In a close clash between the new No.1 and No.2 in M-U14 Division 5, Bascharage Hedgehogs edged T71 Dudelange C 56-55 and stretched their run to four straight wins. T71C had arrived on a three-game winning streak and started better, going 9-4 up through Fynn Trierweiler (Season PPG: 13.00), Marceau Delle (Season PPG: 9.60) and Robin Bechet (Season PPG: 7.50). BAS closed the first quarter strongly and moved ahead 14-13, with Leo Chiapolino (BAS) already productive.
The second quarter was T71C's best attacking phase. Leo Lepiller (Season PPG: 7.71) scored 6 points in a row in the middle of a 10-2 spell that pushed the home side to its biggest lead, 27-22. T71C still held a 33-30 advantage at the break, but BAS stayed close thanks to Léi Bernard (BAS), who scored inside and added 2 made free throws.
The game swung after halftime. BAS opened the third quarter with 8 unanswered points, turning 33-30 into 38-33. Lucas Guardado Cristino (BAS) and Istok Pecirep (BAS) were key in that stretch, while Trierweiler answered to bring T71C back to 37-38.
The last quarter stayed on one-possession margins. T71C briefly led 49-46 after Trierweiler's two free throws, but BAS replied with an 8-0 run to 54-49 and created its own biggest lead later at 56-51. Trierweiler kept T71C alive and hit a late three to cut it to 56-55, but Bascharage Hedgehogs were the winners of this close game.
Top scorers were Bernard and Guardado Cristino with 16 each, Chiapolino with 14 and Pecirep with 8 for BAS. For T71C, Trierweiler finished with 17, Lepiller 10, Delle 9 and Bechet 7.
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