Gréngewald Hueschtert B, now 2nd after a gain of two places, controlled this Phase finale game away at 5th-placed Nitia Bettembourg and won 68-42. Nitia remains 5th at 0-4 and is now on a five-game losing streak.
The game was shaped very early. GREB opened 4-0 and, after NIT stayed close at 4-6, the visitors accelerated behind Egidijus Jarukaitis (Season PPG: 11.14) and Tom Krier (Season PPG: 4.93). A late 7-0 push closed the opening quarter with a heavy 33-14 margin.
Nitia, coached by Jack da Costa Fernandes, reacted much better before halftime. From 22-45, the home side produced an 11-2 run to cut the gap to 33-47. Captain Tom Wetta (Season PPG: 7.18) was important in that stretch, and 17-year-old Portuguese Tomás Figueiredo Pinto (Season PPG: 4.13) added valuable scoring with inside points and a three.
That was GREB's main difficult moment, but the visitors quickly settled again after the break. Nicolas Dupong (Season PPG: 8.23) scored early in the third period, Jarukaitis kept the lead stable, and GREB rebuilt separation beyond 20 points. From 41-58, GREB finished on a 10-1 run, with Dupong scoring 8 of those 10 points.
Jarukaitis led all scorers with 15 points, Dupong added 12, Krier had 10, and Santiago Capozucca (Season PPG: 11.63) finished with 8. For Nitia, Wetta scored 12, Figueiredo Pinto 10, and Liam Raas (Season PPG: 7.91) 8.
GREB's offensive edge also appeared in the shot profile: 7 made three-pointers against 2 for NIT, and 11 made free throws against 4.
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