BBC East Side Pirates B took a clear 83-60 road win at AB Contern C in M-Division 3. The result leaves Contern 3rd in the table despite the defeat (+3 places), while the Pirates remain 8th. The season series finished 1-1 after Contern had won the first meeting 69-68.
Game evolution mattered. Contern started well and went up 8-3, but the Pirates answered with 10 points in a row to turn the score to 13-8 and closed the first quarter ahead 18-15. Early in the second period, Michel Kirsch (Season PPG: 12.13) tied it at 18-18 with a three, yet that was the last real moment of balance. BEPB replied with a strong 21-6 stretch and reached halftime in control at 39-24.
Contern tried again after the break. A 6-0 spell cut the gap from 42-24 to 42-30, but the visitors reacted immediately. From 48-36, the Pirates produced 11 of the next 12 points and opened a decisive margin. Their lead grew to 23 by the end of the third quarter and peaked at 28 in the fourth.
Christophe Conter (Season PPG: 9.86) was the main difference-maker with 23 points, including five three-pointers. Larry Da Luz Ep. Harris, 44, added 11 points, and Michel Mathieu (Season PPG: 12.50) also scored 11. In the last quarter, Conter went on a personal run of 8 straight points to put the game fully out of reach.
For Contern, Sébastien Hommel (Season PPG: 5.78) finished with 20 points and five threes, while Kirsch added 15. Jeff Besch (Season PPG: 10.78) scored 8. Steffen Boenecke collected two fouls in a row in the first quarter and later a technical foul, which did not help Contern's effort to stabilize the game. The Pirates also snapped a losing streak, while Contern's recent winning run stopped here.
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