Spirou Basket Charleroi keeps leading the Belgian League standings and improved to 10-1 by thrashing archrivals Telenet BC Oostende 78-59 at home on Saturday. Demond Mallet paced the winners with 23 points on 4-of-9 three-pointers. Dwayne Broyles added 17, Joseph Gomis had 11 while Andre Riddick pulled down 10 rebounds for Spirou, that led 54-51 after 30 minutes but rolled early in the fourth quarter to seal the outcome long before the final buzzer. Generali Okapi Aalstar is second at 12-2 due to a 69-75 road win against VOO Verviers-Pepinster. Christopher Young led the winners with 22 points. Chris Copeland added 19 while Anthony Hilliard had 18 for Okapi. In other games, Antwerp Giants edged Optima Gent 54-56 while Dexia Mons-Hainaut defeated Stella Artois Leuven Bears 81-86 behind 21 points from Ronell Taylor.