T71 Dudelange beat Musel Pikes 80-69 in Stadtbredimus, avenging the onepoint defeat from the first meeting. The visitors built the win early: after Musel opened 6-2 behind three quick baskets from Marko Mustafic (Season PPG: 12.88), T71 answered with Fabian Agbodenou, Nils Schroeder and Uros Male evic to close the first quarter 16-25. Schroeder strung together backtoback scores in the second and Male evic drilled a late triple for a 27-41 halftime cushion, T71's largest gap later peaking at +16 (27-43).
Musel's response came in the third. A Jason Hartz (Season PPG: 16.33) three and an Enzo Sanna triple kickstarted an 11-0 run, with Konan Boglin Oth (18, 1.90m, MKD; Season PPG: 22.86) driving the surge. The hosts pulled within 50-52 before T71 steadied to 50-54 at the buzzer.
Laurent Schmitz's team regained control with an 8-0 burst to start the fourth (50-62). When Musel trimmed it to 64-69 on an Abram Macalou (MUS) three, T71 delivered the decisive 8-0 run: Schroeder's free throw and a three, two makes at the line from Len Guedes, then a Schroeder two for 64-77. Hartz, important for Musel, fouled out late after a string of fourthquarter fouls.
Male evic (19, 1.95m; Season PPG: 20.56) led T71 with 27 on nine 2s and three 3s, Schroeder added 22 (Season PPG: 14.82) and Agbodenou 11. Rafael Costa Farinha chipped in 9, while Justin Lux (T71) scored 4. For Musel, Oth had 22, Mustafic 16, Hartz 12 and Sanna 7; Macalou (MUS) added 6.
Both teams hit seven threes; T71's balance (25 twopoint makes, 9 free throws) and fourthquarter composure proved decisive. In the standings, Musel sits 3rd at 7-5, T71 climbs to 4th at 7-4, extending their winning streak to seven. Coach Adrien Frédérique Jacquet's side has now dropped two straight.
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