Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled T71 Dudelange C, 72-55, in a game defined by an explosive start and a strong finish from the visitors. Coach Torres' team jumped to a 20-7 lead after the first quarter, with captain Bastian Torres opening the night with 6 straight points and triggering an 8-0 burst from 6-4 to 14-4. T71C's timeout at mid-quarter couldn't halt the momentum. The second period balanced out (15-15), but Etzella still carried a 35-22 cushion into halftime, fueled by Yona Posing's perimeter shot-making.
T71C responded after the break. Led by Lee Weyland (Season PPG: 7.6) and Leo Muller (Season PPG: 6.2), the hosts pieced together an 11-6 phase to pull within 37-45, and took the third 17-13 to trail 39-48. Early in the fourth, T71C briefly stayed in touch (41-50 after Muller), but Etzella broke it open with a 15-7 surge to 67-51, capped by Posing's fourth triple for 70-53. The highest lead reached 17 points (70-53), matched again at the final buzzer.
Torres (31 pts, 15 made 2PT FGs; 14 years old, FRA) set the tone and kept scoring through contact despite four fouls. Posing (18 pts, four 3s) provided the spacing, while Yoann Ngan (Season PPG: 8.0; 15 years old, ITA) added 14 inside. Useful contributions also came from Kenzo Tavares (4) and Rafael Caroux (ETZB) with timely baskets. For T71C, Weyland and Muller scored 11 each, Felix Peiffer (T71C) added 9, Isaak Dos Santos Luis (T71C) 8, and Felix Schanen (T71C) hit a key three in the fourth.
Discipline stayed manageable, though Ngan committed back-to-back personals late in the final quarter, and both Torres and Posing finished on four fouls. Etzella are on a three-game winning streak and top the M-U16 Division 5 Phase 1 table, while T71C remain winless and sit fourth under coach Schanen.
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