Telstar Hesperange E took an 83-48 home win over North Fox C and moved up to 1st place (+1) in M-Division 4 at 4-0, extending its winning streak to four games. North Fox C, now 4th (+1) at 2-2, saw its two-game winning run stop.
The game was decided quite early. After a brief 2-2 start, coach Niccolò Spagnoletti's team built control through the paint and with repeated scoring from Albert Jorda Reinoso (23, ESP) and Pietro Battaglia (27, ITA). Telstar went from 8-6 to 12-6, then added another 6-0 push to reach 20-6. Jorda scored five points in a row in that stretch, and the first quarter ended 23-10.
The second quarter widened the gap further. Telstar opened with a 7-0 run from 25-12 to 32-12 and kept North Fox under pressure on both ends. At halftime, the lead was already 43-19.
North Fox had its best offensive phase in the third quarter, mainly through Alexis Vanhems (22, 1.94m), who finished with 15 points, while Michael Rocha (35) added 9 and Nico Biren (29, 1.87m) 8. Still, Telstar answered each attempt to come back. Federico Burcovich (26, ITA) and Jorda helped stretch it to 50-21, and the margin stayed large at 63-36 after three.
The last quarter briefly saw North Fox cut from 66-36 to 66-42, but Telstar reacted well. Battaglia stayed efficient around the basket, Davide Macchi (25, ITA) hit his second three-pointer, and the home side closed the game on an 11-0 run from 72-48 to 83-48, its highest lead.
For Telstar, Jorda led with 21 points, Battaglia had 19, Enrico Cardinale (24, ITA) added 11, and Macchi scored 8. North Fox also had to manage Alexandre Teixeira Badois' accumulation of fouls, with three successive personals from the second into the third quarter.
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