BBC East Side Pirates edged Zesummen Aktiv 64-59 in Beggen to open the M-U18 Division 6 Phase 2 championship round. Under coach Gérard Boby, the Pirates burst out 11-2 as Yannis Pividor (15) drilled three early triples, and the lead peaked at 6-17 (+11) before ZAK closed the first quarter at 13-19.
Coach Angelo Monteiro's side shifted the game inside through Nathaniel Guth (25), who poured in 14 points in the second quarter to keep ZAK in touch, 30-34 at halftime. The hosts then tightened the screws after the break: Guth stacked four straight baskets late in the third to flip a 37-43 deficit into a 45-43 edge ZAK's first lead before BEP leveled at 45-45 heading to the fourth.
The Pirates replied with the game's decisive 12-2 run. David Bemtgen (16) opened the quarter, Pividor added another three, Leo Carreira de Oliveira hit a two and a three, and Tristan Fievez (16) pushed it to 47-57; Nicolas Azevedo chipped in at the line for 47-59 (+12), the visitors' largest lead. ZAK answered with a 12-2 surge of their own largely Guth, who kept scoring through contact despite carrying four fouls, and Jeff Braun making it 59-61 with under a minute left. Pividor's timely two and a late free throw settled it at 59-64.
Top performers
- BEP: Pividor 19 points (four 3s), Bemtgen 14 (two 3s), Fievez 13; Carreira 7, Azevedo 7.
- ZAK: Guth 42 on 21 made twos, Braun 8, SHI Hao-Yang-Yann 5.
ZAK did not hit a three, leaning almost exclusively on Guth's interior dominance, while BEP's perimeter balance provided key separation in the fourth. The Pirates halt a three-game losing streak and start Phase 2 atop the classification (1-0), with ZAK in second (0-1).
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