T71 Dudelange won 101-22 at US Heffingen in the M-Coupe de l'Avenir 1/16 finals and advanced to the next round, while Heffingen was eliminated.
The game changed very early. Heffingen took the first lead at 2-0 through Diego Vaz Pereira (HEF), but T71 answered immediately with a 10-0 run to go 10-2 up. From there, Sylvain Felten's team kept accelerating. The visitors reached 20-6, and Noah Baseggio (T71) then finished the first quarter with 8 unanswered points for a 30-6 margin.
The second quarter decided everything. T71 opened it with another 8 straight points for 38-6 and allowed only one Heffingen point in the whole period. At halftime, the score was already 51-7. André Gruskovnjak's side struggled to slow the rhythm and could not find sustained scoring.
Heffingen had its best offensive spell after the break. Jan Vyroubal (HEF), Mex Steinmetz (HEF), Alex Noah Fuchs Kanive (HEF) and Vaz Pereira all scored in the third quarter, which ended 73-17. Still, T71 remained fully in control. The last period brought another strong push from Dudelange: an 8-0 start, then a later 14-0 run from 81-19 to 95-19. The highest lead reached 79 points before captain Deivys Almeida Monteiro (HEF) closed the home side's scoring with a three.
T71 had a very balanced attack. Baseggio led with 22 points, Agostinucci added 13, Guedes 12, and Schanen, Weyland and Crelot each scored 10. Papa Muller contributed 9. For Heffingen, Vaz Pereira finished with 8 points, Fuchs Kanive had 4, and Almeida Monteiro scored 3.
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