AS Soleuvre overwhelmed BBC East Side Pirates 113-70 in the Phase finale (round-robin) at Zolwer/Scheierhaf, powered by an explosive start and a dominant second half. Olivier Haan's team opened with a 7-0 reply after BEP's first basket and raced to a 50-32 first-quarter lead. A Gérard Boby timeout in the fifth minute couldn't slow the momentum. After the break SOL put the game away with a 32-14 third quarter and stretched the gap to a highest lead of 55 (111-56) before closing comfortably.
Nik Lahure led SOL with 49 points (4 FT, 15x2PT, 5x3PT; Season PPG: 25.25), repeatedly stringing together baskets, including back-to-back makes early in the third and a late three to keep the tempo high. He had steady help: Nils Krantz added 17 (Season PPG: 6.20), and Yann Conan 15 (Season PPG: 10.40), highlighted by a third-quarter three and late free throws. Bench contributions from Lou Lahure and Tim Heiderscheid kept the pressure on inside the arc.
For BEP, captain Sam Schaeffer poured in 42 (10 FT, 13x2PT, 2x3PT; Season PPG: 23.58), drawing contact and scoring in every period, capped by a late personal run of seven consecutive team points that trimmed the margin. Dany Toth Gomes (15 years, France) added 11 (Season PPG: 6.00), and Sean Harmelin Dostert 8 (Season PPG: 10.42). Henrique Mota Timoteo de Lima (14 years, Portugal) got on the board at the line in the closing moments.
In the classification, Soleuvre climbs to 2nd (+2) at 1-1, while BEP drops to 6th (-1) at 0-2.
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