Basket Esch opened M-U16 Division 1 Phase 1 with a 98-72 home win over AS Soleuvre and climbed to 1st place, a gain of four positions. Soleuvre stayed 6th after the first round of games.
Coach Vincent Gevrey's team imposed the rhythm very early. Esch started on a 9-0 run and won the first quarter 26-12, with Edmilson Vieira Miguel (15, LAL) and Yann Conan (14, LAL) already setting the tone. Miguel scored 10 points in the opening period, while Conan added 9.
Soleuvre reacted better in the second quarter, mainly through Max Kunen (15, SOL), but Esch kept control of the game. Rodrigo Pacheco Reis (14, LAL) gave the home side steady inside scoring in that stretch, and Basket Esch still went into halftime with a solid 55-37 lead. A notable sequence came when Bo Zarotti (15, LAL) committed three fouls in quick succession in the second quarter, without changing the overall momentum.
The third quarter contained one of the key answers of the game. After Soleuvre had trimmed the gap to 67-50, Esch produced 6 unanswered points to move to 73-50 and re-establish clear control. From there, the lead never dropped below double digits again.
In the last period, Esch pushed the margin to its highest point at 96-69. Miguel finished as the home team's top scorer with 20 points, Conan followed with 19, Bilal El Mokadmi (14, LAL) had 11, and Pacheco Reis added 10. Euricky Semedo da Veiga (14, LAL) contributed 9.
For Soleuvre, Kunen carried the offense with 24 points despite four fouls. Marvin Contreras (14, SOL) and Timéo Weber (14, SOL) both scored 11, while Evan Leal de Oliveira (15, SOL) added 8.
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