Basket Esch C took a clear 71-28 home win over AS Soleuvre B in the Phase finale return game and stayed first in the group at 4-2, while Soleuvre remains fifth at 2-3. It was also a sharp reversal of the previous Phase finale meeting, won by Soleuvre 73-63.
The opening quarter was competitive. Esch led 11-4 after baskets from Redzep Ramovic (Season PPG: 9.62), Niksa Oroz, 14-year-old Croatian (Season PPG: 19.64), and captain Enzo Neves Casemiro (Season PPG: 7.17), but Soleuvre answered with a 7-1 finish to get back to 12-11. Samuel Carvalho Ribeiro (Season PPG: 6.54) kept Pedro Jorge Escada Carvalho's team close, and early in the second quarter Soleuvre even moved in front, 14-12.
That sequence changed the game. Roger Do Rosario's side reacted with a decisive 16-0 run, turning 12-14 into 28-14. Bartel-Lavital Nolan Alain (LALC) gave energy off the bench, while Ramovic and Oroz pushed the pace of the scoring. From there, Esch controlled both paint and rhythm.
The third quarter settled everything. After Soleuvre cut it to 34-22, Esch produced a 19-2 surge to 53-24. Oroz was central in that stretch and finished with 20 points, while Ramovic led all scorers with 21. Neves Casemiro added 10, and Esch's scoring depth also came through late with Paul Augustine Mendy Cardenas, 15-year-old Spanish player (Season PPG: 5.18), scoring 6, plus Santiago Almeida Santos with 4.
For Soleuvre, Carvalho Ribeiro scored 10 of the team's 28 points. Leo Loesch (Season PPG: 5.33) hit the team's only three-pointer, and Romeo Angeloni (Season PPG: 3.20) added 4. The highest lead reached 43 points at the end after Esch closed the game on a 10-0 run.
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