Black Star Mersch rolled past Gréngewald Hueschtert B, 99-55, in the M-U18 Division 3 Phase 2 championship round in Mersch, controlling the game from the opening minutes. After a 2-2 start, captain Trey Sean Boayue sparked a 9-0 push to 11-2, prompting an early timeout from coach Nicolas Saquan Parrish. BSM closed the first quarter 27-15 and never looked back.
The hosts broke the game open in the second quarter. Mike Goehlhausen (Season PPG: 9.40) caught fire with back-to-back triples, and BSM produced a 15-2 stretch to 47-24. Raphael Solomon (16, PHL) then strung together an 8-0 personal run (2, 3, 3) to 56-27, sending BSM to halftime up 56-33. Coach Jérôme Hansen's group buried the contest with an 11-0 burst inside a 17-4 third-quarter run, winning the period 23-8.
Six BSM players reached double figures: Goehlhausen led with 27 (4 threes, 7 twos, 1 FT), Boayue added 22 (9 twos, 4 FTs; Season PPG: 24.00), Solomon 19 (Season PPG: 8.86), Leandro Da Silva Nunes 11 (Season PPG: 10.83), Sam Tibold 10 (Season PPG: 23.57) and Alvyn Madoki Bigas (15, ESP) 10, equalling his season best.
For GREB, Santiago Capozucca poured in 24 (five threes; Season PPG: 10.44), matching his season high, with support from Harik Avanesov (9; Season PPG: 7.44) and Tom Krier (8; Season PPG: 4.14). Elcheroth (GREB) chipped in 6. The final margin of 44 marked the largest lead.
In the standings, BSM surge to first place (2-0, ranking gain +5, 199-123 aggregate), extending their current run to back-to-back wins. GREB drop to 0-2 in Phase 2 after entering on a four-game winning streak, now halted by two straight defeats.
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