Gréngewald Hueschtert C controlled the last 15 minutes and beat Bascharage Hedgehogs B 77-61 in Oberanven. The game stayed open for a long stretch. BASB started better and twice built a six-point margin, at 12-6 and 17-13, with Dzenan Eco (Season PPG: 19.27) active inside and Gil Schmit (17, 1.82m) giving early scoring. GREC still closed the first quarter on a 5-0 run to move in front 18-17.
The second quarter had several swings. Matteo Elia Albanese (Season PPG: 4.92) put BASB ahead with an 8-point burst, but GREC answered from 23-27 to 32-27 with nine unanswered points through Mathieu Franco (Season PPG: 17.06), Olaf Recht (Season PPG: 1.80) and Anastasios Kotsopoulos (Season PPG: 14.86). BASB then finished the half with 10 straight points and went into the break leading 37-34.
Coach Craig Forde's side reacted well after halftime. BASB pushed the gap to 44-37, their biggest lead, but GREC took a timeout and changed the rhythm. From that moment, the home team closed the third quarter on a 15-4 run. The 37-year-old Greek Michail-Kosmas Kouris (Season PPG: 16.29) and Kotsopoulos were decisive in that sequence.
The fourth quarter belonged clearly to GREC. Pierre Adrien Grange (Season PPG: 9.56) opened it with 3 straight points, and Kouris scored 14 in the period, including 8 in a row late in the game, as GREC reached its highest lead at 77-59. Kouris finished with 24, Franco had 18 and Kotsopoulos 16. For BASB, Schmit and Albanese scored 18 each, Eco added 17. GREC also swept the season series 2-0, climbed two places to 3rd, while BASB dropped to 9th and now has three losses in a row.
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