BBC East Side Pirates controlled most of this M-U18 Division 5 Phase finale game and beat Avanti Mondorf 78-44, a result that ended a seven-game losing streak for coach Gérard Boby's team and lifted BEP two places to 7th, while Mondorf stayed 5th.
The game turned quickly in the first quarter. After Mondorf cut it to 4-2, BEP produced a 10-0 run to open a 14-2 gap, with captain Leo Carreira de Oliveira (Season PPG: 12.73) already setting the tone. East Side closed the period 21-8. Early in the second quarter, Carreira de Oliveira hit back-to-back threes and BEP stretched the margin to 27-8, their first major break. Mondorf answered with a 9-1 run, driven by Clément Channen (Season PPG: 12.50) and Daniel Mihaylov (Season PPG: 9.82), to reduce the deficit to 29-17 at halftime.
Mondorf's best spell came in the third. They cut the score to 40-30 after a 6-0 push, with Channen, Ilan Ernzer (Season PPG: 2.78) and Mihaylov giving the away side some rhythm. BEP reacted well after the timeout and finished the quarter on a 10-4 stretch for 50-34. The last period was one-sided: from 58-42, BEP closed on a 20-2 run and reached their highest lead at 34 points.
Carreira de Oliveira finished with 34 points, including seven three-pointers, despite four fouls. Yannis Pividor (Season PPG: 10.17) added 27 and was decisive in the fourth quarter, while Tristan Noël Fievez (Season PPG: 12.30) and Nicolas Azevedo (Season PPG: 2.82) both scored 6. For Mondorf, Channen had 16, Mihaylov 10, and Ernzer 6. Lee Loengten (MON) added an early basket during Mondorf's first-quarter response.
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