Arcus overpowered Staater Léiwen 100-56 in Capellen, breaking the game open with a dominant second quarter after a competitive first (22-19). Early in the second frame, SLW closed to 22-21 on Dan Mathes (SLW) free throws, but Arcus answered with a 20-0 run: Michail Kouris (ACU) drilled back-to-back threes, Georgios Vasilas (ACU) and Benoit Kraus (ACU) scored inside, and after an unsportsmanlike foul (U2) on Ronny Hoefer (SLW), Kouris added two free throws as the gap stretched to 42-21. SLW finally halted the slide through Thierry Kruchten (SLW) at the line, but the quarter ended 27-6 for the hosts.
Under coach Kirsch, Arcus kept control after the break. Tony Martins Ferreira (ACU) hit two threes in a row in the third, Kouris added from deep, and Kraus and Luc Kirsch (ACU) continued to find gaps inside. In the fourth, Kraus went on a personal roll with three consecutive baskets, while Ioannis Pitropakis (ACU) mixed paint scoring and free throws. The highest lead reached 45 (95-50) before Kirsch closed the century mark with a late three.
Kouris led Arcus with 24 points on six triples. Kraus added 22 (all from two-point range), Pitropakis 22 (including six free throws), Kirsch 16 and Martins Ferreira 9 from long distance. For Staater Léiwen, Mathes scored 24 (four threes, six free throws) and Gilles Hirtz (SLW) had 16, all on two-pointers; captain Laurent Ley (SLW) added 6. Hoefer's U2 in the second quarter punctuated SLW's difficult stretch, and late in the game Mathes committed two personal fouls in quick succession. SLW used a timeout at 47-23, while Arcus had earlier stopped play at 16-16 in the first.
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