Etzella Ettelbruck controlled this game from the first minutes and beat Amicale Steesel 116-69, a third straight win for ETZ, while AMI suffered a second consecutive loss. Gavin Love's team set the tone quickly: after 3-3, Adrian Delph (Season PPG: 21.58, RPG: 6.48, AssPG: 3.44) scored 9 Etzella points in a row and the hosts built a 34-19 first-quarter lead.
The decisive stretch came in the second period. Amicale reduced the gap to 39-24, but Etzella answered with a 20-3 run to 59-27. During that phase, Daniel Alves Brandao de Sousa received his second technical foul of the game. At halftime, ETZ already led 59-30.
The third quarter was more balanced at 28-26. Alex Laurent (Season PPG: 14.37, RPG: 4.17, AssPG: 1.13) and Malcolm Richardson (Season PPG: 15.95, RPG: 7.65, AssPG: 5.61) gave Amicale some scoring continuity, but Etzella kept control and entered the last period up 87-56. AMI opened the fourth with 6 straight points to reach 87-62, yet ETZ replied with a 21-5 burst and stretched the margin to its highest level, 47 points.
Etzella's key edge was shotmaking and ball movement: 22/40 from three, an excellent 55%, with 29 assists and only 9 turnovers. Delph, the 25-year-old USA guard/forward, was MVP with 27 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and an excellent 7/11 from three. Philippe Gutenkauf (Season PPG: 16.68, RPG: 4.56, AssPG: 7.32) added 17 points and 13 assists. Billy Ray Mc Daniel Jr, 41, added 22 points with an excellent 6/7 from deep, and Nicholas Davis (Season PPG: 21.33, RPG: 9.78, AssPG: 1.81) posted 19 points and 11 rebounds.
For Amicale, Richardson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Ashton Sherrell (Season PPG: 24.47, RPG: 8.48, AssPG: 1.09) scored 19 before fouling out, and Ivor Noa Kuresevic added 11.
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