Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled this Phase 1 game from the first quarter and won 89-62, improving to 3-1 and climbing to 2nd place with a gain of one position. Entente RES AMI B fell to 1-3; despite the loss it also moved up one place to 4th, but it is now on a three-game losing run.
ERAB scored the first two points through captain Louis Pierre Roeder (17, 1.78m), but ETZB quickly changed the rhythm. The home side answered with a 10-0 run, with Bastian Torres heavily involved, and closed the opening quarter ahead 21-9. In the second period, coach Goran Lukic's team reacted well: ERAB opened with an 8-0 burst to cut the gap to 25-17, thanks to Roeder, Janis Thein and Luis Leocadio Botelho. ETZB then restored control immediately, and points from Torres, Seid Muratovic (15) and Lou Dos Santos pushed the score to 48-26 at halftime.
The decisive stretch came just after the break. ETZB opened the third quarter with another 8-0 sequence for 56-28, and ERAB never got back within serious reach after that. ETZB's biggest lead was 33 points at 85-52 in the fourth quarter.
Torres was the leading figure with 27 points, including five 3-pointers. Muratovic added 15, Dos Santos scored 12, and ETZB had broad support with 10 players on the scoresheet. For ERAB, Leocadio Botelho finished with 16 points, Ahti Samson Ukura added 13 but spent much of the game in foul trouble and fouled out, while Alexander Rocco Knowles scored 12 and finished strongly in the last quarter.
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