Black Star Mersch overpowered US Heffingen 100-68 in Heffingen to open the M-U18 Division 3 Phase 2 round-robin. BSM set the tone with a 6-0 start and a 17-2 burst, taking the first quarter 25-10. The visitors controlled the tempo to halftime (52-33), stretched it to 77-46 after three, and peaked at a 38-point lead (98-60) before closing.
BSM rode a two-headed scoring engine. Sam Tibold poured in 36 points (10x2P, 4x3P, 4 FT), including a string of second-quarter threes that broke the game open. Captain Trey Sean Boayue added 30 (13x2P, 4 FT) and authored a personal 5-point run in Q1; he later navigated four fouls without losing impact. Support came from Luis Henrique Duarte (14; 17, CPV) and Leandro Da Silva Nunes (12, two triples). Coach Jérôme Hansen's group kept constant pressure across all four quarters.
For Heffingen, captain Danilo Hess (1.90m, 17) was relentless with 34 points (12x2P, 10 FT), scoring steadily through contact and at the line. Nils Rock (HEF) added 16, and Ethan Steinmetz (HEF) 8, but the hosts trailed throughout despite a late push. Quarter splits: 10-25, 23-27, 13-25, 22-23.
Key stretches defined the evening: BSM's 17-2 opening, Tibold's barrage in Q2, and multiple third-quarter flurries from Boayue that kept the margin well beyond reach. No player fouled out, though Boayue and Da Silva Nunes both finished on four personals.
In the standings, BSM jump to first place (ranking gain: +5). HEF sit fourth. Coach Andrej Gruskovnjak's side came into the game on back-to-back losses and could not reverse the trend against a hot-starting opponent.
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