Black Star Mersch moved to first place in M-U16 Division 3: Phase finale, gaining one spot and pushing T71 Dudelange B down to second. BSM also stretched its run to five straight wins.
T71B started the cleaner game and led 24-21 after the first quarter. Sandro Ceresi's side was still in front at 28-26 in the second and had earlier gone up 22-15. The game changed there. Under coach Aleksandar Petrovic, BSM answered with a 12-2 run to 38-30 and never gave the initiative back. Alvyn Madoki Bigas (Season PPG: 36.88) was central in that swing, scoring 8 points in a row during the surge. BSM reached halftime at 55-37.
The third quarter settled the return game. BSM opened with a 5-0 push, built the margin to 20+ and entered the last period at 83-57. The highest lead came at 100-69 in the fourth.
Madoki Bigas finished with 42 points. Captain Mike Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 37.06) added 25, and 14-year-old Romario De Oliveira Pais (Season PPG: 8.18) gave strong support with 20. Rolando Nienaber Mendes (Season PPG: 14.12) scored 10.
For T71B, Phanuel Magoum (Season PPG: 12.12) gave the early impulse and finished with 19. Felix Trierweiler (Season PPG: 4.33) had 16, with a large part of his work from the line, and Sergiu Lisnicenco (Season PPG: 7.57) added 14. Lee Weyland scored 9. Magoum and Weyland both had to play with four fouls.
After the 99-87 loss in the first meeting, BSM answered clearly in the return fixture.
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