Telstar Hesperange B dismantled Black Frogs Schieren 113-44 in the M-U18 Division 6 championship round, repeating and amplifying the dominance seen in their first meeting (78-38). After a 2-2 start and an early timeout by coach Romas Degutis, Telstar ripped a 24-3 run to close the first quarter at 26-8. The hosts then broke the game open with a 19-0 close to the second quarter, reaching halftime at 63-17. A further 17-0 burst in the third stretched the gap to 85-24 before Black Frogs finally answered. The largest lead reached 69.
Noah Dion-Yélé Kambire (Season PPG: 9.67) led Telstar with 24 points, scoring at all three levels and igniting key spurts. Grégoire Leclercq (Season PPG: 8.38) set the tone early with 10 first-quarter points and finished with 19. Tomás Giordana (Season PPG: 5.92) added 16 and Gabriel Marques dos Ramos (Season PPG: 11.29) supplied 14 from the bench. Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov (Season PPG: 6.17) hit back-to-back threes in the first period and totaled 15, while captain Fabio Massimo Gilotti had 11.
For Black Frogs, Mathis Kraus (Season PPG: 12.67) scored 16, including a late fourth-quarter burst, and Nick Yan Marcel Kraus (Season PPG: 9.50) added 11. Tomas Dos Anjos Gomes knocked down three triples for 9. Coach Enes Muric's timeout late in the second quarter sought to stem Telstar's pace, but the hosts' depth and sustained runs proved decisive.
Telstar move to 3-0 and stay top of Phase 2; Black Frogs sit fourth (1-1). Telstar are on a six-game winning streak across their last outings.
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