Plamedi Ngolo Masaka finished with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in 22 minutes, but Royal Nivelles Basketball could not convert that efficiency into a result. Hasselt BT took the Group A matchup 71–63 on the road, an eight-point margin that left little room for a comeback. Masaka's accuracy from the floor — 77.8 per cent overall, clean at the line on 4-of-5 attempts — was the brightest spot in an otherwise muted offensive night for Nivelles. He added five rebounds but generated no assists in a performance that underlined the problem: one player's shooting touch cannot always mask a team's struggles to generate movement or find openings elsewhere. The loss stings because it was close enough to hurt, not close enough to feel unlucky. Nivelles will look to respond when the fixture list continues.