Musel Pikes won a close M-Coupe des Jeunes 1/16 final, 59-55, after leading most of the game and holding off BBC East Side Pirates in the late stages.
Majdi Anan's team set the tone early. Musel went in front 18-10 after the opening stretch, with Raphaël Siebenaler (16, 1.84m) already in rhythm and Pharell Dos Santos (MUS) active around him. The visitors then pushed the gap to 23-10, their biggest lead at 13 points, through Sam Walerich's three and a basket from Maks Povhe (MUS).
BEP reacted well. Yannis Pividor (BEP) and Tim Mathieu (BEP) brought the home side back into the game, and Leo Carreira de Oliveira (BEP) hit from deep, but Musel still carried a 34-24 advantage.
The decisive phase was the third period. Gérard Boby's side opened it with 8 unanswered points to cut the margin from 24-34 to 32-34. Musel answered again, mainly through Siebenaler, who kept producing in key moments and rebuilt the lead to 46-36. At that stage he was clearly on a roll.
BEP did not fade. Despite a flagrant foul on Sam Schaeffer (BEP) at 42-46, the Pirates answered with an 11-2 burst and got within 47-48 after another Carreira de Oliveira three. Sean Harmelin Doster (BEP) later made it 54-55, and then 55-57 from the line, so the game stayed fully open. Musel's response came from Walerich, whose final basket made it 59-55.
Top performers were Siebenaler with 30 points for Musel, supported by Dos Santos with 11 and Walerich with 8. For BEP, Pividor scored 11, while Carreira de Oliveira, Mathieu and Sean Harmelin Doster each added 8 in a balanced offensive effort.
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