Black Star Mersch B rolled past BBC Käldall 81-50 in Mersch to advance in the Coupe FLBB. The hosts blasted out of the gate with a 12-0 run built on five straight inside buckets and led 35-17 after the first quarter. Brian O'Neill (35, FRA) set the tone early with a mix of drives and perimeter shots; his 3-pointer for 20-6 underlined the momentum. A key moment came late in Q1 when Ahmed Tidiane Dieye committed an unsportmanlike foul; Erik Daling (35, 1.94m, NLD) converted at the line and added a basket as the gap widened to 35-15.
Coach Lisa Hilges' side kept control in Q2 through Pol Rodesch's mid-range scoring and Dan Mathes' shot-making, pushing the halftime margin to 51-27. Käldall's best spell came in the third when Gregory Schmit and Ralph Anthony Lana trimmed slightly, but O'Neill answered with free throws and a layup. After three: 68-40. In the fourth, Yann Marc Fischels strung together points to close it out, while Lana briefly hit from deep. Dieye later fouled out; earlier, Käldall also suffered a technical foul on Schmit.
Top performers BSMB: O'Neill 19, Rodesch 13, Mathes 12, Fischels 11, Weis 10, Daling 10. Käldall: Lana 14, Christian Michael Holman (33, USA) 10, Alessandro Anelli 9, Schmit 7, Dieye 6. Black Star's largest lead reached 31.
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