Titans controlled the middle quarters to win 62-48 at dreiborn against BBC BIL in Bascol Division 2. After a balanced start (16-16), the visitors separated the game around halftime and never looked back.
BIL surged to 16-11 in the first after Luka Jovicic (18) and RevyllJones Ratanga (11) hit backtoback triples, part of Jovicic's 10-point opening quarter. Titans answered immediately: Artur Wozniak (12) and Liviu Constantin Rusu (23) levelled at 16-16.
The second quarter swung with mini-runs. David Torres Dos Santos (8) drilled two threes to nudge BIL ahead 24-22, but Rusu tied it and put Titans up 27-24. Jovicic trimmed it to 26-27 before Miguel Gonzalez Vargas (9) struck twice from deep in succession for 26-33, sending Titans to the break +5.
The decisive break came early in the third: from 30-33, Titans stitched a 9-0 run to 30-42, with Rusu pouring 7 of those points (3+2+2) and Wozniak adding the other basket. A technical foul (T1) on captain Raphaël Barll gave BIL two free throws that Dany Deaibes (8) converted, but Rusu's fifth three of the night later pushed the gap to 36-51, the largest lead at +15.
Titans opened the fourth with a 6-0 spurt (40-57) through Raphaël Barll and Mihnea Fulop (4), before Deaibes scored four in a row for BIL. Rusu closed the scoring with another three for 62-48.
Top performers:
- Titans: Rusu 23 (five triples, key thirdquarter burst), Wozniak 12 (all from two), Gonzalez Vargas 9 (two threes in a row in Q2), Stphan Jeandey 6. Coach: Raphaël Barelli.
- BBC BIL: Jovicic 18, Ratanga 11, Deaibes 8 (two free throws in a row in Q3, two field goals in a row in Q4), Torres Dos Santos 8. Coach: Claude Victor.
Titans held BIL to 20 points after halftime, winning the second half 29-20 and controlling the game's tempo once they seized momentum late in the second quarter.
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