Staater Léiwen took a 61-46 home win over Eurobasket B and moved to 2nd place in Bascol Division 3, while Eurobasket B stayed 4th. For Laurent Ley's team, it was a useful response after the previous defeat.
The game was tight for a half. Eurobasket B matched the opening quarter at 16-16 and even started the second period with four straight points through Laurent Olislager (EURB), moving ahead 20-16. Staater answered well: Gilles Hirtz (SLW) scored four in a row, Louis Meyer (SLW) added two, and the home side recovered the lead. At the break, the margin was still small at 30-26.
The key stretch came in the third quarter. After Eurobasket B cut the gap to 33-30, Staater raised the tempo and control. Alex Gomes Ganeto (SLW) and Keven Reuland (SLW) helped push the score to 40-30, and after the timeout the hosts produced an 11-3 run to open the game up at 50-33. That sequence decided the rhythm of the evening. Staater's biggest lead reached 18 points late in the fourth quarter.
Staater had balanced scoring. Sven Bartholomey (SLW), Hirtz (SLW) and Reuland (SLW) all finished with 12 points, while José Junior Andrade Monteiro (SLW) and Kevin Andrade Alves (SLW) added 8 each. Reuland also stayed productive despite reaching four fouls. Bartholomey gave the team an important lift with two third-quarter threes, even with a disruptive foul recorded in the same period. Gomes Ganeto also had a technical foul in the fourth.
For Eurobasket B, Rimgaudas Greicius (EURB) was the main scorer with 16 points and kept attacking until the end, including six late points. Valentin Mitov (EURB) and Olislager (EURB) each scored 11 and were especially important in keeping the game level in the first half. After halftime, though, Eurobasket B struggled to stay with Staater's longer offensive run and stronger defensive phase.
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Staater Léiwen 
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