Basket Esch C took a clear 74-32 away win over North Fox in the M-U14 Division 7 final phase. Hamid Ait-Mesbah's side moved up two places into 1st, while North Fox stayed 4th and extended its losing run to five games. After the first meeting had gone to North Fox by forfeit, this return was controlled on court by LALC.
The game was shaped very early. Esch opened on a 10-0 run, with Bryan Felipe Semedo Tavares (Season PPG: 5.50) scoring the first 4 points and Gabriel Stefan Kühne Meza (Season PPG: 10.64) establishing himself inside. North Fox reacted through Thierry Neu (Season PPG: 4.14) and Rodrigue Raphaël Nelson Boreux (Season PPG: 4.60), but LALC still led 16-6 after the first quarter.
The gap continued to grow in the second period, first to 22-6 and then to 30-13 at halftime. Kühne Meza remained the main scoring reference, with useful support from Noah Valentino Diaz Catani (Season PPG: 3.11), Matteo Markovic (Season PPG: 2.00) and Théo Brohez (Season PPG: 3.00). For FOX, Ben Majeres (Season PPG: 5.17) and Yann Weber (Season PPG: 3.17) kept working to limit the damage.
The decisive stretch came in the third quarter. Esch won it 23-6 and turned 15-34 into 15-44. Lionel Matheis Gamba (12, COG) caught fire there with 6 straight points. Kühne Meza finished with a game-high 24 and matched his season high, while Gamba added 10, Semedo Tavares 9 and Diaz Catani 8.
LALC's highest lead reached 49 points at 72-23. North Fox still produced a better late phase, closing on a 9-0 run from 23-72 to 32-72 before Kaylan Santos Shehapi (LALC) scored the final basket. Boreux led FOX with 9 points, and Franzen and Majeres added 6 each. Neither team made a three-pointer.
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