At lux gare, BBC BIL overpowered KPMG 70-40 (5-18, 7-14, 7-20, 21-18) in Bascol Division 2. KPMG opened 2-0, but BIL answered with an 11-1 run to 13-3 and never looked back, holding the hosts to 12 first-half points (12-32). Under coach Arnaud Paul Groven, BIL closed the third quarter on an 8-0 burst for 19-52 and stretched the largest lead to 38 (66-28) before KPMG finished on an 8-0 run.
Balanced scoring led BIL: Luka Jovicic (BIL) posted 21 points (6 free throws, 6 two-pointers, 1 three-pointer), Dany Deaibes (BIL) added 21 built on 9 two-pointers and 3 free throws, and Revyll-Jones Ratanga (BIL) had 16 (6 twos, 1 three). Captain Arnaud Gallais (BIL) scored 6, Clifton Cano (BIL) 4, and Kees Frijters (BIL) came in during the third and scored immediately for 2.
For KPMG, player-coach and captain Alexandre Weinand (KPM) led with 15, including 11 after the break. Asier Ugarte (KPM) had 8, Mahdi Bahsoun (KPM) 6, Simone D'Agostino (KPM) 5, Kharthik Kumar Chellappan Ramesh (KPM) 4, and Andrea Speciale (KPM) 2.
Game flow hinged on BIL's sustained control of the paint and midrange: only two made threes for BIL (Jovicic, Ratanga), but steady production inside plus 10 made free throws. KPMG also hit two threes (Weinand, Ugarte) and made 6 free throws. Third-quarter discipline hurt the hosts, with an unsportsmanlike foul on Ugarte (KPM) and a technical on Speciale (KPM), while Ratanga (BIL) managed four fouls and remained effective.
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