BBC East Side Pirates won a close road game, 68-62, at Entente RES AMI B. The result sends BEP to 1st place in M-U18 Division 4:Phase 1 with a gain of three spots, while ERAB remain 3rd and suffer a second straight defeat. BEP are now on a two-game winning streak.
The game turned several times. BEP started well and led 8-2, but ERAB answered and edged the 1st quarter 18-17. Ahti Samson Ukura (ERAB) and Alexander Rocco Knowles (ERAB) were important in that recovery.
The decisive shift came before halftime. BEP won the 2nd quarter 24-13 and built a 41-31 lead. Leo Carreira de Oliveira (BEP), Sean Harmelin Dostert (BEP) and Tim Mathieu (BEP) all scored in that stretch, and ERAB never fully erased the damage.
Just after the break, BEP produced the key run of the night. From 41-31, Gérard Boby's team pushed the margin to a game-high 16 points at 49-33, with Maks Danielyan (BEP), David Bemtgen (BEP) and Sam Schaeffer (BEP) all contributing. ERAB stayed alive mainly through Knowles, who exploded for 15 points in the 3rd quarter.
Goran Lukic's side made one more push in the 4th. ERAB opened the period with 5 straight points to cut the gap from 60-50 to 60-55, and later got as close as 68-62, but BEP never allowed a one-possession game.
Knowles (ERAB) finished with 20 points, Ukura (ERAB) added 17, and Jokubas Banaitis (ERAB) scored 9. Louis Pierre Roeder (16, 1.78m, ERAB) gave 8. For BEP, Yannis Pividor (BEP) led with 15, Mathieu (BEP) had 10 despite four fouls, and Carreira de Oliveira (BEP), Schaeffer (BEP) and Bemtgen (BEP) added 9 each.
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