AB Contern B controlled Basket Esch C from the tip in Contern/Central, winning 68-22 after a 16-2 first quarter that set the tone. Maxime Daems (Season PPG: 5.62) opened the scoring and poured in 10 of Contern's first 14 points as the hosts raced to a 14-0 start. An early Esch timeout couldn't halt the momentum, and Contern closed the quarter at 16-2.
The second period began with another 8-0 stretch to 24-2, and Contern reached halftime up 35-11 (19-9 in Q2). After the break, David Lopes Meysembourg (Season PPG: 3.67) strung together a personal 6-0 in the third, part of an 8-0 opening to the half, pushing the margin to 43-11 before Esch could answer. The hosts added an 11-0 burst early in the fourth to remove any doubt, building the highest lead to 48 points at 68-20.
Contern's production came almost entirely inside: 31 made two-pointers and one triple (by Elias Harsch, Season PPG: 7.20), plus three free throws. Basket Esch managed eight field goals and six free throws. For Contern, William Scott Ruppert (Season PPG: 10.00) led with 14, Daems 12, Lopes Meysembourg 12, Colin Dumont Zimmer (Season PPG: 12.00) 8, Harsch 7, and captain Naël Hussain Teixeira (Season PPG: 9.83) 7. For Esch, Rudy Mendes Silva (13, PRT) had 6, with Paul Martin Bernard (12, FRA) 4, Ryan Felipe Semedo Tavares (12, PRT) 4, Bryan Felipe Semedo Tavares (12, PRT) 4 and Nikola Mander Tavan (13) 4.
Coach Jeffrey Nicolas Jamal Schumacher's rotation kept fresh legs and sustained pressure through all four quarters. Coach Hamid Ait-Mesbah's side is still searching for rhythm and remains winless (three straight losses). With this result, Contern climbs to 2nd in the Phase 2 classification (+3), now 2-1.
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