Musel Pikes dominated Entente RES AMI 101-67 in Dreiborn under FIBA rules, building the win early and managing the game professionally thereafter. ERA opened 4-0 through Elvio Amen Alissoutin and Tim Geisen, but MUS answered with an 18-4 burst to close the first quarter 24-14. The second period brought the decisive gap: a 16-5 start pushed it to 40-19, with Abram Macalou (MUS) stringing together baskets and free throws; halftime 56-32.
MUS controlled the third, extending to 70-35 before ERA's best spell: a 7-0 run from Riley Wohl and Nicolas Roque do Amaral (17, PRT) trimmed it to 70-42 and forced a timeout. The hosts reasserted themselves and led 79-49 after three. In the fourth, Geoffrey Schlammes (MUS) hit a three and, along with Jaden El Basri and Jules Henri Ghislain Jacquet (16), authored a 6-0 push to 90-62. The largest lead reached 34 en route to 101-67.
Scoring profile underscored MUS's control inside and at the line: 35 made 2-pointers, 4 threes and 19 free throws. ERA produced 25 twos, 3 threes and 8 free throws.
Top performers: Macalou (MUS) 29 points (10x2P, 9 FT) despite navigating four fouls; Schlammes (MUS) 21 (7x2P, 1x3P, 4 FT); Jacquet (MUS) 20 (6x2P, 1x3P, 5 FT); Cassian Matgen 15; Ben Matthias Schenk 13. For ERA, Roque do Amaral 29 (9x2P, 2x3P, 5 FT) including a personal 5-0 burst late in Q2; David Lichy 8; Geisen 7; Alissoutin 7. Alissoutin and, on the other side, Macalou and Matgen reached four fouls but no one fouled out.
Coach Pierre Flavien Hebbert's side bounces back after a loss (series: loss, win) and climbs to 1st in the table (+3). Coach Thorsten Freiheit's ERA falls to 0-2 (loss, loss) and sits 3rd.
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