In the M-U18 Division 4 final phase, 4th-ranked Entente RES AMI B took control after a balanced start and won 76-35 on the floor of 5th-ranked Nitia Bettembourg.
Coach Qassim Sahraoui's side was competitive early. ERAB led 4-0, but Tomás Figueiredo Pinto (Season PPG: 5.36) answered with 4 straight points to give NIT a 7-4 edge. The visitors recovered quickly, and a late three from Kristupas Zilionis put ERAB in front 11-9 after one quarter.
The key break came in the second period. NIT tied the game at 11-11 through Gabriele José Minoia de Almeida, then coach Filip Dukic's team answered with a 7-0 run: Neckel Chateau-Ducos from deep, Illia Malkin inside, then Aurel Nicula. ERAB kept the pressure on and extended the margin to 27-13 before NIT closed the half at 15-27.
Early in the third, NIT cut the gap to 10 at 17-27, but ERAB again reacted well. Nicula and Zilionis scored repeatedly around the basket, and the visitors finished the quarter with a 9-0 run, moving from 41-25 to 50-25. That stretch effectively settled the game.
The fourth quarter stayed one-sided. ERAB opened with 4 unanswered points, later pushed from 63-33 to 69-33 with 6 in a row, and finished the game on a 7-0 run. The final 41-point margin was also the biggest lead of the afternoon.
Nicula (Season PPG: 8.48) led ERAB with 16 points. Zilionis, the 17-year-old Lithuanian, added 15, Roeder (Season PPG: 4.83) had 13, and Stoltz (Season PPG: 6.64) scored 10. For NIT, Liam Raas (Season PPG: 7.50) and Figueiredo Pinto scored 8 each, while Ilyes Ikherrazen (Season PPG: 2.92) added 7. NIT has now lost eight straight, and ERAB has won all four meetings between the teams this season.
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