T71 Dudelange B edged Musel Pikes C 79-73 at grimler/terrain2 after a tight, see-saw game. The first half was split evenly (19-19 in Q1), before MUSC opened the second quarter better and built the night's largest lead at 30-37. T71 answered with a 12-4 surge to reach halftime up 42-41.
The third quarter swung wildly. MUSC came out with an 8-0 run (44-41 to 44-49) and stretched it to 46-53. An unsportsmanlike foul on Maximilian Tschiderer then flipped momentum: T71 rattled off an 11-0 answer to move ahead 57-53, with the 45-year-old Christian Michel Schreiner scoring seven in a row (2, 3, 2). The period closed 61-61.
In the fourth, MUSC led 70-73 after Chris Konsbruck's basket, but T71 closed the game with a decisive 9-0 run. Jesse Papa Muller (T71B) calmly sank four straight free throws to turn the tide, Schreiner buried a late three for 77-73, and Justin Lux added four more from the line for the final margin. Schreiner was the game winner with 32 points, including six threes; Lux supported with 15, while Papa Muller had 9 and Aldin Kocan (45, SVN) added 7. Ruben Melanda (Season PPG: 5.40) hit a key fourth-quarter triple. Charles-André Lys committed two quick fouls early in the last quarter and later fouled out.
For MUSC, Max Kreutz (Season PPG: 11.83) led with 18 before fouling out in the fourth. Krzystof Radzimski hit three triples in his 13 points, Christian Heinesch had 11 (also fouling out), Tschiderer scored 8, and Konsbruck added 8.
Coaches Paulo Melanda (T71) and Pit Ries (MUSC) traded timely time-outs around those momentum swings, but T71 executed better in the clutch. Highest leads: MUSC +7 in Q2; T71 +6 at the finish. In the standings, T71B climbs to 3rd (+1) at 4-3, while MUSC stays 11th at 1-5.
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