Arantia Larochette controlled the U22 game in Esch from the early minutes and won 85-65. After Basket Esch opened 3-0, Arantia replied with an 11-0 burst to 5-13, set the tone at 14-23 after Q1 and stretched it with a 14-4 run in the second quarter to reach 27-43 at halftime. Basket Esch reacted in the third: sparked by Benjamin Muller (LAL) and Jeremy Fischbach (LAL), the hosts pieced together an 8-0 run (37-53 to 45-53) and trimmed the gap to single digits. Coach Karolis Abramavicius' team steadied and, with a 9-0 push early in the fourth (61-72 to 61-81), re-established full control. Arantia's largest lead reached +21 at 64-85.
Noé Tibold (Season PPG: 22.4) anchored Arantia with 25 points, imposing his presence inside at 1.98m. Mykolas Maindron (21, 1.82m, FRA) added 17 and hit five threes, punishing every Esch lapse on the perimeter. Lee Brosius (Season PPG: 12.44) contributed 16, mostly from mid-range and cuts, while Alan Genoud (Season PPG: 9.4) chipped in 9 and timely shot-making. Coach Abramavicius also got useful minutes from Lars Bosdijk (8).
For Basket Esch, Muller led with 17, including three triples, and Matt Jaeger (Season PPG: 9.0) followed with 14. Fischbach added 12 and Raphaël Cessat (Season PPG: 7.0) had 9 despite foul issues. Melvin Pereira Furtado (LAL) provided 9 off the bench.
Arantia remain first in the standings at 9-1 and are on a six-game winning streak. Basket Esch sit sixth at 3-8 and have lost four straight. Coach Dejan Pavlovic's timeouts halted momentum at times, but Arantia's repeated runs across the first and fourth quarters decided the game's evolution.
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