Etzella Ettelbruck controlled Musel Pikes 90-63 in the M-U18 Division 1 Phase 2 round-robin at Deichwisen/Central, repeating September's pattern (97-65). After an even opening ETZ jumped 5-0, MUS briefly led 16-15 Nelson Delgado's team closed the first quarter 5-0 for 20-16 and seized command in the second. A decisive 16-4 burst pushed the margin to 42-25 before halftime (44-28).
ETZ kept their foot down after the break. Lenny Lopes Morais (32) led a perimeter-powered third quarter alongside Marvin Delgado Dos Santos (25, Season PPG: 26.63) to stretch it to 71-49. The start of the fourth was the knockout: an 11-0 run to 82-49 forced a timeout and set the highest lead at +34 (85-51). Musel never found a counter despite sporadic replies.
ETZ's trio was too much: Lopes Morais poured in seven triples, Delgado Dos Santos added late free throws and a dagger three, and Noah Wolter (21, Season PPG: 15.38) scored in every phase. Charel Wilmes chipped in 8. Coach Majdi Anan's side leaned on Omar Youssef Essid (17, MUS), who lived at the line early and scored repeatedly in the second half, while Geoffrey Schlammes (Season PPG: 21.88) had 14 and Jules Jacquet (Season PPG: 15.13) 11. Abram Macalou (Season PPG: 23.57) was limited to 10 and finished with four fouls, which blunted MUS's scoring punch.
ETZ rise to first place (ranking gain +3, 2-1), MUS remain third (1-2). A late cameo for Stéphane Rocardo Silva (17, AGO) underlined the hosts' depth as Etzella closed a wire-to-wire second half without allowing a comeback window.
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