AS Soleuvre B took a tight 72-71 home win over US Heffingen in the return round of the final phase. In a close game, the winner was decided by a single point. The result lifted Soleuvre B one place to 4th, while Heffingen stayed 3rd.
Pedro Jorge Escada Carvalho's team set the tone early. Soleuvre opened with a strong 15-4 start and reached its highest lead at 11 points, with Pit Simon (Season PPG: 7.83) and captain Samuel Carvalho Ribeiro (Season PPG: 7.19) driving the attack. Soleuvre led 25-16 after the first quarter.
Heffingen reacted well in the second period. Jan Vyroubal (Season PPG: 5.60) was a major factor in that stretch, helping his side cut the gap from 27-16 to 29-28. The visitors kept pressing and tied the game at 36-36 before Soleuvre narrowly held a 42-40 halftime edge.
The momentum changed after the break. Andrej Gruskovnjak's side won the third quarter and moved in front, with Deivys Almeida Monteiro (Season PPG: 9.33) and Diego Vaz Pereira (Season PPG: 12.75) producing key baskets. Heffingen entered the last quarter ahead 55-52.
In the fourth, Almeida Monteiro pushed the lead to 60-54, but Soleuvre answered with a 10-3 run to regain control at 64-63. Simon was central in that sequence and finished with a game-high 20 points, matching his season best. Carvalho Ribeiro added 18, Louis Ferrai (Season PPG: 8.82) scored 10, and 15-year-old Sacha André Cabanel (FRA) contributed 6.
Heffingen stayed in it through Vaz Pereira's late free throws and inside scoring. Vaz Pereira and Vyroubal both finished with 19 points, while Almeida Monteiro added 14. Soleuvre still found the last decisive basket through Ferrai for 72-70, and Heffingen's final point left the visitors one short.
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AS Soleuvre B 
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