Telstar Hesperange B controlled Zesummen Aktiv 76-44 at holleschb2/terrain 2, building the win quarter by quarter (15-8; 26-10; 15-15; 20-11). Early on, Fabio Massimo Gilotti Gonzalez (TELB) hit back-to-back triples to set the tone, and Coach Agada's side closed the first quarter up seven.
The second quarter decided the game. TELB strung together an 8-0 run to surge from 15-10 to 23-10, sparked by Gabriel Marques dos Ramos, Noah Kambire (Season PPG: 8.86), and Baptise Ernest Le Phuez. Nikola Mratsenkov (Season PPG: 4.40) added a three as the lead swelled to 41-18 at halftime.
ZAK's response came after the break through Cedric Monteiro (Season PPG: 3.96), who authored a personal flurry with several baskets in a row to trim the gap to 44-26. Kambire (16, FRA) immediately answered with back-to-back threes, then added another long-range make later in the period to keep the margin comfortable as the third ended level (15-15).
TELB removed any doubt early in the fourth: Tomás Giordana (Season PPG: 4.67) and Gilotti Gonzalez (TELB) opened with threes, pushing the advantage to a game-high +35 (68-33 and then 70-35). Coach Monteiro used his timeouts, but the hosts managed the finish without drama.
Top performers
- TELB: Noah Kambire led with 22 points, mixing drives and four perimeter makes across the middle quarters. Gilotti Gonzalez added 14 timely points, Mratsenkov 9, Juan Joyner Lopes da Costa dos S. (Season PPG: 5.83; 17, ESP) 7, and Giordana 6 with two fourth-quarter threes.
- ZAK: Cedric Monteiro poured in 28 of his team's 44, carrying the offense for long stretches; Mike Meyer added 8 and Yann Shi 4.
In the standings, Telstar Hesperange B climb to 1st place (+4), now on a two-win streak. Zesummen Aktiv drop to 4th (-1), continuing an alternating sequence of loss-win-loss. The hosts' largest lead reached 35 points, built on sustained second-quarter and early fourth-quarter runs.
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