BBC East Side Pirates moved up to 3rd place with a clear 77-43 road win over Amicale Steesel, who are now 5th at 0-3. The game was not one-sided from the start. Amicale answered the opening basket with a 5-0 spell and stayed close for most of the first quarter. Late in that period, the score was still 24-25, but BEP then produced the first decisive sequence: a 16-1 run to close the quarter at 41-25.
That stretch changed the game. Emil Denter (BEP) was the main driver of it, scoring 12 points in the run, while Matteo Weydert (BEP) had already settled into an efficient scoring rhythm. The second quarter brought only 2 points for each side, so the visitors kept full control at halftime, 43-27.
The third quarter ended the suspense. BBC East Side Pirates opened the half with an 11-0 run, pushing the gap from 43-27 to 54-27. Weydert stayed on a roll and finished with 31 points, the best mark of the game and also his season high after three games. Denter added 23 points and remained a major factor despite a third-quarter flagrant foul. Mil Boby (BEP) gave solid support with 8 points.
Amicale, coached by Leon Oliver Wolf, had some useful individual moments but could not answer the repeated BEP runs. Miguel Lopez Fernandez (AMI) led the home side with 10 points, Vincent Segers (AMI) scored 9, and Maxime Kapgen (AMI), aged 13, converted all 6 of his points from the foul line. Levi Lepage Post (AMI) and Max Schanck (AMI) added 5 each. The visitors' highest lead reached 34 points by the end.
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