Nitia Bettembourg overpowered Black Star Mersch 108-13 in Mersch in M-U14 Division 4. The visitors blitzed the start with an 18-0 run and closed the first quarter 32-3. Coach Jérôme Defer's group kept the pressure on to 59-8 at halftime, then shut out BSM 20-0 in the third to remove any doubt, before finishing 29-5 in the last period.
Ewen Man-Fei Leung (13, FRA) set the tone and never let up, pouring in 36 points. He scored the game's first two baskets and later strung together 8 consecutive points spanning late in the third and early in the fourth. Adrian Ion Zianveni (13) added 19, including the team's lone free throw, while Yohannes Thomas Michael (11) chipped 17 with one three. Luca Marnach De Angelis (11) reached double figures with 10. Mark Mencler (13) contributed 6 points and hit back-to-back buckets late in the first quarter; he also picked up two quick fouls in the second. Michael fouled out in the third after a flurry of infractions, but NIT's momentum never dipped.
Collectively, NIT's dominance at the rim was striking: 52 made two-point field goals, plus one three and a single free throw. BSM managed five field goals all game and three free throws. For the hosts, captain Ylan Madoki Bigas (13, BEL) led with 6 points, supported by Luca Donini (13) with 4 and Maxime Louis Toussaint (11) with 3.
Timeouts by BSM in the first and second quarters briefly paused the surge, but NIT kept finding lanes and finishing. With this result, Nitia Bettembourg move to 2-0 and sit first in the classification (two wins in a row), while Black Star Mersch are 0-1 and fifth. Coach Michael Wilsing will look for offensive answers after a scoreless third quarter.
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