Etzella Ettelbruck overturned a third-quarter deficit to beat Basket Esch 83-72 in Esch/Ho4. The visitors started sharper (25-19 after 10 minutes) and kept a six-point cushion at half-time (39-33). Esch flipped the script with a 22-13 third period, capped by a three from Quentin Iorio to lead 55-52. The game remained close until Etzella's decisive final push.
Coach Gavin Love used an early fourth-quarter timeout, and Etzella burst out with a 7-0 run (from 55-52 to 59-55), then, after Esch had closed to 68-69, strung together another 7-0 to 76-68. A late technical on Edi Sabotic gave Etzella an extra point and momentum; the visitors closed on a 7-2 stretch to finish it. Their largest lead reached 12 (82-70).
Miguel Angelo Domingos Sanches (20, 1.80m, PRT) led Etzella with 26 points and authored the key plays in the fourth (multiple drives, a three and calm free throws). Marvin Delgado Dos Santos added 21, including a dagger three at 61-66. Jose Miguel Domingos Sanches (19, 1.76m, PRT) hit for 13, and Lou Clees (18, 1.89m) chipped in 11 with back-to-back baskets in the late surge. Sam Schaaf (17, 1.92m) had 9 before fouling out.
Esch rode the scoring of Deni Sabotic (17, 1.85m, MNE), who poured in 32 points and carried the third quarter with 12. Fabien Vandler (18, 1.85m) added 18 and kept Esch in touch with four made threes, but he fouled out in the closing minutes, which hurt the hosts' finishing options. Malik Demirovic and Basile Gunia contributed inside, while Iorio's triple briefly swung momentum to Esch at the end of Q3.
In the standings, Basket Esch remain winless (0-4) and slip to 6th (-1), while Etzella move to 1-1 in 9th (0). Esch's losing run extends to four to start the season; Etzella register their first win. Coach Dejan Pavlovic's timeouts at 4' and 8' of the fourth tried to halt the run, but Etzella's late-game execution proved decisive.
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