Musel Pikes, coached by Adrien Jacquet, won a close game against Etzella Ettelbruck 72-67 and completed the season sweep after the earlier 87-85 away win. In the table, MUS moved up two places to 3rd at 8-6, while ETZ is 7th at 5-7.
The game was built by Musel over the first three quarters: 21-18, 20-16 and 18-12. Etzella stayed in touch early, never trailing by much in the first period, but Musel began to create separation in the second. Jason Hartz (Season PPG: 16.00) opened that quarter with five straight points, and Marko Mustafic, the 20-year-old 1.88m Croatian guard, hit back-to-back threes in a strong Musel spell that pushed the score to 36-26. At halftime it was 41-34.
Etzella threatened again in the third, cutting the gap to 44-40, but Musel answered well. A late push took the home side to its highest lead at 57-44, then 59-46 after three quarters. That cushion mattered.
The fourth quarter was Etzella's best. Lou Clees (Season PPG: 17.38) and Sam Schaaf (Season PPG: 13.63) drove the comeback, with Clees scoring repeatedly as ETZ came back to 61-60 and later 66-65. Clees finished with 23 points and Schaaf added 21, while captain Marvin Delgado dos Santos (Season PPG: 16.25) scored 11.
Musel had the decisive answer through Konan Boglin Oth (Season PPG: 22.78), the 18-year-old 1.90m forward from North Macedonia. He finished with 21 points and produced 7 important points in the late phase, including consecutive baskets after Etzella had cut it to one possession. Hartz added 16 and Mustafic 14. Etzella also had to manage Clees in foul trouble before he fouled out late.
For form, Musel stopped a three-game losing streak, while Etzella saw its three-game winning run end.
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