Black Lions (BLD) beat Team Teaching (TEA) 86-72 in Oberanven after taking control with a dominant second quarter and closing with authority.
TEA opened sharper, moving from 3-3 to 10-3 on a 7-0 burst capped by Xavier Engel (TEA). Out of a first-quarter timeout, Denis Wirtz (BLD) flipped the game: he strung together four straight field goals and, with an Angelo Barnellini (BLD) triple, fueled a 0-9 run to 10-12. Engel's late three restored an 18-16 TEA edge after 10 minutes.
The second quarter belonged to BLD. Wirtz scored at will inside and added a three, while Barnellini rained threes (three in the period). The visitors surged to a 17-point cushion (33-50) and led 54-45 at halftime after a brief TEA response from Engel and Daniel Weyrich.
A low-scoring third saw BLD protect the margin. Tom Schumacher (BLD) hit timely twos around a Wirtz triple to push it to 65-51 after three. Early in the fourth, Barnellini's fourth long-range make and a Fasbender basket stretched the gap to the night's high at +19 (70-51).
TEA made one last push: a 10-2 run featuring back-to-back threes from Pit Meintz (TEA), a Mathis Weyrich triple and Engel inside cut it to 72-78. Schumacher then shut the door, delivering an 8-0 personal run (two threes and a layup) to finish it 86-72.
Standouts:
- BLD: Denis Wirtz (BLD) erupted for 41 points (16 two-pointers, 3 threes), Barnellini (BLD) added 17 with five threes, and Schumacher (BLD) had 18, including the decisive late burst.
- TEA: Engel (TEA) led with 26 (four threes, six made free throws), Daniel Weyrich (TEA) scored 20, and Meintz (TEA) hit three threes for 11.
No major foul trouble altered the game. Coaching notes: Frank FASBENDER's BLD side adjusted after the slow start and controlled the middle quarters, while player-coach Pit MEINTZ kept TEA competitive with his own fourth-quarter scoring.
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