Basket Esch overwhelmed Musel Pikes 90-52 in the M-U16 Division 1 Championship round, taking control with a 32-point second quarter and closing with a ruthless 26-5 fourth. Esch opened 6-0 and led 16-10 after one; the gap ballooned to 48-28 by halftime. Musel steadied in the third (19-16) to trail 64-47, but Esch launched a 9-0 run to start the last quarter and never looked back, stretching the highest lead to 38 at the buzzer. A coach technical on Musel's Daniel Fernandes Sousa arrived at 47-71, as the visitors' momentum surged.
Euricky Semedo da Veiga (14, PRT; Season PPG: 11.14) powered Esch with 21 points, scoring four straight early and adding key buckets and free throws in the closing period. Support came in waves: Paul Blettery (15, FRA; Season PPG: 13.71) hit from all three levels for 16, Gabriel Thomas (Season PPG: 10.00) added 15, with Edmilson Vieira Miguel (Season PPG: 8.71) on 12 and Maël Gevrey (Season PPG: 12.71) at 9.
Musel's captain Jaden El Basri (Season PPG: 19.33) matched Semedo's 21 and drove a brief third-quarter push, but he fouled out in the fourth. Raphaël Siebenaler (MUS) added 13, while Ben Matthias Schenk (Season PPG: 22.33) had 6.
Form-wise, Esch are on a three-game winning streak and stay top of the phase at 2-0. Musel drop to 0-2 (fourth) after opening the phase with back-to-back defeats following a five-game winning run. Game evolution and Esch's fourth-quarter burst defined a one-sided finish.
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