Basket Willebroek hold off Basket SKT Ieper 109–107 in a nail-biter behind Yoeri Schoepen's 19
Willebroek held off Ieper in overtime to snap a seven-game winning run and move to 6–3 in the Top Division. Back-and-forth from the opening tip — fourteen lead changes, thirteen ties. Basket SKT Ieper built an early cushion, up 10 midway through the first quarter, but Willebroek chipped back; by quarter's end, Ieper led 28–22. The visitors stretched that to 49–41 at half-time with a workmanlike second quarter, but Willebroek's third-quarter surge — 27 points to Ieper's 18 — turned the match on its head. A single-point lead at 68–67 heading into the fourth set up a tense finale. Regulation ended 82–82, sending the game to overtime. In the five-minute period, neither team could pull clear. Willebroek took a 97–90 lead late in the opening quarter but couldn't extend it; the final two minutes of regulation played out as a one-possession game. Overtime went the same way: tight, contested, decided by inches. Willebroek's 27–25 OT showing held up. Final score, 109–107. Yoeri Schoepen led Willebroek with 19 points on 6/13 shooting, while Seppe D'espallier posted 18 points and 11 rebounds (double-double). Joël Ekamba-Ey'oombe added 18 on an efficient 7/10. For Ieper, Emile Debaveye's 21 points on 7/8 twos and 2/3 from three went closest to matching Willebroek's spread, yet it was not enough; Matteo Verstraete (20 PTS) and Tristan Boone (16 PTS, 8 AST) couldn't find the same rhythm. Willebroek visit Bavi Vilvoorde on Sunday 22 November. Basket SKT Ieper, now 7–2, host Basket Waregem on Saturday 21 November.

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