T71 Dudelange C edged Telstar Hesperange 38-32 in M-U14 Division 4 (Phase 1), turning the game in a hard-fought third quarter and surviving a late push.
Telstar opened sharper with a 6-0 start (FRITSCH and IONESCU) and led 12-8 after the first period. T71C trimmed it to 17-20 at halftime but still trailed. The contest flipped after the break: T71C held Telstar to just four points in the third quarter and strung together a 12-1 run from 17-22 to 29-23. Levi Besch (T71C, 13) hit back-to-back baskets to spark the surge, Aurélien Da Rocha (T71C, 13) and Dany Teixeira Mendes (T71C, 12) added layups, and Jules Wirion (T71C, 13) closed the stretch with two finishes at the rim.
Telstar briefly threatened at the start of the fourth as captain Tao Raphael Ozier-Lafontaine (TEL, 13, FRA) and Martin Giordana Pi (TEL, 10, ITA) cut it to 29-28, but Wirion answered with a key two and, later, a timely three for 36-30. A late basket by IONESCU only narrowed it to the final margin. Telstar's coach Romas Degutis received a B1 technical in the fourth quarter. Ozier-Lafontaine committed two quick fouls in the second period, which limited his aggression for stretches.
Wirion led all scorers with 15 points, repeatedly breaking the defense off the dribble and from deep. Besch added 9 and Teixeira Mendes 6 for the hosts. For Telstar, Giordana Pi posted 9, while CHINI and FRITSCH contributed 4 each, matched by IONESCU and Stanislaw Jan Kwasniewski (TEL, 13, POL).
Game evolution stood at 8-12, 17-20, 29-24, 38-32. T71C's largest lead reached eight (38-30); Telstar's biggest was six (12-6).
In the table, Telstar remains 3rd (1-2), while T71C climbs to 4th (+1, 1-1). After opening with a loss, T71C responded with this win; Telstar's sequence moves to loss, win, loss. Coach Paul Hulten's group gained separation with that decisive third-quarter stretch and enough control late.
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T71 Dudelange C 
Telstar Hesperange 
