T71 Dudelange, coached by Louis Wennig, took control after a brief Basket Esch opening and won 94-60 at grimler/terrain2. The visitors started better and went up 2-7, with 13-year-old Samuel Vidal Martins (LAL) scoring Basket Esch's first 7 points. T71 then changed the rhythm completely: from 4-7, the home side produced an 18-2 run to move to 22-9 before closing the first quarter at 22-15.
The second quarter was the key stretch. T71 extended the margin from 22-15 to 38-19 and kept pressing until halftime at 49-28. Basket Esch avoided a collapse in the third period, which was nearly even at 17-16, but the start of the fourth settled the game: T71 opened with an 8-0 burst from 66-44 to 74-44. The lead later reached 34, the largest gap of the afternoon.
T71 had several offensive leaders. Twelve-year-old captain Tun Jungers (T71) finished with 24 points, all on 2-pointers, and scored 6 straight early in the last quarter. Simao Pedro Gomes Santos (Season PPG: 7.80) added 12, Nikola Bugarski (T71) 11, Sami Dzinic (T71) 10, Lou Gonner (T71) 10 and Fynn Trierweiler (Season PPG: 12.20) 8. The hosts showed depth with 40 made 2-pointers.
For Basket Esch, Vidal Martins (LAL) was the main reference with 31 points, including 11 made 2-pointers, 2 threes and 7 free throws. Wu Michel Ocean N'Goran (LAL) contributed 12 and Vuk Stankovic (LAL) 7. Raouf Riahi's team had individual scoring bursts, but T71 answered with stronger collective runs. In the table, T71 moved up to 1st at 4-0 and extended its winning streak to four games, while Basket Esch is 5th at 0-4 after a fourth straight loss.
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