AB Contern controlled this M-U16 Division 2 Phase 1 game and beat Musel Pikes 106-63 in Contern. The home side set the tone with a 29-13 first quarter, then after Musel briefly cut the gap to 33-22 in the second period, Michael O. Ayodele's team answered with a 20-6 stretch to reach halftime at 53-28. Musel, coached by Majdi Anan, scored the first basket of the third quarter and reduced it to 53-30, but that was the last real opening.
The decisive sequence came in the third period. Contern exploded for a 30-6 quarter. From 55-31, the home team produced a 28-3 run to 83-34, with Alex Wies (15, CON), Max Muller (13, CON) and Tao Tock (15, CON) driving the offense. Contern's biggest lead reached 49 points at 106-57 before Musel closed the game on a 6-0 run.
Wies finished with 28 points without committing a foul, Muller added 32, and Tock scored 23. That trio combined for 83 of Contern's 106 points. Alexandre Lopes Meysembourg (15, CON) contributed 8, while Felix Zoller (12, CON) added 5, including a fourth-quarter three.
For Musel, Olivier Siebenaler (15, MUS) led with 16 points, Mohamed Iyed Youssef Essid (14, MUS) had 11, and Pit Fischer (15, MUS) scored 10. Lex Flies (13, MUS) gave late scoring with 8 points and Rody Minutella (14, MUS) added 6.
Contern won the first three quarters 29-13, 24-15 and 30-6 before Musel took the last one 29-23. In the standings, Contern climbed two places to second at 2-0, while Musel is fifth at 0-2.
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