AS Soleuvre opened Phase 2 with a 69-64 road win at Oberanven/Central, moving to 1st place (+1), while Gréngewald Hueschtert B sits 2nd (+3). The game swung on a dominant second quarter by SOL and composed late-game free throws.
GREB edged the first period 19-17, but SOL flipped the script with a decisive 18-2 run early in the second. Sparked by Nik Lahure's back-to-back threes and steady inside scoring, Soleuvre built the night's largest lead at +16 (21-37) and reached halftime up 25-37. Gréngewald answered after the break: Santiago Capozucca (Season PPG: 7.71) lit up the third with three triples two of them in a row while Harik Avanesov (Season PPG: 8.29) added a three to win the quarter 24-19 and close to 49-56.
The fourth stayed tight. Avanesov kept scoring and GREB trimmed it to 64-67 after late points from Pol Elcheroth and Juan Santiago Lopez. Key for SOL: Lex Lahure (Season PPG: 14.33) hit two free throws in the final seconds, the game-winners in a one-possession finish. Gréngewald lost a major interior option when Egidijus Jarukaitis (Season PPG: 10.86) fouled out in the last period, just as the comeback gathered pace.
Top performers
- SOL: Pol Diedenhofen (Season PPG: 13.50) powered the paint with 20 points (eight 2FGM). Nik Lahure (Season PPG: 10.00) added 18, including that second-quarter burst, and Lex Lahure chipped in 12 plus the clinching free throws. Malik Bah scored 8 and drew contact at key moments.
- GREB: Avanesov led with 19, including three triples. Capozucca (16, ITA) followed with 15 and three threes. Jarukaitis had 12 before fouling out. Captain Nicolas François L. Dupong (Season PPG: 8.60) added 7.
Under coach Hervé Marie-Rose, Soleuvre is on a three-game winning streak. Coach Nicolas Saquan Parrish's GREB sees a four-game streak end, despite a strong second-half surge. The second-quarter 18-2 sequence and Lex Lahure's late free throws defined the outcome.
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