Nitia Bettembourg controlled North Fox 86-59 in Reuler, flipping the script from October's 67-63 home loss and finally halting a long skid. The visitors opened 8-1 behind early shot-making, led 24-18 after 10 minutes and went to halftime up 42-35. North Fox briefly steadied the game in the third (15-14) and trailed only 56-50 entering the last quarter. Then came the break: Nitia unleashed a decisive 17-0 run to 73-50. Chris Leclerc strung together eight straight points for NIT during that surge (3-2-3), with Nicolas Saquan Parrish adding a dagger three. The largest gap reached 28 (86-58), with the fourth quarter finishing 30-9.
Nitia's balance and efficiency inside told: 51% on 2s (good by standard) and a 37-29 rebounding edge, while keeping turnovers to 12. North Fox struggled mightily from the line (13/36, 36%) and from deep (2/16, 13%), undercutting their 10 assists.
Parrish (26, 1.75m, USA) was the standout: 34 points, 6/7 FT and 5 threes at 50% from beyond the arc (Season PPG: 12.88, RPG: 5.44, AssPG: 4.56). Leclerc added 12 and a key fourth-quarter burst; Mathieu Ercolani (Season PPG: 7.93, RPG: 4.48) chipped in 14 and was perfect from three. Louis-Stéphane Lobe Lobas (30, 1.86m, FRA) posted 8 points and 12 rebounds. Coach Bradley Melton's group even absorbed a bench technical in Q2 without losing grip on the game.
For North Fox, Jona Hanf (22, 2.04m, BEL) registered a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds (Season PPG: 10.79, RPG: 11.48). Charel Linden matched him with 14 (Season PPG: 16.53, RPG: 6.18, AssPG: 3.73), though he went 6/14 at the stripe. Nadjahou Mousel Mounda (27, 1.79m, COM) had 10, and Tom Uding added 9 plus six offensive boards.
Trend-wise, Nitia finally won after a long series of losses, while North Fox's difficult run continued. The key swing was that 17-0 burst early in the fourth that decided the contest.
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