Nitia Bettembourg won a close road game in Mamer, 85-80, and climbed two places to 1st in the M-U14 Division 2 Phase finale table. Mambra Mamer stayed 4th. NIT is now on a four-game winning run, while MAM has lost three in a row.
The visitors controlled the opening stretch. After 2-2, NIT produced a 12-0 run to 14-2 and built the first clear gap. They led 23-15 after one quarter, with Ewen Man-Fei Leung, 13, from France (Season PPG: 33.67) and Adrian Ion Zianveni (Season PPG: 21.42) driving the attack.
Mamer answered well in the second period. Coach Paul Jacque's side opened the quarter with a 7-0 burst to come back to 22-23, then kept the pressure on until the score was tied 39-39 at halftime. Captain Khan Eyal N'Guessan, 13, from France (Season PPG: 13.73) was central in that response, with Mathieu Moccia (Season PPG: 15.80) and Tammo Felix Adrian Becker (Season PPG: 6.93) also giving strong support.
The third quarter remained very tight. MAM briefly moved in front at 43-41 and again at 58-57, but NIT answered each time. Leung, Zianveni and Diogo Barbosa Conte (Season PPG: 9.88) helped the visitors regain a 63-60 edge going into the last quarter.
The key stretch came in the fourth. NIT extended from 63-60 to 71-64, Mamer cut it back to 70-71, but Yohannes Thomas Michael (Season PPG: 14.50) scored 7 important fourth-quarter points and Zianveni added a late three-pointer plus the final basket. Mamer still got back to 80-83, before NIT secured the close finish. For MAM, N'Guessan scored 19, Moccia and Becker had 14 each, Pierre Frieden (Season PPG: 9.50) added 12, and Konstantinos Mazarakis fouled out late after 9 points.
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