Bascharage Hedgehogs B controlled Musel Pikes C from the start, winning 81-61 in Bascharage. After a 4-4 opening, Coach Goran Lukic's team broke the game open with a 16-2 tear to 20-6 and closed the first quarter 22-11. Musel steadied in the second, but only after Dzenan Eco (19, 1.96m) opened the period with two quick baskets. When Teodor Lukic (17, 1.86m) hit from deep for 38-23, Musel answered with an 8-0 burst fueled by Chris Konsbruck and a three from Christian Heinesch, trimming it to 38-31. Eco's late three restored a 41-31 halftime cushion.
The third quarter decided it. Eco authored a personal run of 13 consecutive team points for BASB a free throw, multiple twos and a pair of threes stretching the gap to 56-34 and effectively settling matters at 68-44 after three. Musel got to the line in the fourth (10 made free throws overall, four by Heinesch), but Bascharage's spacing and shot-making held, peaking at +28 (76-48) after a Romeo Giampaolo three, before closing at +20.
Eco led all scorers with 32 on 8 twos and 5 threes. Support came from Lukic (13), Fabio Teixeira Ribeiro (9), Daniel Tshilumba (8) and Petar Dzelalija (6, 29, HRV). For Musel, Konsbruck had 11, Nevzat Dzudzevic (26, SCG) 10 inside, Heinesch 10 (two triples, late free throws), with Sascha Herbert Felix adding 7 and Maximilian Tschiderer 7. Krzystof Radzimski (33, POL) chipped in 5 including three free throws.
Bascharage hit 11 threes to Musel's 3, offsetting the visitors' advantage at the stripe (10 made FTs to 4). In the standings, BASB move to 1st (+10) at 1-0, while Coach Pit Ries's Musel slip to 0-2 in 7th, two losses in a row.
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