BBC East Side Pirates B won 85-59 in Mondorf and split the season series at 1-1 after Avanti Mondorf B had taken the first meeting 66-62. Steve Dostert's team is now on a three-game winning run, and this game was decided very early.
The visitors opened with a strong 12-0 run and never let Mondorf settle. Larry Da Luz Ep. Harris (Season PPG: 17.53) set the tone immediately with two early threes and kept scoring in waves. BEPB led 28-7 after the first quarter, already with clear control of rhythm and spacing. Mondorf also had an early issue with Nebojsa Nikolic collecting two personal fouls in the opening period.
Kim Majerus's side reacted much better in the second quarter. Martin De Pinho Brandao and Tiago Da Silva Figueiredo (25, 1.85m, PRT) gave MONB more stability in attack, and the home team won that period 24-19. De Pinho Brandao scored repeatedly inside, while Da Silva Figueiredo produced a complete 20-point line with 5 made free throws, 6 baskets from two-point range and 1 three.
Still, BEPB answered after the break. The third quarter went 17-6 to the Pirates B, with Harris and Claude Schroeder (Season PPG: 9.36) re-establishing a wide margin. The visitors reached their highest lead at 72-40 early in the fourth quarter. Mondorf scored 22 points in the last period, with Majerus adding 12 and Daniel Mihaylov hitting two late threes, but the gap was already too large.
Harris was the main difference-maker with 30 points, built on 5 free throws, 5 twos and 5 threes. Schroeder added 16, while Christophe Conter had 10 and Daniel Kunz 10 on efficient inside finishing. For Mondorf, Da Silva Figueiredo carried the offense, Majerus contributed 12, and De Pinho Brandao added 10 in a lively second-quarter spell.
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Avanti Mondorf B