Résidence Walferdange were the winners in this M-Coupe de l'Avenir 1/16 final, beating Etzella Ettelbruck 75-67 at home and moving on to the next round.
The game stayed balanced for a long time. Ettelbruck, coached by Thierry Kremer, relied heavily on Seid Muratovic (ETZ), who finished with 29 points and helped ETZ edge in front 30-26 late in the second quarter. Walferdange answered with 6 straight points to close the half at 32-30.
The decisive swing came in the third quarter. Ettelbruck opened the half with an 8-2 run to lead 38-34, and after Dino Dragolovcanin (ETZ) made it 42-38, Coach Raul Birenbaum's team took over. RES produced 16 unanswered points to turn that 38-42 deficit into a 54-42 advantage. That was the key stretch of the game and also the highest lead phase, with Walferdange later reaching +13 twice.
Krassen Kameoov (RES), 15, led the home side with 25 points and was central in that third-quarter surge, including two 3-pointers. Jokubas Banaitis (RES) added 14, while Matas Sendzikas (RES) and Kasparas Voska (RES) both scored 10. Captain Luis Leocadio Botelho (RES) also had 10 and gave RES useful fourth-quarter scoring before fouling out.
Ettelbruck stayed alive in the last period, cutting the gap from 54-42 to 54-51 and later getting strong late production again from Muratovic, who scored 11 in the fourth quarter. Jahleeon Rocha Carvalho (ETZ) and Lou Dos Santos (ETZ) each added 11, with Yona Posing (ETZ) contributing 8. Even so, Walferdange answered each push and kept control of the final minutes.
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