Musel Pikes overpowered BBC East Side Pirates 80-64 in the M-U16 Division 2 championship round (round-robin). The game swung repeatedly before the visitors settled it with a dominant fourth quarter.
Musel started 0-6 behind Ben Matthias Schenk (15, DEU), who scored the first six Pikes points, but the Pirates answered with a 22-11 stretch to take the first quarter 22-17. The second period belonged to the visitors, who tightened the defense and edged ahead 34-33 at halftime.
BEP surged after the break: Emil Denter (13) and Mil Boby (Season PPG: 10.18) scored inside, and Sean Harmelin Dostert (Season PPG: 10.64) caught fire mid-quarter with 10 points in a burst (two triples), pushing the Pirates to their biggest lead, 52-42. Musel reeled it back to 56-55 at the third buzzer.
The decision came immediately in the fourth. Contreras (Season PPG: 10.64), Schanen, Siebenaler (Season PPG: 13.86) and Schenk strung together a 13-2 run to 58-68, then extended the gap with steady trips to the line and paint touches from Jaden El Basri (Season PPG: 19.40). Musel closed the game on an 8-25 quarter.
Pikes won the interior battle emphatically: 35 made two-pointers and 10 free throws, without a single three. Pirates finished with 24 twos, three threes and seven free throws. Schenk led all scorers with 22, supported by Siebenaler's 17, El Basri's 16 (despite foul trouble) and Contreras' 12. For BEP, Denter and Boby shared top honors with 17 each, while captain Sam Schaeffer (Season PPG: 21.91) and Harmelin Dostert added 12.
With this road win, coach Daniel Fernandes Sousa's side jumps to 2nd in the phase ranking (1-0, +4 positions). Coach Gérard Boby's Pirates start 0-1, 5th.
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