T71 Dudelange C controlled its trip to Mersch, beating Black Star Mersch 56-29 in M-U14 Division 4. Coach Paul Hulten's team built the lead methodically, taking every quarter: 13-9, 13-4, 14-8, 16-8. After an early 0-4 start, BSM briefly leveled at 8-8, but T71C closed the first period on a 5-0 burst and never looked back. A 0-4 to open Q2 by Ben Stork (two straight baskets) pushed the gap to 9-17, and Tomas Fernandes capped the half with a personal 5-0 to 26-13.
Out of the break, Lorenzo Magoum (Season PPG: 1.86) kept the visitors moving with quick scores, and the margin reached 21-40 by the end of the third. In the fourth, T71C opened with a 6-0 (21-46) and finished the game on an 8-0 run, highlighted by Fernandes drilling back-to-back threes before Devon Martins Lopes sealed it. The largest lead was the final 27 points.
Magoum led T71C with 13, Fernandes Pedro (12, PRT) matched him with 13 and three triples, while Martins Lopes and Stork added 8 each. Alex Castro, Ewan Contreras, Aurélien Da Rocha and Rodrigo Araujo Cunha chipped in valuable baskets.
For BSM, captain Ylan Madoki Bigas (13, BEL) was the offense, posting 22 points and accounting for 76% of his team's total, often scoring in strings to halt T71C runs. Denis Notarnicola had 3, with Elias Altmann and Nuno Moreira Rodrigues adding 2 apiece. Coach Aleksandar Petrovic's side defended stretches well but struggled to find secondary scoring.
Form and table movement reflect the trend: T71C has rebounded from an opening loss with back-to-back wins and climbs to 3rd (+1). Black Star remains winless (0-3) in 5th.
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