League leaders Vibball Luxembourg stayed perfect in M-U18 Division 4:Phase finale with a 115-36 road win over Nitia Bettembourg. VBE are still 1st at 6-0, while NIT remain 5th at 0-6. It was Vibball's 13th straight win, and Bettembourg are now on a seven-game losing streak. After the earlier 105-45 meeting, VBE again controlled the matchup from the opening minutes.
Coach Ildiko Vass's team started 7-0. NIT briefly cut it to 4-7, but Vibball answered with an 8-0 run and then closed the first quarter with 9 straight points for a 26-9 lead. Early in the second, VBE pushed again, going from 26-9 to 32-9. Bettembourg had its best offensive stretch before halftime through Tomás Figueiredo Pinto (Season PPG: 5.10) and Prosper Afakir (Season PPG: 12.00), yet the gap was still 53-25 at the break.
The third quarter removed the remaining suspense. Vibball expanded the score from 55-27 to 69-29, and the fourth began with an 11-0 run to 92-32. The final 79-point margin was also the biggest lead of the game.
Benjamin Mafolo Ondekane (Season PPG: 21.58) led all scorers with 33 and put together several back-to-back finishes. Cassian Matgen (Season PPG: 17.33) added 22, Michel Ange Mafolo Ondekane (Season PPG: 18.54) scored 20, and Alexandru-Catalin Vlad (18, 1.92m, Romania; Season PPG: 11.69) contributed 19. For NIT, Afakir and Figueiredo Pinto both scored 10, Tom Wetta had 6, and Liam Raas added 6. Bettembourg did not score from three-point range, and Figueiredo Pinto later fouled out.
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