Amicale Steesel B edged AB Contern C 61-56 in Contern/central after a tense second half that flipped the game's momentum. Contern controlled the opening stretch, up 15-10 after Q1 and 31-25 at the break, and even pushed the margin to 12 (39-27) midthird. Amicale answered with the decisive surge: a 10-0 run to close Q3, sparked by a triple from Gil Rech (24, 1.88m) and followed by another three from Tom Rech, turned 41-34 into a 41-44 lead at the buzzer.
The fourth quarter swung back to Contern when Patrick Walravens (32, 1.88m) buried a pair of threes to tie it at 53-53. From there, Amicale's backcourt and discipline at the line carried it home. Quentin Jean Jack Leveque (34, FRA) hit a crucial three for 59-54 and added late free throws, while Amicale closed it out with calm one-pointers to keep a twopossession cushion.
Leveque led all scorers with 21, mixing rim attacks and timely long-range shots. Tom Hoffmann added 17 inside and strung together mini-runs in both halves, navigating foul trouble (4). Rech Gil chipped in 9, his threes flipping the game late in Q3. For Contern, Walravens had 15 and kept them in it with fourthquarter shotmaking; Michel Kirsch added 14, opening with an early three and steadying at the stripe, and Jeff Besch scored 9 but drew a fourthquarter technical at 53-55 that didn't help the hosts' momentum.
Coach RECH Tom's side produced the game's key stretches: the 10-0 close to Q3 and a late 7-2 spurt capped by Leveque's triple. Coach HOMMEL S'bastien's team started strong and led for long spells, but couldn't blunt Amicale's perimeter burst.
Form and table: AMIB bounced back after a loss and now sits 3rd (+5), while CONC moves to 2nd (±0). Contern's sequence reads win then loss; Amicale's loss then win.
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