Limburg defeated Speyer 85-72 in the M-Mémorial Elvinger (walfer/ho1), overturning a lively start from the hosts. Speyer opened with pace and spacing, pushing out to 26-15 and closing the first quarter 31-24. They kept control to halftime (47-42), with Oskar Humpert (12) steady from the line and Daryl Woodmore (16) providing perimeter shot-making.
Coach Radenko Varagic's side flipped the game after the break. From 51-44 Speyer, Limburg strung together a 15-0 run: Kara Sene scored five quick points in that burst, with Ryan Muhr and Kjell De Graaf adding key baskets for a 58-63 lead after three. Woodmore briefly wrested momentum back early in the fourth, hitting back-to-back threes and then a two for an 8-point personal surge that brought Speyer to 66-66 and even a 64-63 lead momentarily.
Limburg closed decisively: a 13-0 run from 69-70 to 69-83, fueled by Lucas Bonfils, De Graaf and Sene, stretched the gap to a game-high +14 before the 85-72 finish. Sene paced Limburg with 28 points and five triples, supported by Muhr (11), De Graaf (10) and Bonfils (8). For Speyer, Woodmore (16), Humpert (12) and Dami Ade-Eri (9) led the scoring. Notable foul notes: Kenyuoe Ondaan picked up three fouls in the first quarter yet returned with a crucial 3 and a 2 in the fourth; Muhr and Milo Hautekeet each carried four without fouling out. Coach Carl Mbassa's team was undone by the third-quarter swing and the late Limburg run.
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