League leader Arantia Larochette controlled most of this M-U22 qualification game in Steinsel and completed a season sweep against Amicale Steesel after the earlier 86-64 win. Arantia stayed first at 12-1 and extended its current winning streak to nine games, while Amicale, despite the defeat, moved up to third place.
The game was still tight at 9-8 for Amicale, but that was the turning point of the first quarter. Arantia answered with an 18-6 finish to take a 26-15 lead. Edson Rafael De Sousa Silva (Season PPG: 23.22) imposed himself immediately, scoring Arantia's first five points and 14 in the opening quarter alone. Early in the second period, Mykolas Maindron (21, 1.82m, FRA) added five straight points to push the margin to 31-15, and coach Karolis Abramavicius' team kept firm control at 48-36 at halftime.
The decisive phase came in the third quarter. Arantia won it 25-15, with De Sousa Silva adding 15 more points in that period and the 1.98m center Noé Tibold (Season PPG: 20.85) giving strong interior support. The visitors reached their biggest lead at 75-51 early in the fourth. Amicale reacted and cut the gap to 70-80, but Tibold answered with five points in a row to stop that push.
De Sousa Silva finished with 36 points, Maindron had 18, Tibold 15 and Alan Genoud (Season PPG: 10.77) 10. For Amicale, Jules Reuter (Season PPG: 11.20) scored 15, Bob Rech (Season PPG: 15.92) had 12 with four 3-pointers, Elyass Zaourou added 11, Gerry Schuder Minden (Season PPG: 15.00) scored 10, and Stansbury Daleiden (AMI) brought 9.
(AI generated)