Basket Esch C overpowered Résidence Walferdange B, 86-57, at esch/ho3. After a brief 6-7 deficit, coach Burg's side flipped the switch: out of Résidence's early timeout at 8-7, Esch strung together a 22-2 blast to 30-9, with Darren Marschal hitting from deep, Noah Jacques Kambala finishing inside and Adnan Babacic scoring through contact despite committing two quick fouls in a row. Dorian Da Cruz added two threes in succession and a third a bit later to stretch the gap further. An unsportsmanlike foul on Tudor-Costin Maldarascu (RESB) at 35-11 compounded the visitors' struggles.
The game slowed after the break (only 8 points total in the third), but Esch kept control. Sven Biever came on in the fourth and scored twice, and Marschal added back-to-back baskets to push the margin to a game-high +33 at 86-53 before late Résidence points.
Esch's standouts: Marschal (Season PPG: 15.83) led with 16, Kambala (Season PPG: 17.86) 12, Da Cruz (Season PPG: 8.14) 11 with three triples, Yann Sowa (Season PPG: 8.60) 11, and Antoni Cimino (Season PPG: 10.83) 10 with steady late free throws. Raoul Burg opened the scoring with a three and added 7.
For Résidence, Andreas Berkhoff (Season PPG: 7.60) hit three triples for 14, while Italian veteran Emanuele Santi (49) scored 13 inside and mid-range. Captain Liviu-Constantin Rusu (37) had 8; Patricio Novales (RESB) and Mihnea-Cristian Fulop (RESB) added 8 apiece, though Fulop piled up four P2 fouls in the opening stretch.
Esch C consolidates second place at 6-1 and is on a three-game winning run. Résidence B sits seventh at 2-4. Coach Rusu's timeout management couldn't stem Esch's first-half run, and the hosts' depth closed it out.
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