Black Star Mersch overwhelmed US Heffingen 108-38 in Heffingen in the M-U18 Division 2 Phase finale (round-robin, game 4). The visitors set the tone immediately with a 10-0 start and stretched it to 18-2 before Coach José Alberto Pais Costa called an early timeout. The first quarter closed at 34-9, and BSM kept the pressure on to reach 64-22 at halftime. Heffingen tried to reset with further timeouts in the second and third quarters, but BSM stayed in control (87-31 after three) and finished with a 7-0 run, including the last six points from 16-year-old Mike Göhlhausen.
Sam Tibold (17) led BSM with 31 points, supported by Göhlhausen's 28 and captain Trey Sean Boayue's 24; that trio supplied nearly 77% of BSM's total. Among the other scorers, Nil Madoki Bidas (ESP, 17) added 10 and Alvyn Madoki Bigas (ESP, 16) 7. Despite an unsportsmanlike foul on Raphael Solomon (PHL, 17) in the second quarter, Coach Jérôme Hansen's group never ceded momentum and built the night's largest lead at the final buzzer: +70.
For Heffingen, Nils Rock carried the offense with 26 points (13 made free throws), matching his season-high (Season PPG: 12.92). Ethan Steinmetz (1.78m, 18) and Tun Elcheroth added 6 each, but HEF struggled to find secondary scoring; Rock accounted for 68% of the team's total.
This result confirms BSM's superiority in the matchup after a 100-68 win in the previous meeting this season. In the standings, Black Star climbs to 5th (1-3), while Heffingen drops to 6th (0-4) and is now on a five-game losing streak. Black Star, meanwhile, returns to winning ways after three consecutive defeats, keeping its Phase finale hopes alive.
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