5th-ranked Mambra Mamer beat 7th-ranked Nitia Bettembourg 117-73 and stopped a two-game losing run, while NIT dropped a fourth straight game.
Coach Dragan Stipanovic's team took control early at 19-11 after one quarter, but the game was still open at halftime, with NIT staying close at 39-46. Bettembourg found scoring from Nicolas Parrish (27, 1.75m, USA), Christopher Teck (NIT) and Jérôme Bous (NIT), and even edged the second quarter 28-27.
The decisive moment came immediately after the break. Mamer opened the third period with a 9-0 run to move from 46-39 to 55-39, then kept rolling. After NIT briefly scored to 42-55, MAM produced a massive 30-6 stretch and closed the quarter at 85-48. From there, the gap kept growing to a game-high 44 points late in the fourth.
Mamer's frontcourt-anchor Terry L Winn III (31, 1.99m, USA) was the clear reference point: 34 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, plus the game MVP ranking. Gianluca Pellegrino Ombroni (33, 1.91m, ESP) added 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 3/5 from three and 2/2 on free throws, with good overall efficiency. Olivier Schneider (MAM) gave strong support with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists on perfect 4/4 shooting inside and 1/1 from deep. Sam Schaaf (MAM) also had an efficient 10 points on 5/6 from two.
MAM dominated the glass 48-24 and shot a good 67% from two-point range, plus a good 39% from three. NIT had productive moments from Parrish, who finished with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, while Teck hit 4 threes for 12 points and Bous scored 13. Bettembourg still shot a good 51% on twos, but the third quarter changed the whole game.
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