Mambra Mamer won 71-60 in Bascharage and moved up to 1st place in the M-U18 Division 3 phase finale, while Bascharage Hedgehogs, now 4th, stayed in the game for a long time before the third quarter decided it. The season series between the teams finished 1-1 after Bascharage had won the first meeting 76-66 away.
Coach Dragasevic's team started well. Bascharage led 15-12 after one quarter, opening 4-0 and later answering with a 7-0 run to regain control. Kodjovi Armel Yohann Koutsawa (Season PPG: 17.78) and Alessandro Goncalves da Cruz (Season PPG: 7.05) gave the home side early momentum.
Mamer gradually changed the rhythm in the second quarter. Henry Alberto Murray (Season PPG: 16.88) kept the visitors close and Mamer went into halftime ahead 28-27. The decisive stretch came after the break. Bascharage stayed near at 35-36, but Mamer produced a strong 19-7 phase to reach 55-42 at the end of the third. Murray was on a roll there, and Tadas Stalauskas (Season PPG: 12.11) plus captain Niklas Becker (Season PPG: 4.47) added important scoring.
Bascharage still reacted. A 13-1 push cut the gap from 44-59 to 57-60 in the fourth, with Chris Jay Reding (Season PPG: 3.17) and Koutsawa leading the comeback. That was the key moment of the game, but Mamer answered with composure. Stalauskas completed a 3-point sequence, Murray added free throws, and the visitors closed on an 8-0 run for their biggest lead.
Top scorers were Murray with 24 for Mamer, then Stalauskas 13 and Becker 10. For Bascharage, Koutsawa scored 17, Goncalves da Cruz 14 and Reding 12. Bascharage is now on a 3-game losing streak.
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