T71 Dudelange opened Phase 1 in M-U18 Division 1 with a 95-58 home win over Musel Pikes and takes first place after the first game, with Musel in second.
The final gap was large, but the game stayed competitive for a half. T71 made the first push at 7-0 and later 13-6, yet Musel kept responding. After T71 went up 22-14 late in the first quarter, Musel finished the period with 4 straight points to cut it to 22-18. In the second quarter, Majdi Anan's team came back to 27-26 and then to 38-37. Raphaël Siebenaler (16, 1.84m) was central in that stretch, while Daris Honsic (T71) answered with consecutive 3-pointers. At halftime, T71's lead was still only 42-37.
The break changed the rhythm. T71 opened the third quarter with an 8-0 run, Kloos and Wirion pushing the score from 42-37 to 50-37. Later, another strong sequence from 54-44 to 61-44 gave Tom Schumacher's side full control. The third quarter ended 74-48 and decided the game. The highest lead reached 37 points in the fourth.
Tom Kloos (17, 1.87m) was the main difference-maker with 32 points. Honsic added 23, Tunn Wirion scored 13, and Tim Wagner had 11. T71 also hit 9 three-pointers. For Musel, Siebenaler finished with 22 points, but he was in foul trouble early and later fouled out. Pharell Dos Santos added 11 points, and Ben Matthias Schenk (16, 1.90m) scored 10.
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