Gréngewald Hueschtert B took a 49-40 home win over North Fox in M-U14 Division 7 Phase 1 and the game turned mainly on the second quarter. FOX started better and led 9-6 after one period, with Liam Pablo Teixeira (FOX) giving them a lift by scoring 7 of his team's last 7 points in the quarter.
Coach Ricky Easterling's GREB side changed the rhythm in the second period. After trailing 6-9, GREB opened the quarter with a 9-0 run to move in front 15-9, then added another 6-0 stretch later for a 21-12 halftime lead. Liam Ruppert (Season PPG: 7.40) was central in that phase, scoring 5 straight points early in the quarter, while Sam Richardy (GREB) and Peer Konsbruck (Season PPG: 9.60) added important support.
The third quarter kept the same direction. Tom Peter Zajc (GREB) scored repeatedly around the basket and GREB pushed the margin to 33-17, then entered the last period up 33-21. Early in the fourth, the home team reached its highest lead at 41-21, with Konsbruck and Sebastián Enrique Aalbers (GREB) extending the advantage.
FOX still made the finish more competitive. Yann Weber (FOX) led a strong reaction and the visitors produced 13 unanswered points from 47-27 to 47-40. That late push cut the gap to 7 before Konsbruck's final basket ended the run.
GREB had balanced scoring: Ruppert 11, Zajc 10, Richardy 8, Aalbers 8, Konsbruck 6. FOX relied most on Teixeira's 11, Weber's 11 and Ben Franzen's 8, while Rodrigue Raphaël Nelson Boreux (FOX) added 6. In the standings, GREB moved up three places to 2nd at 2-1, while FOX stayed 6th and fell to 0-3 after a third straight loss.
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