Spirou Basket Charleroi stayed atop the Belgian League standings and improved to 18-1 by downing Belgacom Liege Basket 50-74 at home on Friday - in a rematch of last season's finals. Demond Mallet led the winners with 24 points Joseph Gomis and Justin Hamilton each added 13 for Spirou, that led 23-27 at halftime and rolled after the break to avoid troubles. Telenet BC Oostende defeated VOO Verviers-Pepinster 77-60 in two-time Euroleague winner Tomas Van den Spiegel's first game with the hosts in almost a decade. Marcus Faison led the winners with 19 points. Generali Okapi Aalstar topped Leuven Bears 82-75 with 22 points from Christopher Young. Last but not least, Optima Gent bested Dexia Mons-Hainaut 84-94, as Monwell Randle had 23 points.