Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled Black Frogs Schieren 76-47 at deichwisen/central, building their advantage quarter by quarter (20-17; 18-8; 21-14; 17-8). After an even opening frame, Micah Joshua Libang brought FRO level at 22-22 early in Q2, but a timeout was followed by a 10-0 Etzella surge powered by Bastian Torres (14, FRA), Dino Dragolovcanin and Rafael Caroux (15, FRA). The hosts reached halftime up 38-25.
Coach Guillaume Francois Torres' team pressed the accelerator out of the break with a 7-0 start to Q3, including a Seid Muratovic (14, MNE) triple, and stretched the cushion to 59-39. In the fourth, FRO captain Nick Yan Marcel Kraus (14) tried to respond with drives and a free throw, yet Etzella answered with a 6-0 spell capped by two straight baskets from Yoann Etienne Nathan Ngan (15, ITA). Ngan later fouled out after picking up quick whistles early in the period, while Dragolovcanin committed two rapid fouls in Q2 but stayed on court. The largest lead reached 29 at the buzzer.
Top scorers for Etzella: Muratovic 18, Yona Posing (14) 13, Torres 12, Caroux 12, with support from Ngan 9 and Charel Hilger 4. For Black Frogs, Kraus led with 22, Libang added 9, and Mathis Kraus chipped in 6. Etzella's offense leaned on relentless two-point production, and the key swings were their 10-0 burst in Q2 and the 7-0 restart in Q3.
In the standings, Etzella Ettelbruck B move to 2-0 and first place (ranking gain +5), now on a two-game winning run. Black Frogs fall to 1-1 and third (2). Coach Khyree Terell Armstead's side started well but could not match the hosts' sustained runs.
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