Entente RES AMI B controlled Nitia Bettembourg from the tip and won 87-39 in Walferdange. Coach Filip Dukic's team set the tone with a 21-5 first quarter, holding NIT without a field goal for long stretches, and never relaxed: 25-15 in Q2 for a 46-20 halftime lead, 19-12 in Q3 and 22-7 to close. The highest lead reached +49 (85-36) late in the fourth.
The key scoring phase came early Q2 when Aurel Nicula (Season PPG: 9.07) strung together seven straight points to push ERAB from 23-5 to 30-5. Inside presence was decisive: Kristupas Zilionis (17, LTU) powered to a game-high 22 points, repeatedly finishing at the rim across the second and third quarters. Matt Mossong (Season PPG: 8.80) and Nicula added 13 each, Illia Malkin (17, UKR; Season PPG: 6.92) chipped in 10, while Louis Goerens (ERAB) gave a spark off the bench with 14 including a pair from deep. Defensive intensity surfaced in the fouling profile too: Vincent Théo Sarrazin carried four personals yet stayed on court without fouling out.
For Coach Qassim Sahraoui's Nitia, Yandel Miguel Garcia Rodriguez (16, BEL; Season PPG: 3.29) led with 10 points, Gabriel Berteloot (15, FRA) had 9, and Tom Wetta (Season PPG: 5.57) added 8 with a third-quarter triple. Liam Raas (Season PPG: 8.14) hit from long range in Q2, but NIT couldn't string together sustained runs against ERAB's half-court defense.
In the standings, ERAB climb to 2nd place (ranking gain +2) in M-U18 Division 4 Phase 2, while NIT sit 3rd. ERAB also register back-to-back wins after an earlier four-game skid. No unsportsmanlike or technical fouls were recorded; the game stayed within standard personal foul territory.
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