Eur. Investment Bank B controlled Demy Rebounders 55-43 at the stade in Bascol Division 4. After falling behind 2-5, EIBB settled with early baskets from Fotios Kalantzis (EIBB) and Antonio Sanchez (EIBB) to take the first quarter 16-12. DRS answered through perimeter shots by Pauline Hublart (DRS) and Ben Schmitz (DRS), but the hosts had the steadier stretch.
The key phase came in the second quarter: from 21-20, EIBB strung together a 10-2 run to reach 31-22 at halftime, fueled by Patricio Novales (EIBB) with back-to-back scores and Nicolae Predescu (EIBB) adding a finish. EIBB opened the third with a 4-0 minipush to 35-22 before Hublart hit again from deep, and Schmitz kept DRS in touch. EIBB still led 41-30 after three.
In the fourth, Predescu buried two triples and Kalantzis kept attacking, stretching the advantage to the night's biggest gap at 55-38. DRS closed on a 5-0 run, but the margin remained safe.
Kalantzis paced EIBB with 15 points, Sanchez added 14 including a firsthalf triple, and Novales had 10 before fouling out in the fourth; Predescu's 8 came with two timely threes. EIBB also navigated foul trouble as Joan Mogas Segui (EIBB) fouled out and Sanchez received an unsportsmanlike foul (U2) at 55-41.
For DRS, Schmitz led with 15 (two threes) despite four personals, and Sebastian Hommel (DRS) scored 14, including late free throws and drives. Hublart hit three triples and finished with 10. DRS' triple shooting (five makes from Schmitz and Hublart) kept them close for stretches, but EIBB's balanced scoring across four quarters under coach Nicolae Predescu prevailed against Sebastian Hommel's side.
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