AS Soleuvre controlled AB Contern 90-61 in zolwer/Scheierhaf, building a lead early and stretching it throughout. The hosts set the tone with a 18-6 first quarter built on stops and transition. Contern used time-outs but trailed 46-28 at halftime. Any potential momentum swing after the break was answered by Soleuvre's 21-14 third quarter to 67-42. The largest gap reached +31 at 90-59 late.
Captain Nik Lahure (SOL) led all scorers with 26 and fouled out in the fourth after driving several key runs, including a burst of seven Soleuvre points in the second quarter (3+1+1+2). Pit Simon (SOL) added 20 and strung together multiple baskets late in Q3 and early in Q4. Max Kunen (SOL) chipped in 15. Evan Leal de Oliveira (Season PPG: 7.8) and Samuel Carvalho Ribeiro (Season PPG: 2.8) complemented the rotation.
Contern's response came mainly from captain Alex Wies (CON) with 19, steady from the line and active in the fourth, supported by Alexandre Lopes Meysemboourg (CON) with 14. Notable as well, 12-year-old Max Müller produced 13, including a three in the third. Contern had patches of scoring, but Soleuvre repeatedly answered Simon scored back-to-back baskets to push the lead past twenty, and later Soleuvre closed on an 8-2 run before the final Contern basket. Max Welter (CON) picked up multiple personal fouls in quick succession in the last quarter, disrupting rotations.
Coach Olivier Haan's group outscored Contern in every period and moves to 3-1, up to 1st place in M-U16 Division 2. Contern is 2-2 and remains 3rd under coach Ayodele Michael O.
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