AS Soleuvre controlled Amicale Steesel 65-51 in Steinsel after overturning a blistering home start, moving to 2-1 and 4th in the M-U16 Division 2 Phase finale table, while AMI slipped to 0-3 and 5th, their third straight defeat. Coach Olivier Haan's side absorbed a 10-0 opening punch ENGEL, KIRSCH, SEGERS and NYS powered AMI to 19-15 after 10 minutes then methodically flipped the game in the second quarter.
The hinge came midQ2: Nik Lahure (Season PPG: 24.85) buried backtoback threes to make it 24-24. After AMI briefly edged 26-24, SOL closed the half on a 10-0 run (Lou Lahure, Conan, Carvalho Ribeiro and Conan at the line) for 28-34 at the break. The third quarter decided it. Matteo Fratini (Season PPG: 6.93) struck for five quick points, Max Kunen (Season PPG: 13.00) added a triple, and Nils Krantz (Season PPG: 6.73) piled on at the rim as SOL won the period 18-6 to lead 34-52. Krantz then opened Q4 with 4 straight points (two free throws and a basket) for 34-56; SOL's largest gap reached +24 at 62-38. AMI answered late with an 8-0 burst (Kirsch/Nys/Lopez Fernandez), but the damage was done.
Nik Lahure led all scorers with 20, anchoring SOL alongside Krantz's 12, Kunen's 9 and Fratini's 8. For AMI, Felix Engel (Season PPG: 20.54) and Vincent Segers (Season PPG: 16.36) had 11 each, with Andreas Nys (Season PPG: 14.42) and Bobby Kirsch (Season PPG: 14.45) adding 10 apiece. Captain Miguel Lopez Fernandez (Season PPG: 7.67), 14, from Spain, chipped in 4 and steered a late push. SEGERS navigated foul trouble after two quick whistles early in Q2, finishing with four.
Coach Thorsten Freiheit's group burst out of the blocks and finished strong, but the SOL 10-0 close to the half and the dominant third-quarter surge shaped the outcome.
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