T71 Dudelange won 109-88 at Arantia Larochette and completed a 2-0 season sweep in this Phase finale matchup after the 94-70 win in the first meeting. The result also lifted T71 to 1st place, up two spots, while Arantia stayed 6th and now has four losses in a row.
Arantia started better under coach Karolis Abramavicius. The home side went up 15-5, with captain Mathis Dieterlen, a 17-year-old French guard, and Lars Bosdijk setting the tone. T71 reacted late in the opening quarter with three-pointers from Kevin Fernandes Vaz and Jonas Lies, plus another from Jesse Papa Muller, cutting the gap to 17-14.
The second quarter changed the rhythm. T71's offense became much more fluid and the visitors moved in front 30-26, then kept control to reach halftime at 49-45. Kevin Fernandes Vaz and Daris Honsic gave Tom Schumacher's team strong scoring punch, while Arantia stayed close through Bosdijk, Dieterlen and Lee Brosius.
The decisive stretch came in the third. After Arantia had cut the score to 65-69, T71 closed the period on a 13-4 run for 82-69. Lies was central in that phase, and the away side kept punishing from the perimeter. Early in the fourth, Lies added 5 points in a row across the quarter break, T71 pushed the margin to 85-69, and Arantia never got back into single digits. The highest lead reached 24 points.
T71 had four main scorers: Jonas Lies (Season PPG: 13.18) with 27, Kevin Fernandes Vaz (Season PPG: 15.63) with 25, including 6 three-pointers, Daris Honsic (Season PPG: 15.94) with 18, and Charel Brettner (Season PPG: 19.13) with 18. T71 finished with 13 made threes.
For Arantia, Dieterlen (Season PPG: 18.00) scored 20, Tom Faber (Season PPG: 7.94) added 19, Bosdijk (Season PPG: 11.53) had 19 before fouling out, and Brosius (Season PPG: 27.29) contributed 17.
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