordy Borges scored 8 and Gilles Gerstmann added 8.
For Heffingen, Tun Elcheroth (HEFC) was the main offensive source with 20 points. Captain Claude Ludwig followed with 11, while Bob Banzer had 6. Rafael Hernan Agreda Barrios (season average: 4.8 ppg) added 4.
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