Fifth-placed Bascharage Hedgehogs edged third-placed Mambra Mamer 63-62 in Bascharage and snapped a two-game losing run, overturning the 13-point defeat from the first meeting.
Mamer started better and moved ahead 10-3, with Nicolas Bos (Season PPG: 12.10) scoring his team's first 6 points. Coach William Jacques Guenfissi's side changed the flow when Viktor Pecirep (Season PPG: 23.18) entered: he produced 10 Bascharage points in a row during a 14-0 run that flipped 3-10 into 17-10. Mamer reduced it to 17-13 after one quarter, then completed the comeback before halftime with a 9-3 finish for 30-30.
Coach Arnaud Stirn's team carried that momentum into the third period. Mamer opened the half on an 8-0 burst to 38-30, their biggest lead of the game. Bascharage answered immediately. Pecirep and Tom Kruchten (Season PPG: 13.60) drove a 9-0 reply from 30-38 to 39-38, and the game stayed on one-possession margins at 44-45 after three quarters.
The fourth quarter kept swinging. BAS went from 44-45 to 49-45, MAM answered with 8 straight for 53-49, and Bos hit a key three for 60-57. Bascharage still found the last push: Pecirep tied it at 60-60, Mamer went back in front 62-60, Kruchten made the free throw for 61-62, and 15-year-old Ilija Radojevic from Serbia scored the winning basket for 63-62.
Pecirep led all scorers with 25 points, Kruchten added 14 and Samuel Hobby (Season PPG: 10.79) had 12. For Mamer, Bos finished with 18 and 14-year-old Ethan Martins (Season PPG: 15.35) scored 17 despite an early unsportsmanlike foul. Valentin Oury (Season PPG: 15.22) and Luka Boskovic both fouled out late.
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