Arantia Larochette won the M-U22 decisive final against Gréngewald Hueschtert, 77-69, after a game that changed direction more than once.
GRE started better. Luca Pividor and Max Frederik Hessz hit early threes, Sam Urwald scored in different ways, and Lex Bauer helped the visitors build a 20-24 lead after the first quarter. Gréngewald then reached the game's highest lead at 25-35 in the second period, with Pividor on a clear long-range roll.
That stretch was the turning point. Coach Karolis Abramavicius' team answered with a 14-3 run. Leandro Rodrigues-Machado (19, 1.90m, FRA) scored inside, Alan Genoud (Season PPG: 9.94) knocked down two threes, and Edson Rafael De Sousa Silva (Season PPG: 25.92) kept attacking. Arantia flipped the game and went into halftime in front, 43-38.
Coach Ricky Easterling's side reacted well after the break. GRE opened the third quarter with six straight points to move back ahead at 43-44, and later pushed the score to 48-52. Arantia's answer was again strong: Noé Tibold converted two free throws, Lee Brosius hit a three, and Mathis Dieterlen added another from deep for an 8-0 burst that closed the quarter at 56-52.
The fourth quarter belonged largely to De Sousa Silva, the 19-year-old Portuguese guard. He opened with four straight points, then later added another personal 6-0 sequence, finishing with 34 points. Arantia also received 10 points each from Tibold, Genoud and Mykolas Maindron (Season PPG: 20.33). Genoud and Maindron both fouled out, but ARA still controlled the final minutes.
For GRE, Bauer (Season PPG: 17.46) and Pividor scored 18 each, Urwald (Season PPG: 24.58) had 17, and German guard/forward Hessz (Season PPG: 12.67) added 13. Pividor's 18 points all came from six three-pointers, and those four players combined for 66 of GRE's 69 points.
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