Etzella Ettelbruck B handled Basket Esch B 72-55 at deichwisen/central in a top-of-the-table M-U16 Division 5 clash. Esch started sharper, taking the first quarter 15-11 and stretching the gap to 11-19 early in Q2. Etzella answered with an 8-0 run to 19-19 and, after a brief trade of baskets, reached halftime ahead 29-27.
The game broke open after the break. From 31-30, Etzella strung together a 10-0 burst and closed the third with a 23-10 quarter, turning a tight game into a 52-37 lead. Esch tried to rally to start Q4 with a 6-0 push, including back-to-back scores from Mathis Bath Rama (LALB), but Etzella replied immediately with a 9-0 run and never looked back, peaking at a 21-point advantage (72-51).
Yona Posing (Season PPG: 11.0) led Etzella with 20 points, mixing two triples with steady drives, while Dino Dragolovcanin (Season PPG: 6.83) added 16 and kept the offense flowing across the middle quarters. Jason-Junior Almeida da Cruz (Season PPG: 5.2) contributed 10, and captain Bastian Torres (Season PPG: 10.89) chipped in 7. Rafael Caroux (15, FRA) provided timely mid-range finishes, and Levy Lowell Diatezwa Mayombe (ETZB) added energy and points in the fourth.
For Esch, Leandro Goncalves Antunes (15, PRT) scored 10, with Chimezie Samuel Dialo (Season PPG: 9.6) adding 7. Edwin Pereira Furtado (Season PPG: 12.6) was held to 6. Esch's best phase came late Q1 into early Q2, but coach Stephane Feller's timeout in Q3 could not halt Etzella's surge. Coach Guillaume Francois Torres' side stays perfect at 5-0 and remains first; Esch slips to 4-1 but holds second after opening the season with four straight wins.
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