9 games were played on Saturday-evening in the women’s and men’s LBBL. In all games, the home team came out victorious.
In the women’s league, Nadia Mossong, leading JICL MVP candidate at the moment, scored 35 points (9/14 3-pointers) to lead T71 to a 85:57 win in the top game against Gréngewald as Dudelange stays unbeaten. Second leading JICL MVP candidate, Esmeralda Skrijelj, also had a monster performance leading Amicale to a 69:56 win over Contern. Skrijelj finished with 32 points and 18 rebounds. Basket Esch managed to beat Wiltz 64:59 while Résidence won 86:72 against a shorthanded Musel Pikes team as Cathy Schmit (season out) and Charlie Bidinger (quarantine) missed the game.
In the men’s league, Arantia stormed back in the final quarter (25:11) to grab a home win over Sparta, the final score was 81:72, Sturdivant had 35 points and 13 rebounds. Basket Esch overpowered Racing 96:73 as Rugg led all scorers with 32. It was Pit Rodenbourg’s first game back as head-coach of Racing and Cory Johnson’s first game for Racing, he finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds. 92:53 was the final score between T71 and Contern as 4 T71-players scored 12+ points, Kalmes had a team-high 22. Amicale won a close game 88:80 against Telstar, Jarvis Williams, the only professional player for Amicale, scored 42 points and Melcher added 26. Lastly, Heffingen was able to beat the Musel Pikes 70:64 behind Max Schmit’s team-high 16 points.
