North Fox won a close game against Nitia Bettembourg, 79-73, and the result also shifted the table: Fox climbed one place to 3rd, while Nitia slipped to 4th. It was Fox's second straight win, whereas Nitia extended its losing run to three games.
The game changed direction several times. Fox started sharply with an 8-0 lead behind early baskets from Nils Rob (FOX), Dzenan Muratovic (FOX) and Marvin Carvalho (17, 1.91m). Nitia then settled, mainly through Wesley Almeida (20, 1.71m) and Owen Chen (20, 1.76m), and turned the score around after trailing 28-24. Chen was especially dangerous in that phase and put together 8 points in a row for Nitia during a strong stretch that helped his team build a 47-37 advantage, their highest lead.
That was the crucial moment of the game. Fox answered with a 12-0 run to erase the deficit and move from 41-49 to 53-49. Muratovic was central in that response, with Rob, Carvalho and Mathys Neves (20, 1.93m) also scoring in the sequence. Nitia still found a way back to 59-59, but Fox handled the next possessions better and rebuilt control through its inside scoring.
Muratovic finished as the main difference-maker with 34 points, while captain Rob added 24, including key late baskets. Carvalho gave Fox 10 and Neves 8. For Nitia, Chen delivered 29 points and Almeida 25, with Mathieu Mujkic Launois (NIT) adding 13. Late in the game, after Nitia had reduced the gap to 73-70, Fox answered with 6 unanswered points to create the separation that decided the contest.
Both teams had productive leading scorers, but Fox's response to Nitia's best run and its late composure made the narrow win possible for coach Noryen Durand Lasley's side against Bradley Gene Melton's team.
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