Résidence Walferdange overpowered T71 Dudelange 97-67 at Grimler/Central, breaking the game open with a dominant second quarter and never looking back. T71 came out flying under coach Eric Jeitz, sprinting to 7-0 and 11-3 on the back of Tunn Wirion (Season PPG: 16.62) and two early triples from Finn Dondelinger (Season PPG: 10.00). Résidence answered immediately: Nojus Banys (Season PPG: 23.42), 15, LTU, strung together a personal flurry to flip the score with a 16-3 surge to 19-14. T71 replied 10-2 for 24-21, but a late Banys three closed Q1 at 26-27.
The game's hinge came early in Q2. After a 29-29 tie, Résidence ripped a 21-1 run sparked by Banys, Matas Sendzikas (Season PPG: 21.22), 14, LTU, and Rafael Dos Santos Antonio (Season PPG: 18.54) to 50-30 and a 52-32 halftime advantage (25-6 in the quarter). T71's rhythm was further disrupted when Paddy Keiser committed two fouls in a row during that spell. Coach Raul Leandro Birenbaum's side controlled pace and spacing, repeatedly finding lanes and rhythm threes.
T71 briefly trimmed to 40-54 in Q3 after a Wirion three, but Résidence answered 5-0 and kept the margin in the 20s. The lead peaked at +30 at the buzzer.
Banys led all scorers with 33. Sendzikas added 18, Dos Santos Antonio 12 (two timely threes), Jokubas Toliusis (Season PPG: 15.33) had 9 including a third-quarter triple, while Luis Leocadio Botelho (Season PPG: 8.55) and Jokubas Banaitis (Season PPG: 4.71) chipped in 8 each; Valerio Gulli (Season PPG: 13.94) buried a late three and Augustus Voska (RES) provided Q2 energy. For T71, Wirion posted 21, Dondelinger 12, Jamie Papa Muller (Season PPG: 7.95) and Bo Wagner (Season PPG: 4.85) 8 apiece, with Luka Babovic (Season PPG: 13.75) scoring 9 in the fourth.
Résidence completes a 3-0 sweep of the season series and moves to 3-0 atop the Phase finale. T71 drops to 0-3 (5th). Résidence is on a four-game winning streak; T71 has lost three straight.
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