BBC East Side Pirates turned this Phase finale game around in impressive fashion, beating AB Contern 71-49 and leveling the season series at 1-1 after the heavy 42-95 loss in the first meeting. In the table, Contern stay 4th and BEP 5th, with both teams now 3-5.
Contern controlled the first quarter at 19-10. Max Muller (Season PPG: 13.14) set the tone early and already had 9 points in the opening period, while BEP relied mainly on Sam Schaeffer (Season PPG: 23.56).
The game changed completely in the second quarter. Thomas Diederich's team opened the period with a 19-0 run, flipping a 10-19 deficit into a 29-19 lead before Contern scored again. Schaeffer, Finn Diederich (Season PPG: 10.27), Matteo Weydert (Season PPG: 6.93) and Mil Boby (Season PPG: 9.00) all contributed in that stretch. Contern answered with 6 straight points to limit the damage at halftime, 29-25.
BEP kept control after the break. Schaeffer and Diederich gave stability in the third quarter, and the home side entered the last period up 43-34. Early in the fourth, Schaeffer scored 7 BEP points in a row across the quarter break, helping extend the margin. Denter Emil (Season PPG: 10.43) added a timely three, and BEP's lead grew to its game-high 22 points.
Schaeffer finished with 25 points, Diederich added 10, and Weydert had 9. For Contern, Muller carried the offense with 28 points, more than half of his team's total. BEP ended a two-game losing streak, while Michael O. Ayodele's Contern side dropped a fourth straight game.
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