Gréngewald Hueschtert won 94-72 at Telstar Hesperange in a game that changed sharply after a strong home start. Telstar led 21-13 after the first quarter and still had control at 29-19 in the second. Then Peter Rajniak's team produced the key swing: an 18-6 finish to the half, with Jake Rajniak (Season PPG: 19.71) scoring 16 of those points, to turn the score to 37-35.
The third quarter stayed balanced. Telstar came back several times, with ties at 37-37, 39-39, 55-55, 57-57 and 59-59. Martin Giordana Pi (Season PPG: 11.00) gave the home side its best sequence there with 9 Telstar points in a row, but Gréngewald still entered the last period ahead 61-59.
The decisive stretch came from 59-59. Gréngewald scored 8 straight points across the end of the third and start of the fourth to move to 67-59, then broke the game open later with a 12-0 run from 73-63 to 85-63. Their highest lead reached 25 points.
Rajniak was the clear difference-maker with 45 points, matching his season high, on 8 made free throws, 11 two-pointers and 5 threes. The 12-year-old Lithuanian Arnas Pakasius (Season PPG: 11.41) added 17, and captain Rasmus Praestegaard (Season PPG: 10.41) had 11. For Telstar, Tao Ozier-Lafontaine (Season PPG: 11.57) and Giordana Pi scored 13 each, while Martin Chini (Season PPG: 7.13) added 10.
Gréngewald completed a season sweep over Telstar after their earlier 70-54 win and moved up one place to 2nd in the classification. Telstar remained 5th.
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