BBC East Side Pirates B took a clear 94-46 home win over Telstar Hesperange B and climbed to 1st place in M-Division 3 with a second straight victory. Telstar is now 10th after its first game.
The game was decided very early. After a 7-5 opening, BEPB went on an 8-0 run to create separation, and a second 8-0 burst late in the first quarter pushed the score to 36-13. That first period set the tone. Telstar had a better spell in the second quarter, cutting from 39-13 to 39-19 and then keeping that quarter even at 16-16, but BEPB still went into halftime with a strong 52-29 lead.
In the third quarter, the home side stayed in control. Claude Schroeder (BEPB) scored repeatedly around the basket, and Tony Martins Ferreira (BEPB) hit consecutive 3-pointers to help lift the margin to 70-38. Coach Tony Martins saw his team keep its structure on both ends. The fourth quarter removed any remaining doubt: after 74-41, BEPB produced 13 unanswered points and stretched the lead to 87-41, before finishing with the game-high margin of 48.
BEPB had balanced scoring. Larry Da Luz Ep. Harris (44) and Sacha Urbing (BEPB) both finished with 18 points, Michel Mathieu (40) added 17, while Schroeder scored 15 and Martins Ferreira also had 15, all of them coming from five made 3-pointers. For Telstar, Alec Goedert (TELB) led with 15 points, Alessandro Caccia (24, ITA) added 11, and Loïc Wohl (TELB) scored 9.
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