Basket Esch controlled this M-U16 Division 1 Phase finale game from the first quarter and beat T71 Dudelange 72-37. The leaders stayed 1st with a 6-1 record, while T71 moved up one place to 4th at 2-5. It was also Basket Esch's fourth win against T71 this season and a sixth straight win overall.
The opening stretch already set the tone. After Tunn Wirion (Season PPG: 16.44) scored T71's first five points and kept it at 6-5, Basket Esch answered with an 11-0 run to 15-5. T71 reduced the gap to 15-10, but Esch still closed the first quarter 19-10.
The second quarter widened the game. Alexandre Kremer (Season PPG: 12.77) pushed the home side forward, and after T71 had cut it to 22-13, Esch finished the half with an 8-0 burst from 27-16 to 35-16. Coach Eric Jeitz used two first-half timeouts, but T71 had only 6 points in the quarter.
T71 had a better third period, with Bo Wagner (Season PPG: 5.69) and Wirion giving some response, yet every push was matched. Esch still won the quarter 16-11 and went into the last period at 51-27. In the fourth, T71 came to 58-33 and later 63-37, but Basket Esch ended the game on a 9-0 run for the final 35-point margin, their biggest lead.
Kremer led all scorers with 19 points, Maël Gevrey (Season PPG: 11.35) added 14, and 14-year-old Edmilson Vieira Miguel from France scored 8. Esch had nine scorers, with Paul Blettery and Ihsane Adam Moulaï-Souiga adding 6 each. For T71, Wirion finished with 13, Wagner had 8 and Jamie Papa Muller (Season PPG: 8.04) scored 6. Finn Dondelinger (Season PPG: 9.80) fouled out in the fourth quarter, while Théo Mariuzzo reached four fouls, which made the away team's task harder as the game advanced.
(AI generated)