Telstar Hesperange overpowered BBC East Side Pirates 101-41 in the M-Coupe des Jeunes 1/8 finales in Wasserbil., building control early and blowing the game open after the break. The visitors opened with an 11-0 burst powered by captain Jules Cochet (17, FRA) and Shay Matthew Colgan (17, IRL). Coach Michel Mathieu's Pirates stopped the bleeding with an early timeout and trailed 12-22 after 10 minutes.
The second quarter followed the same script. Raffaele Santi (17, ITA) struck from deep and Cochet and Samuel Rehak kept scoring in the lane, sending Telstar to a 22-47 halftime lead.
The decisive stretch came right after the interval: Telstar ripped an 18-0 run to start the third quarter (from 22-47 to 22-65), with Santi scoring in bunches and Colgan and Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov adding perimeter hits. The quarter ended 6-29, effectively sealing the contest. Telstar's highest lead reached 60 by the final buzzer.
Telstar's inside game was relentless: 39 two-point field goals, led by Cochet's 22 points (11 2P). Santi added 18 (1 three), while Rehak and Colgan had 12 apiece, and Noah Dion-Y'l' Kambire scored 10. From outside, Mratsenkov (2) and Colgan (2) combined for four of the team's six triples; Fabio Massimo Gilotti added one.
For the Pirates, captain Leo Carreira de Oliveira (16) led with 12 points, including a three. David Bemtgen (16) had 9 with one triple, Tristan No l Fievez scored 6, Tim Mathieu added 6, and Yannis Pividor 5. BEP found brief momentum in the first quarter but could not string stops as Telstar repeatedly converted at the rim. Early foul trouble hit Tel's Baptise Ernest Le Phuez (three in Q1), yet Coach Emanuele Santi's side maintained rhythm through balanced scoring and timely timeouts.
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