Third-placed T71 Dudelange C won a close road game at sixth-placed Rebound Préizerdaul B, 71-64, and moved up two places in the table. The win also stopped T71C's three-game losing run and completed a season sweep after the 84-47 first meeting.
Game evolution mattered. PREB opened sharply with an 8-0 start and led 14-13 after the first quarter. The home side then pushed the margin to 20-13 and later 29-23, but T71C finished the second period with 6 unanswered points to stay in touch at 29-27.
PREB produced its best stretch in the third quarter. After 31-31, the hosts went on a 9-0 run to build their biggest lead at 40-31, with Zachary Legg driving the offense. T71C answered well, however, and climbed back to 45-45 before the end of the quarter, trailing only 46-45.
The decisive moment came early in the fourth. T71C turned a one-point deficit into a 55-46 lead with 10 straight points. That sequence changed the game. PREB came back to 62-68 and later 64-71, but T71C had enough control in the closing minutes.
Legg, who had averaged 10.50 points, was outstanding for PREB with 26, his season high. Devin Junior Alves Neves, the 25-year-old Portuguese player, added 13, and Christian Mafuta scored 8. For T71C, Nevzat Dzudzevic (season average 19.57) had 18, Karim Chakir (19.56) added 17, Ruben Melanda scored 11 with two important fourth-quarter threes, and Aldin Kocan gave 8.
The end of the game was tense, with late disqualifying fouls involving Kocan, Dzudzevic, Legg and Jérôme Wolff.
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Rebound Préizerdaul B 
T71 Dudelange C 
