AB Contern overran BBC East Side Pirates 83-33 in the M-U18 Division 5 Phase finale at Contern/Central, staying perfect (4-0) and atop the classification, while Pirates slipped to 0-4 and remain sixth. Contern's start decided the game: a 31-0 first quarter, with Efe Denizlerkurdu (18, TUR) setting the tone and Damian Ioannis Xirouchakis (1.76 m, 16) slicing to the rim. Coach Gérard Boby burned two early timeouts, but the gap only briefly narrowed when Nicolas Azevedo and Tim Mathieu (BEP) finally got Pirates on the board in the second. Niels Daniel Keane (CON) closed the half with a personal 5-0 (a two and a three) for 48-10.
After the break, Contern surged again. Emil Dostert authored a 4-0 burst and kept piling up inside points as the lead peaked at +55 (70-15) late in the third. Pirates produced their best spell in the fourth (18 points), driven by Leo Carreira de Oliveira's slashing and Tristan Noël Fievez's finishes, while Yannis Pividor added a late three, but the margin never came under threat.
Top scorers: Contern Xirouchakis 18, Denizlerkurdu 16, Dostert 12, Keane (CON) 8, Roman Casanova Zaychenkov (CON) 8, Pharell Dos Santos (CON) 8. Pirates Pividor 11, Carreira de Oliveira 7, Fievez 5, Azevedo 4. No one fouled out; early whistles on Mathieu and later personals on Xirouchakis never altered the flow.
Coach Anthony Franck Tomba's rotation kept the pressure constant, and Contern's run of form now reads four straight wins. Pirates' difficult stretch continues, with a seventh consecutive loss in their recent sequence.
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