4 games are scheduled in the men’s LBBL this weekend. After the Musel Pikes won a thriller against Sparta during the week ( –> Musel Pikes beat Sparta on late 3-pointer by Kox (video) ), both teams will be on the court again this Saturday.
The game between Amicale and the Musel Pikes is the duell between the 7th and 11th team in the standings, however it is a game between 2 rising teams that have been playing extremely well lately. Amicale can qualify for the play-offs with a win while the Musel Pikes can keep their chances alive of reaching the 8th spot, an extraordinary accomplishment since the team entered the winter break with only 1 victory. League leader Résidence comes off a win in Esch where the team played without Francois, Fletcher and Stein. Now, the team of coach Alexis Kreps faces Sparta, the road team will try to bounce back after a heartbreaking loss on Wednesday-evening in Stadtbredimus. Heffingen is looking to finish at the best possible place before the start of the play-offs and the team of coach Daniel Brandao enters the home game against Racing as the favorite. The team from the capital needs every point in the fight against relegation. T71 is under pressure to earn points to protect the 8th place. Their opponent Esch will have a new player on its roster with Steven Green who replaced Jordan Hicks.
Etzella, Arantia, Contern and Telstar are not in action this weekend.
Games on Saturday:
18:00 Amicale – Musel Pikes
18:30 Heffingen – Racing
20:00 Résidence – Sparta
20:00 T71 – Basket Esch
In the women’s LBBL, the top 8 teams will face each other once over the next weeks before the play-off series’ start. This weekend, the top game between the unbeaten leader T71 and second placed team Musel Pikes is on the schedule. Basket Esch and Amicale Steinsel – both teams are separated by only 1 point in the standings – will already meet on Friday-evening while Contern will try not to let Etzella come closer in the standings, both teams are direct neighbours (7th and 8th).
Résidence and Gréngewald are not in action this weekend.
Friday:
20:30 Basket Esch – Amicale
Saturday:
18:00 T71 – Musel Pikes
18:30 Contern – Etzella