In the M-U18 Division 3 phase finale, Mambra Mamer defeated North Fox 71-51 in Mamer and completed a 2-0 sweep of the season series after the earlier 96-71 win away. MAM, now first in the table after a gain of four places, is on a two-game winning streak. FOX remains sixth and has lost its last two.
The game was controlled by Mamer, but not without a few answers from Fox. MAM opened 6-0 with early threes from Matis Di Giacomo Russo and Tadas Stalauskas. Fox recovered to 8-8, yet the home side closed the first quarter with the better rhythm at 15-10. In the second quarter, MAM stretched from 17-10 to 21-12, Fox answered through Marvin Carvalho and Dzenan Muratovic to cut it to 21-18, then Mamer finished the half ahead 33-24.
The decisive passage came after the break. Fox scored the first four points of the third quarter and moved within 33-28, but MAM answered with an 8-0 run to 43-30 and never lost control again. Bourgoignie Martin was central in that stretch and Mamer led 52-35 after three periods. Fox opened the fourth with five straight points to make it 52-40, but MAM reacted again and later reached its biggest lead at 71-48.
Alexis Georges Bourgoignie Martin (Season PPG: 22.56) and Tadas Stalauskas (Season PPG: 10.60) both scored 21 for MAM. Stalauskas, a 16-year-old Lithuanian guard/forward, hit five 3-pointers. Jonathan Wallenius (Season PPG: 16.00) and captain Henry Murray (Season PPG: 16.00) added 7 each.
For Fox, Raphael Johan Nkoa (Season PPG: 15.64) finished with 16, Marvin Carvalho (Season PPG: 9.82), the 1.91m forward, had 12, and Muratovic (Season PPG: 21.43) scored 10. MAM produced 12 made free throws against only 4 for FOX.
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