Kordall Steelers controlled the middle stretches to win 78-68 over T71 Dudelange in Berbourg. T71 started brighter: after an early exchange, Trey Wood (T71) scored back-to-back baskets and Max Schmit (T71) added a triple as the hosts built a 22-11 lead, closing the first quarter up 22-15. Early in the second, Timo Tani (T71) pushed it to 29-17, the night?s largest T71 margin.
From there, Kordall flipped the game with a 24-7 run to halftime. Jimmie Taylor (KDS) fueled the surge with a three and a series of scores, Fabian Abgodenou (KDS) piled in points at the rim, and Ivan Delgado (KDS) hit from outside. Taylor?s free throw gave KDS its first lead at 32-31, and further makes from Taylor and Finn Reisdorffer (KDS) sent the visitors to the break ahead 41-36.
KDS threatened to break away in the third, stretching it to 60-47 on contributions from Taylor, Reisdorffer and a three by Lenn Dondelinger (KDS). T71 answered with an 8-0 burst ? Raphael Kemmer (T71) from deep, Jackson Sivills (T71) from long range, and Tani inside ? to close the quarter at 55-60.
Coach Antinio Lopez?s timeout early in the fourth came after Kordall opened with another 8-0 run (Abgodenou, Lenn Guedes (KDS), Taylor and captain Joe Kalmes (KDS)) for 68-55. Sivills strung together free throws and a two to keep T71 in touch, but Abgodenou?s late three and steady finishing kept the gap in double figures; KDS? largest lead reached 15 at 76-61.
Taylor (KDS) led all scorers with 22 and navigated four fouls without fouling out. Abgodenou (KDS) added 13, Reisdorffer (KDS) 10, with Kalmes (KDS) and Delgado (KDS) chipping in 9 each. For T71, Sivills (T71) had 18, Wood (T71) 10, Steve Kuhlmann (T71) 9 from beyond the arc, while Schmit (T71), the home captain, and Kemmer (T71) added 7 apiece. Coach Christophe Ney?s side won the decisive minutes late in the second and to start the fourth, stringing together the key runs that shaped the game?s evolution.
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T71 Dudelange 
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