Arcus won 60-47 after setting the tone immediately at Lux Gare. The visitors, coached by Luc Kirsch, opened with an 18-0 run after the first Eurobasket basket and built a 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, their biggest advantage of the game. Luc Kircch (ACU) and Kevin Breuskin (ACU) were central in that opening push, while Andriejus Kolesnikovas (ACU) gave useful scoring from the bench.
Eurobasket B, coached by Roberto Schiano, reacted well in the second period. An 8-0 run brought the score from 6-20 to 14-20, and Rimgaudas Greicius (EURB) carried much of the home offense near the rim. Eurobasket won the quarter 15-9 and reduced the deficit to 21-29 at halftime.
The third quarter stayed more controlled and balanced. Eurobasket got back to 34-41 through Greicius, Nikolaos Panagos (EURB) and Dimitris Papakonstantinou (EURB), but Arcus kept answering through Benoît Kraus (ACU), Kircch and Ioannis Pitropakis (ACU). Panagos also spent much of the night in foul trouble, committing three fouls in a row in the first quarter and reaching four before halftime.
The crucial moment came early in the fourth. After Eurobasket had cut it to 37-41, Arcus produced nine unanswered points to extend the margin to 50-37. Eurobasket answered through captain Valentin Mitov (EURB), who hit two consecutive 3-pointers to make it 45-52, but Arcus responded again and did not allow the gap to become one-possession territory.
Kircch led Arcus with 15 points, Kraus added 14 and Pitropakis 11. For Eurobasket, Greicius scored 15 and Mitov added 11.
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