T71 Dudelange B overpowered Basket Esch B 89-49 in the Phase finale round-robin at grimler/terrain1, built on a blistering start and steady control. Coach Carlo Muller's group opened with a 16-0 run and closed the first quarter 28-6, a gap Esch never truly threatened despite an improved second half.
Lorenzo Ethanaël Magoum (Season PPG: 13.44) set the tone with 28 points, tying his season high, mixing 11 made twos and steady free throws across all phases. Lou Gonner (Season PPG: 6.11) added 13, while Jim Resl (Season PPG: 8.67) scored 12, including back-to-back baskets late in the fourth. Adriano Coelho Gomes (Season PPG: 8.71) chipped in 11, and captain Nikola Bugarski (Season PPG: 4.89, SRB) supplied points at the line during pivotal first-half stretches. T71's lead peaked at +46 (86-40) and they led each quarter (28-6, 25-11, 17-14, 19-18).
For Esch, Gabriel Stefan Kühne Meza (Season PPG: 9.0) finished with 12, Luca Di Nardo (Season PPG: 7.67) sparked late with two made threes in the fourth for 10, and Sabahudin Duli (Season PPG: 7.8) contributed 8 and a brief third-quarter burst. Captain Alim Durovic (Season PPG: 14.45) was held to 4. Foul trouble hurt: Wu Darren Lee N'Goran (13, ITA) picked up multiple first-quarter fouls in quick succession and later fouled out in the fourth.
Coach Damien Thill's early timeout at 8-0 could not halt T71's momentum, as the run extended to 16-0. Esch's best spell came after the break, with Duli scoring on consecutive possessions and Kühne Meza keeping them afloat, but T71 answered each mini-run. T71 have now won both meetings this season (previously 77-48). In the new classification, T71B jump to 1st (+4), Esch slip to 2nd (-1), and Esch's four-game winning streak ends.
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