Musel Pikes edged Telstar Hesperange 65-60 in a balanced M-U14 Division 3 Phase 2 game that turned in the third quarter. The opening period was level (19-19), with Tel's captain Stanislaw Jan Kwasniewski (13, POL) hitting an early three and Tao Raphaël Ozier-Lafontaine (13, FRA) scoring repeatedly at the rim. Musel stayed close and reached halftime up 33-32 after steady inside play.
The decisive spell came late in the third. Tel led 42-37, but Musel closed the quarter on a 12-0 run: back-to-back baskets by Lex Flies (Season PPG: 13.0), contributions from captain Adam Hammed (Season PPG: 7.0) and Dimitri Anagnostaras flipped the game to 49-42 for the visitors. Tel responded early in the fourth with two free throws by Martin Fritsch and a bucket from Ozier-Lafontaine to get within five (44-49), yet Musel always found answers through Tun Fixemer and Cédric Meyers. The highest lead reached 10 (55-65) before a late Fritsch three and a Jonas Degutis layup set the final margin.
Hammed and Flies shared top scoring honors for Musel with 20 points each (combined 40), Hammed doing most of his damage in the second half. Meyers added 7, Fixemer 6, with Anagnostaras chipping in 4. Charel Engel committed three personal fouls in quick succession in the fourth but still added a key basket in transition.
For Tel, Ozier-Lafontaine led with 20, Kwasniewski and Degutis had 9 apiece, Fritsch 7 (including a late three), and Philippe Niang Cerezo 5. Martin Giordana PI (Season PPG: 7.6) contributed 6 in important stretches.
Coach Hichem El Basri's group climbs to 2nd in the standings (+1, 2-1). Coach Romas Degutis's Telstar remains 5th (0-2) despite competing to the end.
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