Vibball Luxembourg won a close road game, 69-66, after overturning a strong Bascharage start in this M-U18 Division 3 Phase 1 opener. After the result, VBE stands 3rd and BAS 4th.
Bascharage set the tone early with a 24-18 first quarter and pushed the margin to 41-28 in the second, their highest lead at +13. Gil Schmit (34 pts, 17 years, 1.82m) was already carrying the offense, while Mathis Fischer (15 pts, 16 years) gave good support. VBE stayed alive through Benjamin Mafolo Ondekane (44 pts, 15 years), who scored 8 unanswered points late in the second as Vibball cut the gap to 41-36 at halftime.
The third quarter changed the game. BAS went back to +10 at 48-38, but VBE answered with a 10-0 run, and Mafolo Ondekane scored all 10 points in that burst to tie it at 48-48. That was his clearest stretch on a roll. Bascharage still reacted well and entered the last period ahead 56-52.
In the fourth, BAS again created space at 62-54, but Vibball produced the decisive push. From there, VBE closed on a 15-4 run. Isaac Foz Moutinho (9 pts) hit two late threes, including the decisive basket for 69-66, while Jeremi Adamski (6 pts) tied the game at 64-64 and Martin Sveda (6 pts) also added important scoring.
For BAS, Schmit scored more than half of his team's points, with Fischer, Tom Kruchten (7 pts) and Ilija Mihailovic (6 pts) next. For VBE, Mafolo Ondekane delivered 63.8% of the team total and changed the rhythm of the game almost by himself before Foz Moutinho finished the comeback.
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