Arantia Larochette handled Entente RES AMI 71-59 in Larochette, turning a two-point first-quarter deficit (11-13) into a comfortable lead with a decisive second quarter (23-9). Joao Pedro Osorio Silva's team flipped the game early in Q2 with an 8-0 burst from 15-15 to 21-15 and reached halftime up 34-22. After the break, Arantia kept stretching the margin behind perimeter shot-making and led by as many as 21 (60-39) early in the fourth.
Lee Brosius (Season PPG: 28.86) was the game's dominant scorer with 39 points, repeatedly punishing gaps in transition and in the half-court. He got ample support from Mathis Dieterlen (Season PPG: 18.29), a 17-year-old French guard (1.83m), who hit from deep and totaled 21. Lars Bosdijk (Season PPG: 9.14) added 8.
Thorsten Freiheit's ERA stayed in it through individual quality. Nicolas Roque do Amaral (Season PPG: 24.57) scored 21, and captain Jules Reuter (ERA) had 20, sparking a late surge. Reuter strung together nine straight points in the final stretch and, together with Roque do Amaral, powered an 11-0 run that trimmed a 69-47 deficit to 69-58 before Arantia steadied.
Arantia's second-quarter control and third-quarter spacing proved decisive despite ERA's late response. The result lifts Arantia to the top of the M-U18 Division 2 Phase 2 classification (2-0, +2 places), while ERA sits second at 1-1.
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