KPMG edged Titans 54-50 at lux gare in a tight Bascol Division 2 game defined by swings of momentum and late shot-making.
Titans started fast at 0-5, all from Mihnea Fulop who scored five in a row, but KPMG replied with a 6-0 burst (Asier Ugarte-Carlos Wagner-Ugarte) to take the lead and close the first quarter up 12-10. The second period belonged to Liviu Constantin Rusu: he strung together a personal 0-9 with back-to-back-to-back threes to push Titans ahead 12-19, their largest lead (+7). KPMG steadied through Abdessamad Jamal's short-range work and free throws to 23-23. At 25-25 a technical foul on Miguel Gonzalez Vargas gave Jamal a free throw for 26-25, yet Titans still reached halftime 28-29.
After the break, Ugarte and Alexandre Weinand hit from deep for 34-31, only for Titans to answer through Rusu and Corentin Guissard to lead 37-39 after three. Early in the fourth, Gonzalez Vargas put up five quick points for 37-41, but KPMG answered immediately with Wagner and Ugarte for 42-41. The key sequence came from 48-48: Weinand, KPMG's captain, drilled a three for 51-48; after Guissard trimmed it to 51-50, Weinand struck again from long range to make it 54-50 and close it out. Coach Alexandre Weinand's group finished on a 6-2 run.
Top performers
- KPMG: Ugarte 13, Wagner 11, Weinand 10 (three triples, two in the clutch), Jamal 7, Marc Akpeubi 6 (two late free throws to tie at 48-48), Krishnanunni Kannara 2.
- Titans: Rusu 18 with four threes, Gonzalez Vargas 14 (despite a second-quarter technical and later foul trouble), Guissard 10, Fulop 4 (opened the game with five straight team points), Stylianos Gkikas 2, Raphaël Barelli 2.
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