M-U18 Division 4, Phase 1 (round-robin Aller/game 2), Heffingen. US Heffingen rolled past Avanti Mondorf 136-43, building the gap quarter by quarter: 24-11, 37-10, 36-13, 39-9. The hosts set the tone early and broke the game open with a 10-0 burst to start the second quarter (from 26-13 to 36-13), reaching 61-21 at halftime. The margin peaked at +93 at the buzzer.
Heffingen's attack was relentless. Danilo Hess (54 pts, 1.90 m, 17) headlined the night with a remarkable scoring display, including 25 made two-pointers and steady production in every period. He was on a tear in the third quarter, where Heffingen again won big (36-13). Support was plentiful: Tun Elcheroth (30 pts) mixed drives and three triples, Ethan Steinmetz (24 pts) hit from deep and in transition, and Nils Rock (17 pts) added perimeter punch. Pietro Laforgia (7 pts) and Loic Bosseler (2 pts) also joined the scoring column late.
Mondorf leaned on captain Clement Channen (18 pts, FRA), who lived at the line with nine made free throws and kept competing despite foul trouble, picking up three personals in the first quarter and finishing on four. Aleksa Savic (10 pts, SRB) provided range with three three-pointers, while Max Muller added 6 points. Daniel Mihaylov (5 pts, 16, BGR) was active early but fouled out in the fourth quarter, which compounded Mondorf's difficulties.
Mondorf's timeouts in the first half could not halt Heffingen's runs, and a further pause midway through each of the last two quarters only briefly slowed the hosts. Heffingen move to 2nd in the new classification (1-0), while Mondorf drop to 5th at 0-2, now on a two-game losing streak. Coaches: Jos Alberto Pais Costa (HEF) and Nebojsa Nikolic (MON).
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