Second-placed Arantia Larochette C, up one place in the standings after this round, won 80-50 on the floor of 10th-placed Telstar Hesperange B.
The game stayed open for one half. Arantia started 5-0, but Telstar answered with 8 straight points to move in front 8-5. The visitors then closed the first quarter with a 9-0 run for an 18-12 lead. Telstar reacted well in the second period. Alec Paul Jacques Goedert (TELB) and Jordan Kaboth (TELB) led a strong 13-4 stretch, turning a 16-21 score into a 29-25 advantage, and the home side went into halftime ahead 34-32.
The decisive moment came after the break. After trailing 35-32, Arantia took control with a 24-4 phase to the end of the third quarter and opened a 56-39 lead. Pedro Nunes Jordao (ARAC) drove that swing with scoring in several sequences, while Alvis Kasteckas (43, LTU) kept adding points around the basket and at the line. Telstar made one last push in the fourth, cutting the gap from 39-58 to 50-62 through Gabriel Marques dos Ramos (TELB) and Goedert, but Arantia answered with 18 unanswered points to finish at its highest lead of the night, 30.
Nunes Jordao led all scorers with 34 points, Kasteckas followed with 24, and Bingana Tamba (35, DEU) added 9. For Telstar, Goedert produced 21 points, Kaboth scored 11, and Marques dos Ramos had 9. Telstar is now on a three-game losing run.
(AI generated)