Eurobasket B (EURB) beat Staater Léiwen (SLW) 82-74 at lux gare after a dramatic momentum swing. The hosts started 20-16, sparked by Rimgaudas Greicius (EURB) who strung together back-to-back threes and a two in the first quarter. SLW seized control in the second: Louis Meyer (SLW) and Sven Bartholomey (SLW) fueled a 12-27 stretch, and the visitors pushed their advantage to a game-high +22 at 33-55 midway through the third, with Laurent Ley (SLW) finishing inside and Mike Schroeder (SLW) adding a triple. Greicius picked up a technical in that spell, but Eurobasket trimmed the gap to 51-61 by the buzzer.
The fourth quarter flipped the script. SLW still led 70-59 after a Yanis Bucci (SLW) basket and took a timeout, yet EURB detonated a 23-4 closing run. Svajunas Piepolis (EURB) and Baptiste Bessiere (EURB) hit timely twos, Greicius buried a three and added a free throw after Kevin Andrade Alves (SLW) received a technical, and Valentin Mitov (EURB) drilled two clutch threes to turn 59-70 into 78-74. Piepolis added two late free throws before Greicius sealed it.
Greicius (EURB) led all scorers with 31 points (8x2, 4x3, 3 FTs). Piepolis (EURB) had 23 (6x2, 3x3), Mitov (EURB) 10 on three triples despite four fouls, and Bruno Supicic (EURB) 9. SLW spread the load: Meyer (SLW) 17, Bartholomey (SLW) 14 (3x3), Bucci (SLW) 13, while Ley (SLW), Andrade Alves (SLW) and Schroeder (SLW) each added 10. Two technicals marked the night (Greicius in Q3, Andrade Alves in Q4). Late foul trouble for Ley and Andrade Alves (four each) contrasted with Eurobasket's composure from the line (8 points at the stripe to SLW's 3) and superior long-range tally (EURB 10 threes, SLW 7). Coach Piepolis's group executed the late-game plan; coach Ley's timeout could not halt the final surge.
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