Basket Esch (LAL) opened M-U18 Division 1 with a commanding 85-53 win over Gréngewald Hueschtert (GRE). The game was tight early (18-19 after Q1), but Esch flipped the script in the second quarter with a 10-0 run (from 23-25 to 33-25), powered by back-to-back triples from Melvin Pereira Furtado (LAL) and inside finishes by Noah Kouamedjuo (LAL) and Chahine Bel Mokhtar (LAL). Halftime: 42-38.
Right after the break, Raik Steyer (GRE) hit a three to make it 42-41, but Esch answered 6-0 (Kouamedjuo, Benjamin Muller, Emmanuel Jesus Frederico) and stretched it to 59-50 with two quick buckets from Joshua Becker (LAL) and a three by Kevin Nnganyadi (LAL). The fourth quarter decided it: triples from Hugo Loureiro Duarte and Kyan Braunshausen (LAL) set the tone, and a 15-0 burst carried the hosts to 80-51. Esch took the last period 26-3; the final margin was the game's largest (+32).
Top scorers LAL: Emmanuel Jesus Frederico (16, 2.00m, CPV) 17, Pereira Furtado (LAL) 14 with four threes, Muller (LAL) 11, Braunshausen (LAL) 8, Becker (LAL) 8, Kouamedjuo (LAL) 8, Bel Mokhtar (LAL) 8. GRE: Steyer (GRE) 10, Nicolas François L. Dupong (GRE) 10, Egidijus Jarukaitis (17, LTU) 9, captain Linus Schumacher (GRE) 9 (all before the break). From deep, Esch hit 10 threes to GRE's 3. GRE's Oliver Stobart finished with 4 fouls.
Coaches: Dejan Pavlovic (LAL), Nicolas Saquan Parrish (GRE). Classification: Esch 2nd (gain +4), Gréngewald 6th.
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