AS Soleuvre controlled the return game in Berbourg and beat BBC East Side Pirates 90-61, staying second in the M-U16 Division 2 final phase while BEP remains fifth. After Soleuvre had already won the first meeting 113-70, this was another game where the visitors progressively took over.
BEP started with some intent and briefly led 4-2. Emil Denter (Season PPG: 11.33) was the main home scorer all evening with 24 points. But Soleuvre quickly found its rhythm through captain Nik Lahure (Season PPG: 26.82). He scored 16 points in the first quarter alone, including three 3-pointers, and SOL turned the game to 25-20 after ten minutes.
The decisive stretch came in the second quarter. Yann Conan (Season PPG: 11.50) and Lahure kept the pressure high and pushed the gap to 52-34 at halftime. Conan ended with 28 points, built on 4 made free throws, 9 two-pointers and 2 threes, while Lahure finished with 37 on 11 made two-pointers and 5 threes.
BBC East Side Pirates had their best phase after the break. Mil Boby (Season PPG: 9.12) and Denter helped BEP edge the third quarter 21-20, and Sam Schaeffer (Season PPG: 23.47) added 6 points. Still, the margin stayed solid at 72-55 for Soleuvre.
Coach Olivier Haan's side then reopened the gap in the fourth period. Soleuvre began the quarter with Lahure scoring 4 straight points, and the visitors closed with a strong 18-6 last quarter. The biggest lead came at the end, 90-61. Matteo Fratini (Season PPG: 6.26) and Pit Simon (Season PPG: 7.80) added 8 points each for SOL, while Sean Harmelin Dostert (Season PPG: 9.47) scored 10 for BEP and 15-year-old French player Dany Toth Gomes (Season PPG: 5.44) added 6. Soleuvre has now won three in a row, while BEP has lost its last two.
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