Gréngewald Hueschtert C controlled Musel Pikes C 81-63 in Oberanven/Central, building the win quarter by quarter. After a balanced start (18-15), GREC tightened up in the second period for a 35-26 halftime lead, with Felix Penning (16) providing instant impact and Maximilian Tschiderer keeping MUSC in touch with a personal 6-point burst.
The game broke open right after the break: back-to-back triples by Flavio Monteiro Alves (Season PPG: 7.40) and Mathieu Franco (Season PPG: 18.88) pushed the margin into double digits. Franco then kept raining from deep in the third and early fourth, including a sequence of three straight free throws and a late dagger from beyond the arc that made it 79-61. The hosts' largest lead was +18, which also stood as the final margin, with Penning sealing it in transition.
Franco produced a season-high 36 points, fueled by seven made threes and a perfect streak at the line in the fourth. Monteiro Alves added 14, Leonidas Grigoriadis 11, and Craig Forde (32, IRL) chipped in 8 despite an early technical. Penning's 10 efficient points and Harik Avanesov (16, UKR) added depth.
For MUSC, Christian Heinesch (Season PPG: 11.38) led with 20, including three triples and three consecutive free throws late. Tschiderer tallied 17 with steady work inside, and Max Kreutz (Season PPG: 12.00) scored 16.
Coach Olaf Recht's side climbs to 3rd place (+5) and rides a two-game winning streak. MUSC sit 10th, still searching for momentum after a run of defeats.
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