Bascharage Hedgehogs controlled Gréngewald Hueschtert B 49-39 in the M-U18 Division 3 championship round (game 4), built on a dominant start and timely perimeter shooting. Captain Kodjovi Armel Yohann Koutsawa (Season PPG: 17.33), 16 years old, opened with six straight points to make it 6-0, and Bascharage raced to 18-5 after the first quarter. Gréngewald steadied in the second behind Pol Elcheroth (15) and cut it to 25-16 at the break.
After halftime, Coach Veljko Dragasevic's team pushed the gap to its highest at +16 (39-23) late in the third, helped by Amin Chebbi's three and Koutsawa's trips to the line. Early in the fourth, Coach Bojan Eric's side produced an 8-2 spurt to get within 41-33, but Romeo Vincenzo Giampaolo (Season PPG: 5.13) answered with his third triple and Bascharage managed the margin from there.
Key numbers: Bascharage hit four three-pointers (Giampaolo 3, Chebbi 1), while Gréngewald finished without a make from deep but earned 13 points at the stripe (Bascharage 7). Chebbi was disqualified in the fourth quarter after a second unsportsmanlike foul; it did not alter the outcome.
Top performers
- Bascharage: Koutsawa 22, Giampaolo 9 (all from three), Viktor Pecirep 7 (Season PPG: 5.56), Alessandro Goncalves Da Cruz 6 (Season PPG: 5.33).
- Gréngewald: Elcheroth 13, Lucas Faivre-Federspiel (FRA; Season PPG: 4.00) 10, Mats Van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 5.00) 9.
Bascharage climb to 2nd in the standings (2-2, +2 places) and have now won two of their last three. Gréngewald sit 6th at 0-4.
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