Basket Esch B, 3rd in the standings, controlled most of this M-U14 Division 4 game against 6th-placed BBC East Side Pirates B and secured a second straight win. Gilles Poos' team remains on a three-game losing run.
The game turned quickly after an early 3-2 Pirates edge. Bryan Semedo Tavares (LALB) then scored 8 consecutive points and pushed Esch in front 10-7. Damien Thill's side closed the first quarter at 15-7 and extended that surge to 21-7 early in the second period, an 8-0 run across the break.
BBC East Side Pirates B reacted well in the second quarter. The 12-year-old captain Demir Eco (Season PPG: 11.40) sparked the response with 5 points in a short span, and the visitors cut the gap to 26-16 before Basket Esch B settled again for a 30-18 halftime lead.
The third quarter stayed more balanced at 15-13. Quinn Kremer Schram (BEPB) kept the Pirates in contact and finished as the game's top scorer with 19 points, while Eco added 12. Esch answered each push: Bryan Semedo Tavares reached 18, Niels Sobkowiak (LALB) scored 10, Mathys Negi Bounounou Anriques (Season PPG: 3.80) also had 10, and Leonardo Leoci (LALB) contributed 8.
The Pirates were still within reach at 58-43 in the fourth, helped by Kremer Schram and Yannis Max Viard (Season PPG: 4.40), who had picked up fouls in clusters from the third into the fourth quarter. Esch finished more cleanly, closing on a 6-0 run to reach the final 21-point margin, their highest lead of the afternoon.
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