Second-placed Basket Esch C edged fifth-placed North Fox 50-49 in a very tight M-U16 Division 6 game, and the winner was decided in the last moments. Esch stayed unbeaten at 3-0 and extended its run to three wins, while Fox slipped to a second straight loss.
The game changed direction several times. Fox opened well and led 9-4 in the first quarter, but Esch answered with a 10-2 finish to move in front 14-11. North Fox then controlled the second quarter 20-8. After 14-14, Fox built the gap through Yannis Ludes (14), Mattis Rob (15) and Nick Schmitz (15), reaching a 31-22 halftime lead.
The key stretch came after the break. Fox pushed the margin to 35-22, its highest lead at 13 points, but coach Roger Do Rosario's team reacted strongly. Basket Esch C produced a 20-6 run to turn 22-35 into 42-41. Semin Demirovic (14) was central in that surge, while Nohan Fernandes Semedo (14) and captain Redzep Ramovic (15) also scored important baskets. Esch's third quarter was decisive at 28 points.
Fox still had the better of the next sequence and moved ahead 49-46 after back-to-back scores from Rob, who had also scored three straight Fox points just before that. Esch then finished with the last 4 points of the game: Demirovic cut it to 48-49 and Yanis Allou N'Da (14) delivered the winning basket for 50-49.
Top scorers were Demirovic with 12 and Fernandes Semedo with 11 for Esch; Allou N'Da added 8 and Ramovic 6. For Fox, Rob and Schmitz both had 15, and Ludes added 13. Foul trouble mattered for Esch, with Demirovic and Ramovic on 4 fouls, while Fernandes Semedo also reached 4.
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