Amicale Steesel B edged AB Contern B 50-49 in Steinsel after a tense finish in the M-U14 Division 7 Phase 2 round-robin. Oliver Barth's team started better, closing the first quarter on an 8-2 push for 12-7. Contern, coached by Jeffrey Schumacher, answered in the second behind Maxime Daems and a Colin Dumont Zimmer triple to level it 21-21 at halftime.
AMIB reasserted control in the third: Max Reiter and Atanas Atapov (10 years old, BGR) fueled a 17-11 period, with William Santos Ferreira adding key baskets for a 38-32 lead. When Santos Ferreira opened the fourth to make it 40-32, AMIB had its largest margin (+8).
Contern then mounted a comeback. Tim Limpach and Dumont Zimmer trimmed the gap before Elias Harsch scored inside, and Daems knocked down three free throws in a row to pull within one (48-47). Dumont Zimmer added two more from the line for Contern's first late lead, 49-48. AMIB replied through Lex Diederich (11), who scored the last two field goals for the hosts in the quarter, including the decisive basket for 50-49.
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- AMIB: Atapov 12, Santos Ferreira 10 (Season PPG: 3.5) despite four fouls, Diederich 7 with the game-winner, Reiter 6, Louis Kohn 6.
- CONB: Dumont Zimmer 16 (Season PPG: 12.8; tied his season high), Daems 11 with three straight late free throws, Leandro Almeida Cardoso 9, William Scott Ruppert 5.
Sequences that swung the game: AMIB's 8-2 close to Q1, their +8 early in Q4, and Contern's late 5-0 from the stripe (Daems 3, Dumont Zimmer 2) to briefly grab the lead before Diederich sealed it.
In the standings, AMIB moves to 2nd after two games of Phase 2, with Contern in 3rd.
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