Musel Pikes B took a clear 69-48 home win over Black Frogs Schieren in the M-U16 Division 5 phase finale and completed a 2-0 head-to-head sweep after the earlier 87-84 success away. The result lifts MUSB one place to 2nd, while FRO stay 4th.
The game was shaped early. MUSB opened with a 6-0 run and controlled the first quarter 18-8. Pit Fischer (Season PPG: 5.04) and Mohamed Iyed Youssef Essid (Season PPG: 5.27) gave the hosts a solid start, while Marvin Contreras (Season PPG: 13.89) entered well and scored 6 points in the opening period. Black Frogs stayed in touch through Nick Yan Marcel Kraus (Season PPG: 18.28) and captain Mathis Kraus (Season PPG: 15.32), but Musel already had the better rhythm.
In the second quarter, Daniel Fernandes Sousa's team stretched the margin to 35-20 at halftime. Maks Povhe (Season PPG: 5.21) was important around the basket, and MUSB reached an 18-point lead at 33-15. Schieren still found points from Rick Marth (Season PPG: 11.07) and Alex Noah Fuchs Kanive (Season PPG: 3.15), but the home side remained in control.
FRO played their best basketball after the break. They cut the gap from 37-23 to 37-31 with an 8-0 run, and later got as close as 51-43 early in the fourth. This was the key moment of the game. MUSB answered with much more authority: Contreras led the response, Jason Kemmer (Season PPG: 13.90) added inside scoring, and Lex Flies (Season PPG: 7.00) buried the last three points. From 56-48, Musel closed on a 13-0 run.
Contreras was the main difference with 27 points, including 19 after the break. Povhe added 12 and Fischer 8. For Schieren, Mathis Kraus scored 12, Marth 11 and Dilson Eduardo Furtado Correia (Season PPG: 6.13) finished with 6. MUSB also bounced back immediately from a defeat, while FRO saw their two-game winning run end.
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