AB Contern controlled T71 Dudelange B, 86-47, in grimler/terrain2, building a lead early and never looking back. T71 actually started well: Lou Gonner (T71B) opened with a three and added a two for 5-2. From there, 12-year-old Max Muller (CON) seized the game, dropping three straight baskets for a 6-0 personal run to 5-8. After an 8-8 tie (Gonner at the line), Contern produced a 15-0 surge to 8-23, with Muller scoring 11 in that span, and closed the first quarter ahead 13-25.
T71's best stretch came in the second quarter through Adriano Coelho Gomes (T71B) and Jim Resl (T71B), but Contern kept the cushion to reach halftime at 27-43. The third quarter decided it. Contern blasted a 16-0 run from 29-45 to 29-61, fueled by Muller's 12 points, with support from Felix Zoller (CON) and Maxime Daems (CON). The period ended 35-69, and the visitors' largest lead hit 40 (46-86) late in the fourth.
Muller (CON) finished with a season-high 44 points, including one three late in the fourth and several trips to the line. Samuel Bevilacqua (CON) added 14 points, all on two-pointers, despite piling up fouls across the game, and Zoller contributed 10 after surviving two early fouls in the first quarter. For T71, Gonner had 11 (two triples), Resl 9 (including a three), Coelho Gomes 8, and Berin Hajdarpasic 7. Nohlan Wilfried Kayode Adigou (T71B, POL) and Lucas Mutambayi Tshibambi (T71B) chipped in 4 each.
Coach Carlo Muller used time-outs in the second and third quarters to stem the tide, while Jeff Bevilacqua's rotations kept Contern's pace constant. Contern remain perfect and are 2nd in the standings (3-0), T71B sit 3rd (1-2, ranking gain +2).
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