Arantia Larochette overpowered Mambra Mamer 102-78 in Mamer to move past the quarterfinal hurdle, in front of 140 spectators. Mamer, guided by coach Darko Ristic, opened well: 27-23 after 10 minutes, with Domenick Thomas Sleva (MAM) mixing an early triple with repeated trips to the line, and Povilas Mikalauskas (MAM) productive on the block and from deep.
Coach Karolis Abramavicius's side flipped the script in the second quarter. From a 36-36 tie, Arantia strung together a 9-0 run fueled by Kevon Lamar Godwin (25, 1.88m, USA), Vic Heuschling (29, 1.96m) at the stripe, and steady inside touches. The guests went to the locker room up 52-42.
Godwin then took over the third quarter, pouring in a sequence of mid-range finishes that kept the margin in double digits (73-60 after 30'). Early in the fourth, after 66-83, Arantia delivered another 9-0 burst (Godwin, Dylan Rocha Pires and Tyrell Sturdivant) to break the game open, later peaking at +27 (75-102). Bench minutes closed it out, with back-to-back baskets by Lars Bosdijk and triples from Oleksandr Senchenko and Rocha Pires.
Numbers told the story: Arantia attacked the paint (35/59 on 2s, 59%) and was solid at the line (11/13, 85%). They dominated the hustle columns (rebounding 39-33, steals 15-7) and protected the ball (12 turnovers to Mamer's 20). Mamer shot 48% inside (21/44), 32% from three (7/22) and 71% at the line (15/21).
For Arantia, Godwin (25, 1.88m, USA) led with 24 points, Jonas Levickas (26, 1.98m, LTU) added 18, Sturdivant (30, 2.04m, USA) 16 and Michael Anthony Carter III (28, 1.96m, USA) 15. The local core chipped in: Edson De Sousa Silva (18, 1.88m, PRT) had 7, Rocha Pires 5 and Heuschling worked the glass. For Mamer, Sleva posted a powerful double-double with 26 points and 16 rebounds (10/12 FT), Mikalauskas (MAM) scored 16 with timely threes, Maid Adrovic (18, 1.90m) 13 and Raphaël Muth (MAM) 9.
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