Mambra Mamer controlled North Fox 96-71 in Reuler in the M-U18 Division 3 Phase finale, building their lead progressively and never letting it slip. The visitors opened 0-8, yet Fox answered to 15-15 late in the first before Mamer closed the period up 19-24. The key separation came mid-second quarter: a 12-0 burst sparked by Henry Alberto Murray and Luca Léon Schiano pushed the gap to 21-36, and Mamer reached halftime 37-51.
The third quarter settled it. Mamer poured in 35 points to Fox's 26, stretching the margin to 63-86. Jonathan Henrik Wallenius authored a personal 6-0 run (two free throws and back-to-back field goals) late in the third to keep the momentum. The highest lead reached +27 at 69-96. North Fox were limited to eight points in the fourth.
Mamer's edge came inside: they converted 36 two-pointers (72 points) and added 12 free throws and four triples. Fox answered with 28 twos, three threes and six free throws. Alexis Georges Bourgoignie Martin (Season PPG: 23.0) led with 23, hitting 10 shots inside the arc. Murray (Season PPG: 16.45) added 20, including two second-quarter threes, and Wallenius (Season PPG: 15.27) had 19. Niklas Becker (Season PPG: 4.33) scored 14, while Tadas Stalauskas (Season PPG: 9.64) added 10 with two triples.
For North Fox, Dzenan Muratovic (20, MNE) scored 20. Robert Kremer (FOX) added 18, and Nils Rob (Season PPG: 15.13), a 1.90m forward aged 17, chipped in 11. Fynn Schlechter (Season PPG: 8.44), a 1.75m guard aged 16, had 8, with Philip Johannns (Season PPG: 6.33) on 7.
A first-quarter bench technical (C1) against coach N'Guessan Junior Pacome did not derail Mamer's control; his team responded immediately with poise. In form terms, Mamer collect a second straight win and climb to first place (2-0), while North Fox slip to 0-2 and a three-game losing streak.
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