T71 Dudelange, now 1st in the standings after a gain of 3 places, edged 2nd-ranked Basket Esch 100-98 after two overtimes. It was a close game with several swings, and T71's third straight win came against a team that had entered on a three-game winning run.
Basket Esch controlled long stretches. After leading 46-36 at halftime, Stéphane Feller's team kept building the gap and reached the game's highest lead at 72-52 early in the 4th quarter. Euricky Semedo da Veiga (LAL) set the tone with 20 points, Yann Conan (LAL) added 18, Bilal El Mokadmi (LAL) 15 and Faisal Abdirizak Mohamed (LAL) 12.
T71 changed the game with a huge 26-6 push from 52-72 to 78-78. Bo Wagner (15, T71) was central to that comeback and finished with 29 points, including five in a row early in the last quarter. Jamie Papa Muller (T71) added 20, Ben Kloos (T71) 18 and Matteo Agostinucci (T71) 16, while Leo Muller (T71) gave valuable late support with 7.
The first overtime stayed level at 8-8. Esch again moved in front, 86-80, but T71 answered with 6 straight points to force the second extra period. In overtime number two, Esch led 92-88, yet T71 closed better. Papa Muller put his team ahead 93-92, Wagner restored control at 95-94, then Leo Muller and Kloos carried the score to 100-96 before Esch's final basket.
Esch's late resistance became harder with foul trouble: Semedo da Veiga, El Mokadmi and Abdirizak Mohamed all fouled out, and Ihsane Adam Moulai-Souiga (LAL) received a game disqualification after a flagrant foul and a type 1 technical foul.
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