M-Division 3, Championship round (game 8), Steinsel BBC East Side Pirates B overpowered Amicale Steesel B, 85-60, behind a decisive second quarter and a dominant interior game.
After a balanced opening (AMIB 21-20 in Q1), the game flipped in Q2. BEPB strung together an 11-0 run to move from 26-22 down to 26-33, and later uncorked a 17-0 burst to 28-50, taking the quarter 30-12. That extended swing (28-2) proved unanswerable. AMIB briefly rallied to start Q3 as the 34-year-old Italian Fabio Adducchio hit back-to-back threes, trimming it to 39-50, but the Pirates responded with outside power from Christophe Conter and steady two-point scoring from Michel Mathieu to restore a comfortable gap. BEPB closed it out by holding AMIB to 8 points in the fourth (8-17), reaching a game-high lead of 27 at 58-85.
BEPB's attack was led by Conter (Season PPG: 10.67), who exploded for 29 points and drilled seven triples, and Mathieu (Season PPG: 14.00) with 27, built on 13 made two-pointers and a series of back-to-back baskets, including early in the fourth. Support came from Marc Schonckert (Season PPG: 3.67) with 13 and Daniel Kunz (Season PPG: 7.71) with 9. For AMIB, Quentin Jean Jack Leveque (Season PPG: 18.00) posted 21, Tom Rech (Season PPG: 3.31) added 20 three first-quarter threes set his tone and Adducchio (Season PPG: 5.14) had 13.
Numbers underline the gap: both teams hit 10 threes, but the Pirates doubled AMIB in two-point field goals (26 to 13). Free throws were marginal (AMIB 4, BEPB 3).
In the standings, BEPB climbs two spots to 6th (4-4), bouncing back after consecutive losses, while AMIB remains 3rd (also 4-4). Coaches Tony Martins Ferreira and Tom Rech saw their teams trade early blows, but BEPB's second-quarter surge decided it.
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