Spirou Basket capped a great Eurocup season by treating the fans in Charleroi, Belgium to a farewell 88-79 victory over visiting Artland Dragons on Tuesday. The victory left Spirou with a 3-3 record in Group L, good for third place, while Artland finished last at 1-5. Matt Walsh was the big gun for the winners, with 4-for-5 three-point accuracy among his 25 points. Len Matela followed with a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Wes Wilkinson chipped in 10 points. For Artland, Adam hess buried 23 points, Darius Hall a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Lamont McIntosh added 15 points.

The teams traded baskets to start the game until a Drew Neitzel drilled a triple between layups by Hess for a 0-7 run by Artland. When the same duro combined on 6 straight points, the visitors were ahead 10-17. Walsh scored the next 7 to tie for Spirou at 17-17, but Hess and Leo-Niklas Niebuhr restored Artland's lead at 21-23 after 10 minutes. Wes Wilkinson took the scoreboard back for Spirou with a three-point basket-plus-free throw early in the second quarter. Walsh soon had to do it again, with a triple at 29-27 to start a 9-1 run that finished with Matela's layup for a 35-28 Spirou advantage. The hosts' defense kept dominating and Spirou stretched the lead to double digits, 42-31, on a Wilkinson three-pointer on the way to a solid 48-34 halftime advantage.

Spirou was content to trade baskets again after the break, although Walsh's next triple threatened a 20-point difference, 57-39. Hall and Hess soon brought Artland as close as 59-46. Pankracije Barac restored Spirou's offense, but Paul Johnson ended the third quarter with a triple for Artland that left a 65-52 scoreboard after 30 minutes. As much as Hall and Hess tried to cut if further, Barac and Andre Riddick lifted Spirou in front by 73-56 early in the final quarter. Soon a pair of Walsh triples ended all doubt with the score at 79-64 and the Spirou fans able to celebrat the end of what has been a stellar season for the home team.