Mambra Mamer B, coached by Paul Jacque, controlled this M-U14 Division 5 Phase finale return game and beat Black Star Mersch 88-57 in Mamer. The home side moved up to 4th place (+1), while Black Star is now 5th (+1). Mamer also took the season head-to-head 2-1 after losing the first meeting.
The first quarter was still open. Black Star led 12-6 and later 16-12, mainly through captain Ylan Madoki Bigas (Season PPG: 22.33). Mamer then changed the rhythm. Nikolaos Kouvaras (Season PPG: 2.85) and Ayoub Saoudaoui (Season PPG: 7.75) brought the score back level at 12-12, and Tammo Becker (Season PPG: 8.11) gave strong bench production. From 13-16, Mamer closed the period on a 15-4 run to lead 28-20.
The second quarter widened the gap. Black Star stayed close for a while at 33-26, but Zorz and Saoudaoui pushed Mamer to 41-28. By halftime, the margin was 50-33, with Mamer scoring steadily inside and from the line.
Black Star had its best reaction in the third. Madoki Bigas, Denis Notarnicola (Season PPG: 9.46) and Honga (BSM) helped cut the deficit to 52-43. That was the key moment of the game. Becker answered with 4 points in a row, then Pharrell Demougin, a 12-year-old from France, and Quentin Faltz (Season PPG: 2.57) restored control and lifted Mamer to 65-47.
The game was decided at the start of the fourth quarter. Mamer opened with 15 unanswered points, turning 65-47 into 80-47, and later reached its highest lead at 87-51. Saoudaoui finished with 20 points, Becker added 17 and Demougin 14. For Black Star, Madoki Bigas had 16, Notarnicola 12 and Maxime Toussaint 10. Madoki Bigas and Til Zorz both picked up three personal fouls already in the first quarter, but remained involved. The result ends Mamer's three-game losing streak, while Black Star's losing run extends to nine.
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