Third-placed Black Star Mersch edged Bascharage Hedgehogs 62-59 and extended its run to three straight wins, while BAS stayed in a five-game losing streak.
Coach Aleksandar Petrovic's team started well. BSM led 21-15 after the first quarter and stretched the margin to 29-17 in the second, with Romario De Oliveira Pais (BSM) and Matthew Jacob Libang (Season PPG: 15.20) driving the offense. That 12-point gap was the game's biggest lead, but Coach Dejan Pavlovic's side answered with a 12-2 finish to the half to get back to 31-29.
Bascharage carried that momentum into the third quarter and flipped the game with a 14-2 run for a 43-33 lead. Auric Kirsch (Season PPG: 13.20) was the main scorer with 25 points and had already produced 9 BAS points in a row in the first quarter. Ilija Radojevic (BAS) added 19, while Andy Chierici (Season PPG: 8.00) finished with 10.
The key stretch came immediately after that. From 33-43 down, BSM closed the third period on a 14-1 run to reclaim control at 47-44. De Oliveira Pais sparked that swing with 6 straight points, and Luca Camaioni Hary (Season PPG: 10.40) finished the quarter strongly.
The fourth quarter remained close. BAS briefly moved ahead 55-54, but BSM answered at once: Camaioni Hary scored 4 straight points for 58-55, then Libang and Camaioni Hary combined to push the score to 62-57. Kirsch and Radojevic cut it to 62-59, but the home side held on.
For BSM, De Oliveira Pais (BSM) scored 22, Libang had 20, and Camaioni Hary added 14. Those three accounted for 56 of the team's 62 points. BSM remains 3rd; BAS is 5th after a one-place gain.
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