T71-women beat Amicale and qualify for the semi finals

This weekend, game day 21 is on the schedule in the men’s Enovos League.

Friday:
Sparta Bertrange – Résidence Walfer 96:72
– Both teams were tied before the game woth a 10:10 record, Sparta improves to 11:10 and wins the direct comparison
– Pitt Koster was the head-coach for Sparta Bertrange together with women’s coach Mike Feyder (head coach Karl Abou Khalil was not available), the team played with only one professional player (Sebree) while Brandon Averette made his debut for Walfer
– Jaylen Sebree led the hosts woth 25 points, Sparta hit 17 threes as multiple players stepped up, Résidence only hit 1 three-pointer in 21 attempts

Etzella Ettelbruck – Musel Pikes 118:72
– Etzella improves to a league-best 19:2 record, the Musel Pikes have a 4:17 record
– The Musel Pikes led 17:5 after 6 minutes but Etzella turned the game around with a spectacular second quarter (43:9) and the game was decided at the break (61:30)
– Thomas Henkel and Quatarrius Wilson each scored 25 as Etzella rolled to a clear victory

Saturday:
Arantia Larochette – T71 Dudelange 95:83
– Arantia jumps to the 6th place with a 11:10 record, Dudelange remains second with a 15:6 record because of the direct comparison against Steinsel
– Scott Lindsey made his debut for Arantia while Mykolas Maindron scored a team-high 26 points

Amicale Steinsel – Avanti Mondorf 77:74
– Amicale improves to 15:6 and draws even with Dudelange (T71 earns the tie breaker), Mondorf remains last in the standings.
– Mondorf had a chance to go to overtime, but a last second shot by John Ross missed (video), Jarvis Williams led Amicale with 22 points

Sunday:
Mambra Mamer – AB Contern 106:90
– Mamer improves to 10:11 and will enter the play-down with a big lead towards a relegation spot
– 5 Mamer-players scored at least 13 points

Basket Esch – US Heffingen 97:57
– Esch improves to 14:7 and will enter the play-offs with home court advantage in the quarter finals
– Clancy Rugg (22), Jordan Hicks (21) and Quninten Nelson (20) combined for 63 points as Esch led 32:9 after the first quarter
– First game for James Weatherspoon (Heffingen)

The standings:

In the women’s Enovos League, game day 5 of the second round of the qualification is on the schedule. Including this game-day, only 3 game-days remain to be played before the start of the semi finals.

Saturday:
Musel Pikes – AB Contern 60:73
– Contern improves to 13:6 and keeps the chances alive to earn home court advantage for the semi finals, the Musel Pikes will be under pressure to start the play-down
– Brooke Walling scored 23 points and added 13 rebounds

Les Sangliers Wiltz – Gréngewald Hueschtert 68:110
– Gréngewald remains unbeaten (19:0) while Wiltz has a 5:14 record
– The guests scored at least 23 points in every quarter and took a lead right from the start, Amanda Cahill scored 27 points, Lisy Hetting added 24 points

Sunday:
Basket Esch – Sparta Bertrange 66:95
– Sparta improves to 14:5 and retakes the second spot in the standings, Esch has a 4:15 record
– The guest turned the game around with a strong third quarter (30:12), 6 players scored in double digits for Bertrange, Nicole Torresani led the team with 19 points

T71 Dudelange – Amicale Steinsel 100:77
– Dudelange improves t0 11:8 and qualifies for the semi finals, Amicale will compete in the play-down.
– Lauren VanKleunen led all scorers with 37 points, Dudelange scored 43 points in the final 12 minutes of the game

The standings: