AS Soleuvre C left holleschb. with a 51-40 road win over Telstar Hesperange B, built on a decisive second quarter and a controlled finish. Telstar started brighter (14-10 after Q1), but the game flipped as Soleuvre opened the second period with a 14-0 run: baskets from Michel Schmit, a triple by Cedric Demontis, and two scores each from Tom Lahure and Rayane Haddi pushed the visitors ahead 24-14. Soleuvre led 27-18 at halftime.
Telstar answered after the break with a 5-0 start, Ioannis Papoulidis (31, GBR) scoring back-to-back to trim it to 27-22, but Soleuvre steadied through Lahure at the line and Pit Heinz inside to close Q3 at 38-30. Early in Q4, Papoulidis hit a three (33-41) before an unsportsmanlike foul halted Telstar's momentum; Lahure converted the free throws and Sam Asselborn added a key basket as the gap stretched to the game's biggest margin, 46-33. Juan Menacho and Promitheas Peridis briefly narrowed it, but Patrick Schnurr (30, FRA) buried a late three for 49-38 and Jrmy Le Marchand sealed it at the stripe.
Top scorers: Soleuvre Lahure 10, Asselborn 9, Heinz 8, Demontis 7 (with a timely three), Schnurr 5. Telstar Papoulidis 15, Menacho 9, Joao Guilherme Iatarola 7. Coach Tim Geiben's side owned the middle 20 minutes (17-4 in Q2), while coach Promitheas Peridis' group never fully recovered from that drought.
In the standings, Soleuvre climb to 4th (1-1), bouncing back from their opening loss. Telstar drop to 9th at 0-2 and are on a two-game skid.
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