T71 Dudelange C controlled the first and last phases well to beat Black Frogs Schieren 38-28 in M-U14 Division 5 Phase 1. Charel Brettner's team stayed unbeaten after three games and climbed one place to 2nd, level on classification points with leader Bascharage. Black Frogs remained 4th at 1-2.
The first quarter gave T71C the early grip. After Nick Huth (FRO) opened the scoring, Devon Martins Lopes (Season PPG: 7.60) answered with T71's first 4 points, and Leo Lepiller (Season PPG: 7.60) helped push the margin to 14-6 at the break.
The best Black Frogs stretch came in the second quarter. Anne Wiance's side produced an 8-0 run to tie the game at 14-14, with Milio Ilan Rosati (FRO) scoring 6 points in a row during that sequence. T71 reacted calmly and closed the half with 4 unanswered points for an 18-14 lead.
The third quarter stayed competitive, but T71 kept the initiative. Danis Novalic (T71C), Nikita Elias Bellomi (T71C) and Lepiller extended the advantage again, and the home side entered the last period up 30-22. The key moment came early in the fourth, when Sebastian Dominique Lori (T71C), Lepiller and captain Rodrigo Araujo Cunha (T71C) lifted the lead to 36-24, the biggest gap of the game. Schieren cut it to 8 through Huth and Jayson Toni Cunha (FRO), but Fynn Loes (T71C) scored the last basket.
Lepiller led T71 with 12 points, Martins Lopes added 9, and Araujo Cunha had 5. For Black Frogs, Rosati and captain Olivier Mathieu (FRO) each scored 8, while Huth contributed 6.
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