Vibball Luxembourg controlled Black Frogs Schieren 58-44 in the M-U16 Division 5 Phase finale round-robin opener, setting the tone with a 25-7 first quarter and never trailing. The hosts exploded after 5-3 with a 16-0 run, sparked by captain Isaac Foz Moutinho (Season PPG: 22.11), who opened with a triple and added five straight points in that surge. Gustaw Karwacki (Season PPG: 18.25) repeatedly finished at the rim as Vibball pushed the margin to 35-14 at halftime, the night's highest lead (+21).
Black Frogs reacted after the break, winning the third quarter 18-11 behind a hot stretch from Nick Yan Marcel Kraus (Season PPG: 18.70). He buried three triples and poured in 12 in the period, engineering a 9-2 phase that cut the gap to 46-32. Vibball answered promptly: Adrian Constantin Achim (14, ROU) hit from deep and Karwacki added key baskets to steady the hosts. In the fourth, Rick Marth (Season PPG: 10.27) kept Schieren in touch with trips to the line and a late basket, and Mathis Kraus (Season PPG: 15.45), the visitors' captain, chipped in, but Foz Moutinho and Karwacki closed it out.
Top performers Vibball: Foz Moutinho 19, Karwacki 18, Jeremi Adamski 8 (Season PPG: 13.67), Achim 5, and Dimitri Vassjutinski (13, EST) 4. Black Frogs: Nick Kraus 21, Mathis Kraus 10, Marth 9; Félix Bouzidi and Matthew Jacob Libang added 2 each. It was a clean game without foul trouble swings.
Under coach Ildiko Vass, Vibball extend their winning run to nine and move up to 2nd in the Phase finale standings (1-0). Black Frogs, coached by Khyree Terell Armstead, sit 5th (0-1) and are on back-to-back losses. Quarter scores: 25-7, 10-7, 11-18, 12-12.
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