League leaders T71 Dudelange B, coached by Idris Kader, controlled this M-Division 2 game from the opening minutes and beat fifth-placed Nitia Bettembourg B 92-41. T71B are now on a 3-game winning streak and climbed 3 places to rank 1.
The first separation came quickly. Fabian Agbodenou (T71B) opened with a 3, and with support from Arnaud Yann Menu (26, FRA), Rafael Costa Farinha (T71B) and Andy Eicke (33, 2.05m), the home side moved to 10-2 and closed the first quarter 21-7. The game turned heavily in the second period: T71B pushed from 24-10 to 31-10, then ended the half with 9 unanswered points for a 50-17 lead.
Menu and Agbodenou were on a roll in that phase, while Costa Farinha and Eicke kept adding efficient interior scoring. Bettembourg had a better spell in the third quarter through Arnaud Yves Gilbert Pyee (NITB) and Bill Marteling (NITB), but T71B still extended the margin to 67-26.
Early in the fourth, the lead reached 80-26. NITB answered with 7 straight points, with Joël Pompei (NITB) scoring 5 in a row and Luc Becker (NITB) adding 2 more, but T71B quickly restored the gap, which peaked at 54 points before the final basket.
Agbodenou led all scorers with 28. Menu added 24, Eicke 17 and Costa Farinha 14 for T71B. For NITB, Ben Molling (32, 1.86m) scored 8, Eric Picco (NITB) 6, while Marteling and Pompei finished with 5 each.
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