Kortrijk Spurs take an important step towards the final

The home team started very strong. In the first quarter almost all goals came in. Via 15-15, with two consecutive bombs by Laurent and Coucke, it went evenly until 23-22, then Robbe Naudts made a statement with five consecutive points. The gap was cut and quarter one ends at 30-22.

Van Caeneghem opened the second quarter strongly with a few points. The visitors from De Pinte were not always able to keep up with the pace, thanks to Gesquière and Lataire they kept in the footsteps of the Spurs. they could regularly counter. Donze had a better period at the end of the second half. 49-38 was the halftime score.

The scoring machines came to a halt in the third quarter. Sade and Coucke continued to control the rebound and ensured that the East Flemish were unable to connect. The Spurs went into the last fifteen minutes of the game with a fifteen-point lead: 64-49.

Donze started furiously in quarter four, just two minutes from the end it was suddenly 79-74. But it was no longer possible to make up for a four-point gap in one minute. Laurent scored four points in a row and the Kortrijk residents win the first leg of the semi-finals 87-79.

The first leg will follow on Sunday (4 pm). If the Spurs win again, they will qualify for the final series that starts next Friday evening.