BBC East Side Pirates won this top-end M-U18 Division 4 Phase 1 matchup against T71 Dudelange B, 65-55, and moved up two places into 1st. T71B dropped to 2nd. BEP also stretched its run to four straight wins, while T71B saw a four-game winning streak end.
The first half was balanced. BEP used Tristan Noël Fievez (BEP) well early and went from 8-5 to 12-7, but T71B answered through Stefan Malesevic (Season PPG: 8.38), who quickly became the main offensive reference. The visitors closed the first quarter in front, 18-16. Early in the second, T71B extended the margin to 22-16 with 6 unanswered points across the quarter break.
The response from coach Boby Gérard's team was solid. Yannis Pividor (Season PPG: 14.40), Fievez (BEP) and Sam Schaeffer (BEP) brought BEP back to 27-27, and neither side created separation before halftime, which arrived at 36-36.
The third quarter changed the game. Sean Harmelin Dostert (Season PPG: 4.60) scored 4 straight points, and BEP pushed ahead 46-38. T71B also lost some rhythm when Sergiu Lisnicenco (Season PPG: 6.86) committed three personal fouls in quick succession during the period. Malesevic kept the visitors in contact, but BEP still won the quarter 12-6 for a 48-42 lead.
At 48-44 early in the fourth, BEP produced the decisive stretch: a 9-0 run, started by a Pividor three and followed by 4 straight points from Schaeffer, opened the game to 57-44, the biggest lead of the evening. From there, BEP controlled the last minutes.
Schaeffer led a balanced home attack with 15 points, Fievez added 12, and Pividor scored 8. BEP had seven players with at least 6 points. For T71B, Malesevic stood out with 27 points, ahead of Lisnicenco's 11 and Phanuel Magoum (Season PPG: 15.57) with 8.
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