Mambra Mamer controlled a solid friendly, beating AS Soleuvre 85-71 in Mamer after steady leads of 18-15, 42-34 and 71-63. Soleuvre struck first behind Christian Parker's 4 straight points, but Mamer answered: Domenick Thomas Sleva (26, USA) strung together 5 in a row to flip it 12-10. In the second quarter, a 7-0 surge capped by Raphael Muth's triple and a Rashon Jamal Johnson Jr (26, USA) finish stretched it to 36-24, setting an eight-point halftime cushion.
The key stress came in the third. Felix Kloman buried back-to-back threes for 54-51, forcing coach Darko Ristic's timeout. Mamer replied with four consecutive free throws Alan Bedirhanoglu (29, 1.93m, SWE) 2/2, Muth 2/2 then a Johnson Jr three for 61-52. Crucial swing: Parker, already carrying Soleuvre, committed three fouls in the period and fouled out late in Q3 with his team down 66-63 to 71-63, blunting the visitors' momentum.
In the fourth, Sleva's early triple and a Johnson Jr reply rebuilt a double-digit gap. Kloman's 5-point burst (3+2) kept hope alive, but Mamer closed on an 8-0 run (Sleva-Johnson Jr-Sleva-Muth) to finish at a game-high +14.
Top performers Mamer: Johnson Jr 26, Sleva 25, Muth 21, Gianni Beslija (19, 1.92m) 9. Soleuvre: Parker 29 before foul-out, Kloman 24 with multiple threes, Gilles Weis (30, 1.85m) 7. Notable incident: an early unsportsmanlike (U2) on Beslija.
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