BBC East Side Pirates controlled this M-U14 Division 2 Phase 1 game from the start and won 105-59 away at AB Contern. The league leaders are now 4-0 after a fourth straight win and climbed two places to 1st, while Contern stayed 5th at 1-3.
The opening minutes set the tone. Stefan Jankovic (BEP) scored the Pirates' first 6 points for a quick 6-0 lead, and the visitors were already up 14-4 before Contern settled. AB Contern had good moments through Pierre Patrick Joseph Levaldaur (CON) and David Lopes Meysembourg (CON), but BEP finished the first quarter with a major 14-0 run to turn 22-15 into 36-15.
Contern reacted better in the second period. Levaldaur (CON) scored repeatedly inside, Naël Hussain Teixeira (CON) added a basket, and the home side briefly cut the gap to 38-23. The response was immediate: Stefan Jankovic (BEP) and Nicolas Nestgen (BEP) pushed the margin back out, and the Pirates reached halftime in full control at 58-32.
The third quarter kept the same pattern. Petar Jankovic (BEP), 11 years old, and Stefan Jankovic (BEP) continued to score in volume, while Contern found a short lift from Luca Muller (CON) and consecutive threes by 13-year-old David Lopes Meysembourg (CON). Even then, BEP still led 77-47 after three.
In the last quarter, Contern got to 59-85, but the Pirates closed the game with 20 unanswered points. That stretch removed any remaining suspense and produced the highest lead of 46 points.
Top scorers were Stefan Jankovic (BEP) with 35, Petar Jankovic (BEP) with 27, Dzan Ahmetovic (BEP) with 13, and Nicolas Nestgen (BEP) plus Yuqiang Wang (BEP) with 12 each. For Contern, David Lopes Meysembourg (CON) had 21, Levaldaur (CON) 15, Luca Muller (CON) 7, and Giorgio Galione (CON) 6.
(AI generated)