Longwy won 57-41 after controlling the game from the first quarter and taking all four periods, 13-3, 17-16, 12-8 and 15-14.
Basket Esch started with captain Corentin Cornu (31, 1.82m, FRA) hitting the opening three for 3-0, but Longwy answered immediately with 13 straight points. Yohann Inglis (LON) gave the first push with back-to-back baskets, and Jonathan Friederich (LON) followed with five quick points as the visitors closed the first quarter ahead 13-3.
The second quarter was decisive for the gap. Longwy stretched the lead to 20-4 and later to 26-9, a 17-point margin that remained the highest separation of the evening. Esch reacted through Damien Thill (23, 1.90m) and Denilson Ramos Fonseca (28, 1.93m, PRT). Thill scored five points in a row during one sequence, and Ramos Fonseca kept Esch alive around the rim and at the line to bring it back to 19-30 at halftime. The period also included a disqualifying-foul incident involving Kevin Kelechi Nnganyadi (17) and Louis Lecras (LON).
Esch had another moment in the third quarter. Thill and Ramos Fonseca helped cut the score to 23-32 and then 27-36. Longwy answered that pressure well: Jean-Baptiste Cagneaux (LON), Lucas Winzenrieth (LON) and Loris Back (LON) combined for a 6-0 reply to restore full control at 42-27.
In the last quarter, Thill opened Esch's final push with five straight points, and Felix Jenn added a three to reduce the margin to 35-47. Longwy again had the answer, moving to 56-39 before the end.
Thill led Esch with 16 points, Ramos Fonseca added 12, and Emmanuel Jesus Frederico (17, 2.00m, CPV) had 5 before fouling out in the fourth after early foul trouble. For Longwy, Friederich scored 15, Back 11, Inglis 10 and Yoan Acheen 7.
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