Dragan Stipanovic's Mambra Mamer won 116-66 in Mersch and climbed three places to 4th in M-Nationale 2, while Black Star Mersch is 9th. After a 6-6 start, MAM took control with a 23-5 finish to the first quarter. Spanish guard Gianluca Pellegrino Ombroni (Season PPG: 17.67, RPG: 8.44, AssPG: 2.44) set the tone with 15 first-quarter points.
Black Star had a better second-period spell through Trey Sean Boayue (Season PPG: 13.75, RPG: 4.0, AssPG: 0.8) and Sam Tibold (Season PPG: 13.5, RPG: 4.78, AssPG: 0.44), but from 25-37 Mamer closed the half on a 17-2 run to lead 54-27. That stretch already showed the main statistical gap: MAM scored well inside at 30/48 on 2-pointers, a good 62.5%, while BSM ended at 11/29 on 2-pointers and 12/24 on free throws.
BSM's best moment came in the third quarter, when Boayue scored repeatedly and the hosts reduced the margin to 43-62. Mamer answered immediately with a 20-2 run that carried into the fourth quarter, pushed the lead beyond 30, reached 100 points, and later extended the gap to a game-high 50.
Pellegrino Ombroni finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 steals on 8/10 from 2-point range and 4/6 from three, an excellent 66.7% from long distance, and earned MVP. Kelvin Almeida Lopes de Pina (Season PPG: 9.33, RPG: 3.0, AssPG: 0.5) added 18 points and 8 rebounds. Sam Schaaf (Season PPG: 4.0, RPG: 4.5, AssPG: 0.25) provided 10 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out.
For BSM, Boayue led with 20 points, Tibold scored 14, and the team shot a good 40.0% from three, but 32 turnovers against 15 MAM steals kept the game one-sided.
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