T71 Dudelange B controlled Basket Esch B 77-48 in M-U14 Division 3 (Phase 1), building on a dominant first quarter and a decisive third-period surge. Coach Carlo Muller's side jumped in front 14-5 after 10 minutes, fueled by a 10-0 run capped by a three from Lou Gonner. Esch responded in the second: Rodrigo Pacheco Reis (13, PRT) powered a 20-point quarter for LALB with a series of mid-range finishes and two consecutive free throws, trimming the gap to 30-25 at halftime.
The game turned right after the break. T71 opened the third with an 8-0 burst (Andrade Tavares, Coelho Gomes, Bugarski and Gonner), then stretched the margin behind repeated strikes from Adriano Coelho Gomes (8 points) and Jim Resl (11 years) who later added a three. Even Coelho Gomes fouling out in the third didn't slow T71; the hosts closed the quarter up 53-37 and never looked back.
T71's attack was balanced and efficient inside: 31 made two-pointers and two threes (Resl, Gonner), plus 9 points at the line. Top scorers were Resl (14), Berin Hajdarpasic (13), Gonner (11) and Lorenzo Magoum (11), with Nikola Bugarski adding 9. Esch's offense came entirely from two-pointers and free throws (0 made threes): Pacheco Reis led with 21, Sabahudin Dulic had 10, while Loris Micelli (7) and Noah Valentino Diaz Catani (5) contributed. A fourth-quarter unsportmanlike on starter Kylian Allaoui, who later reached five fouls, further thinned Coach Damien Thill's rotation.
T71, now 1-1, bounces back from an opening loss and sits 4th. Esch drops to 0-2 (5th) after consecutive defeats. The largest lead reached 29 at the buzzer.
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