BBC East Side Pirates B won a very close road game against AB Contern B, 76-75 after overtime, and moved up one place to 4th in M-U16 Division 5: Phase 1, while Contern stayed 6th.
Coach Christophe Ney's team made the stronger start. BEPB led 26-11 after the first quarter, with Nicolas Nestgen (BEPB) and Tim Focht (Season PPG: 6.60) driving the offense. That 15-point gap was the Pirates' highest lead.
Contern, coached by Cameron Brooks-Harris, changed the rhythm in the second quarter. The home side produced a 13-0 run from 11-26 to 24-26 and kept pushing until 36-36 at halftime. David Lopes Meysembourg (CONB) was central to that response, and Nicolas Warken (Season PPG: 2.00) gave valuable support around the basket.
The third quarter stayed tight, but Contern briefly looked in control at 51-46 and later 57-51. Lopes Meysembourg delivered a major scoring game with 29 points, including 5 three-pointers. Gabriel Rasque Schmitt (Season PPG: 5.00) added 11 points, and Pit Hoffmann (Season PPG: 5.83) also scored 11 with important baskets during Contern's best phase.
BEPB answered in the fourth. Focht kept finding points inside and helped swing the score from 64-66 to 70-68 for the visitors. Felix Zoller (CONB) tied it at 70-70 to extend the game.
In overtime, Felix Saeul (Season PPG: 4.17) scored 4 straight points for BEPB, a crucial burst that created the 76-72 advantage. Contern still came back through Lopes Meysembourg and Warken, but stopped one point short. For the winners, Focht finished with 20 points, Nestgen had 17, Saeul 13, and Dzan Ahmetovic (BEPB) 10. Late in overtime, Lex Chiarandini of Contern received a disqualifying foul.
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