Telstar Hesperange C controlled the intra-club derby in Howald, defeating Telstar Hesperange B 64-49 behind a dominant opening and a massive advantage at the foul line. After TELB briefly led 5-4 on a Rodrigo Rico Gomez three, TELC closed the first quarter with a 19-0 run, fuelled largely by free throws from Vilius Adomenas and Deivydas Raibikis, to build a 26-6 lead.
TELB answered with an 8-0 start to the second quarter through Ioannis Papoulidis and Joao Guilherme Iatarola to make it 14-26, but Valentin Mitov (45, BGR) immediately hit 2, then back-to-back threes for eight straight personal points, restoring a double-digit cushion. TELC went to the locker room up 36-23.
Arnas Damosevicius (Season PPG: 11.78) and Adomenas (Season PPG: 12.17) kept TELC in control through the third, and the fourth began with consecutive threes by Damosevicius and Zilvinas Simkus for 57-33. The visitors reached their biggest margin at 64-38 before TELB closed on an 11-0 run Papoulidis adding seven late but the gap remained comfortable.
Numbers underline the story: TELC collected 21 points from the stripe (to TELB's 4) and added five threes; TELB finished with 18 two-pointers and three threes. Top performers for TELC were Adomenas 17, Damosevicius 15, Raibikis (Season PPG: 19.50) 14, and Mitov 8. For TELB, Papoulidis (Season PPG: 14.75) led with 15, Iatarola added 11, and homegrown Rodrigo Rico Gomez (28, ESP) had 9.
Under coach Irmantas Jarosas, TELC climb to 3rd in the standings (+3), while coach Promitheas Peridis's TELB sit 4th. TELC record a second straight win; TELB see a three-game streak snapped. The highest lead was 26, and TELB's late 11-0 flurry came too late to threaten.
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