Résidence Walferdange controlled T71 Dudelange 90-54 in the M-U16 Division 1 Championship round (Phase 2), consolidating their superiority after the Phase 1 win (71-43). Coach Dragan Stipanovic's team set the tone with a 32-15 first quarter: after T71 leveled at 5-5, RES pieced together a 27-10 surge powered by Nojus Banys and Jokubas Toliusis. T71's early timeout couldn't halt the momentum.
The second quarter brought another RES push. Matas Sendzikas opened with a personal 5-0 to 37-17 and kept scoring (9 in the period), while Toliusis added a three as the gap stretched to 54-22 at the break. T71 used another timeout at 48-22 without changing the trend.
T71's best spell came after halftime: Max Schartz and captain Tunn Wirion initiated with five unanswered points, and Bo Wagner produced a 5-point burst to 59-35. Stipanovic stopped play, and RES answered immediately with an 8-0 run (Rafael Dos Santos Antonio and Banys) that restored full control (67-35). In the fourth, Jeitz's timeout arrived early, but despite a Wirion triple and Finn Dondelinger's layup, RES kept the margin steady; Toliusis added a late three. The largest lead matched the final difference at +36.
Top performers
- Résidence: Nojus Banys (15, LTU; Season PPG: 21.0) 29 points with scoring in every phase; Matas Sendzikas (Season PPG: 16.88) 16, including two threes; Jokubas Toliusis (Season PPG: 15.14) 16 with timely outside shots; Rafael Dos Santos Antonio (BEL; Season PPG: 19.57) 15 and central to the third-quarter reply.
- T71: Tunn Wirion (Season PPG: 16.0) 15; Max Schartz (Season PPG: 9.29) 9, though he picked up multiple fouls in quick succession in Q4; Bo Wagner (Season PPG: 5.0) 8; Finn Dondelinger (Season PPG: 9.0) 7.
Résidence climbs to 2nd in Phase 2 (+3; 2-0). T71 drops to 4th (-1; 1-1). Résidence is on a four-game winning streak; T71's two-game run was halted.
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