This weekend, a complete game-day is scheduled in the women’s and men’s Total League. While 6 more game-days remain to be played in the men’s league, the women will only play 2 more games in the regular season!
In the women’s Total League, the race for the 6th place is extremely thrilling at this moment. Etzella (6:9), Amicale (6:8) and Basket Esch (6:8) will fight for 2 places over the next days.
Basket Esch and Amicale will both have the chance to pass Etzella this weekend, but they face difficult opponents. While Esch hosts Gréngewald, Amicale is playing in Stadtbredimus against the Musel Pikes. Etzella is not playing this weekend.
A few days after their big win over Résidence Walfer, the Musel Pikes will have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals with a home-win over Amicale Steinsel on Sunday. T71 has already qualified for the semi-finals but their focus is on finishing on the 1st place to earn home-court advantage in a potential finals matchup with the second seeded team. that is why the team around Nadia Mossong will not take the game in Contern lightly, however T71 is the clear favorite to earn a victory.
In the men’s Total League, 6 game-days remain to be played. Contern (10:6) is currently 6th in the standings with a big advantage over Heffingen (7:9) and the Musel Pikes (7:8). If you take a look at the remaining schedule of Contern with the following opponents (Racing, Musel Pikes, Esch, Amicale, Arantia, Telstar), it is obvious that 2 key games are coming up, especially the game against direct opponent Musel Pikes next week. Heffingen and the Musel Pikes have not given up their hopes on the play-offs. The Musel Pikes have to find a way to get their offense going as they have been a cold shooting team for some weeks. In order to make a run at the 6th place, the « Pikes » need to start a winning streak and the upcoming game against Sparta is clearly a must-win.
On top of the standings, Résidence and Etzella (both 13:3) will look to defend the 2 top places over the next weeks. Résidence is facing a difficult opponent on the road in Larochette while Etzella is the favorite in the game in Steinsel, but Amicale can play without pressure. Basket Esch (12:3) and T71 (12:4) are waiting on losses by the top 2 teams to put pressure on them. However, one of those 2 teams will earn a loss this weekend as they face each other in Esch! T71 clearly won the first meeting (89:74).
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