Arantia Larochette controlled Amicale Steesel 86-64 in Larochette and moved to the top of the U22 standings. Coach Karolis Abramavicius' group set the tone with a 27-15 first quarter, sparked by Oleksandr Senchenko's outside touch he buried three early triples in the opening period as Arantia pieced together a 10-2 burst to seize control. The gap swelled to 49-32 by halftime, with Noé Tibold steady at the line and on the block. Amicale briefly answered out of a late second-quarter timeout with a 5-0 run, but the hosts always had a reply.
Early in the third, Arantia strung a 5-0 start to push the margin, and while Amicale's Gerry Schuder Minden and Landon Wohl found lanes to score, the cushion held at 64-46 after three. Captain Edson Rafael De Sousa Silva (18, 1.88m, Portugal) then put the game out of reach with six consecutive points to open the fourth. The largest lead hit 25 at 75-50 before Amicale's late threes cut the final margin.
Top performers Arantia:
- Edson Rafael De Sousa Silva 25 pts (Season PPG: 19.57)
- Noé Tibold 20 pts, including a key fourth-quarter triple (Season PPG: 22.14; 1.98m, 19)
- Oleksandr Senchenko 19 pts with five threes (Season PPG: 25.86)
Alan Genoud added 9 despite navigating four fouls.
Top performers Amicale (Coach Daniel Alves Brandao de Sousa):
- Kelvin Almeida Lopes de Pina 15 pts (Season PPG: 16.25)
- Gerry Schuder Minden 14 pts (Season PPG: 11.33)
- Landon Wohl 12 pts; captain Sean Bugeja 9 (Season PPG: 16.20); Bob Rech 6, both threes (Season PPG: 17.00)
Arantia's win extends their streak to three straight and lifts them to 6-1 and first place (+2). Amicale remain fourth at 4-2.
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