T71 Dudelange B took a clear 93-56 home win over Bascharage Hedgehogs B and, with a fifth straight victory, moved up one place to 1st in M-Division 2 at 5-0. Bascharage, now on a four-game losing run, stays near the bottom in 10th at 0-4 despite a one-place gain in the table.
The game changed quickly after a balanced start. Bascharage led 5-2 through Philippe Kemp (21, 1.96m), but T71B answered with a 15-2 run to 17-7. Justin Lux (18, 1.92m) was immediately on a roll, scoring 8 consecutive points for the home side in that stretch, and T71B closed the first quarter 20-10.
Bascharage reacted well at the start of the second period. A 5-0 run cut the gap to 20-15, but coach Idris Kader's team answered directly. Andy Eicke (33, 2.05m, DEU) and Len Guedes (20) helped ignite a 10-0 response for 30-15, and T71B never gave back control. Guedes was decisive before halftime, pushing the lead to 47-26.
The third quarter settled the game. T71B won it 29-15 and stretched the margin from 21 to 35 points. Hendrik Kickert (19) scored 5 points in a row early in the period, Jesse Papa Muller (18, 1.80m) added 5 straight later, and Lux plus Guedes kept the pressure on.
Bascharage had its best attacking spell early in the fourth, trimming 76-41 to 77-51 behind Lorenzo Lafole (23, FRA) and Chris Jay Reding (18, 1.83m). But T71B replied with a 16-1 burst to reach its biggest lead at 93-52.
T71B had two 24-point scorers, Guedes and Lux, with Papa Muller on 12 and Eicke and Laurent Schmitz (35) on 11 each. All seven T71B players scored. For Bascharage, Heyang Peng (27, CHN) led with 12, Lafole had 11, Kemp 10, and Reding 9.
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