Basket Esch left Mamer with a 58-48 win in M-U14 Division 2, built on a strong start and a composed finish. The visitors jumped ahead 16-8 after the first quarter, fueled by a five-point burst at the line from Rodrigo Pacheco Reis (Season PPG: 17.83). Mambra Mamer responded in the second: Mathieu Moccia (Season PPG: 16.20) strung together back-to-back baskets to trim it to 16-18, and Pierre Frieden scored three field goals in quick succession, but Esch still led 33-26 at halftime.
The hosts surged in the third. Moccia and Owen John Coombes (Season PPG: 9.67) powered a 13-10 quarter, with Tom Zorz (13, SVN) driving the gap down to 38-41 and 39-43 at the buzzer. Early in the fourth, a 4-0 spurt (Coombes, then Nikolaos Kouvaras) brought Mamer to 41-45, and later to 45-48. From there, Esch closed with a decisive 6-0 run: Matheo Muratovic, Pacheco Reis, and Lyan Gomes da Cruz sealed it, stretching the final margin to a game-high 10.
Top performers: for Basket Esch, Muratovic (18) was a constant target inside, Pacheco Reis (15; 13, PRT) dictated key possessions, and Gomes da Cruz added 6. Arthur Leo Pierre Colle (LAL) chipped in 11, including a key three. For Mambra Mamer, Zorz, Coombes, and Moccia each scored 11; captain Khan Eyal N'Guessan (12, FRA) added 6 and drew contact to keep MAM within reach.
There was a brief fourth-quarter interruption when coach Raouf Riahi received a C1 technical, but Esch steadied immediately and finished the job. In the standings, Esch moves to 3rd (3-2), Mamer sits 4th (2-3). Esch continues its win-loss alternation over the last five games; Mamer drops its second in three.
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