Musel Pikes edged Amicale Steesel 80-71 in the M-U16 Division 2 Phase finale (round-robin, game 2), overturning a halftime deficit with a composed second-half surge. Amicale controlled the early rhythm (18-17 after Q1, 42-40 at half), but Musel flipped the game with a 21-14 third quarter to lead 61-56.
Key stretch: early in Q3, Musel opened with a 4-0 spurt to take the lead, then Raphaël Siebenaler (28 points, Season PPG: 15.63, 15 years) strung together five straight points for 55-48. In the fourth, Sam Walerich's three pushed Musel to its largest lead at +10 (69-59). Amicale answered with an 8-0 run (69-67), driven by Felix Engel (22, Season PPG: 21.33) and Miguel Lopez Fernandez (14 years, ESP; 8 points), before Coach Daniel Fernandes Sousa's team responded with a 7-0 burst: Siebenaler at the rim, captain Jaden El Basri (9, Season PPG: 18.45) from deep, and Ben Matthias Schenk (23, Season PPG: 20.09) inside for 76-67. Marvin Contreras (13, Season PPG: 11.75) closed it at the line.
Musel's perimeter edge proved decisive: 7 made threes to Amicale's 3. Overall makes: Musel 24x2P, 7x3P, 11 FTs; Amicale 26x2P, 3x3P, 10 FTs. Siebenaler fouled out in the fourth after carrying much of the offense; Amicale's captain Lopez Fernandez also fouled out late.
For Amicale, Engel and Vincent Segers (15, Season PPG: 16.90) combined for 37, with Andreas Nys adding 9 (Season PPG: 14.82) and Bobby Kirsch 8 (Season PPG: 14.90). Coach Thorsten Freiheit's side twice made meaningful runs but couldn't neutralize Musel's timely shot-making.
Musel outscored Amicale 40-29 after the break and now tops the Phase finale (2-0). Amicale sits fourth at 0-2 and is on a two-game slide.
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