T71 Dudelange B overpowered Mambra Mamer 82-53 in the Phase finale opener (round-robin Aller/game 1) in mamkinnek, breaking the game open with a dominant second quarter and never looking back.
The first quarter was balanced. T71 started 0-5 and later stretched to 2-11, but Mamer answered with an 11-2 run to tie it at 13-13 before T71 edged the period 13-15. The game turned decisively in the second: from 15-15, Coach Sandro Ceresi's side strung together a 12-0 burst (Adrovic, Schanen, Babovic), then Luka Babovic (16, FRA) added seven consecutive points of his own (two twos and a three) to make it 19-37. T71 won the quarter 11-29 and led 24-44 at halftime.
Mamer, guided by Coach Arnaud Stirn, reacted after the break. Despite an early 12-2 push by T71 (26-56), the hosts hit back with a 15-4 spell behind Ethan Martins' free throws, Arda Selim Isiklar's layup and a three from Phivos Sortikos, trimming it to 41-60 and taking the third 19-18. Any hopes of a comeback faded in the fourth. Théo Mariuzzo calmly converted two free throws to start, and T71 closed the night on a 6-0 finish capped by a Babovic triple, reaching the largest lead at the buzzer (+29). Notably, Daris Adrovic (14, MNE) picked up two quick fouls in succession in the final period, while Mamer's Ivan Aleksandrovic also had successive whistles early in Q4.
Babovic led all scorers with 27, supported by Adrovic (13), Lee Weyland (9) and Mariuzzo (9). For Mamer, Valentin Oury scored 11, with Ivan Vasiljevic and Nicolas Bos adding 8 each; captain Nicolas Bos also hit timely twos in the first-half rally.
In the new classification, T71 Dudelange B jump to 1st (ranking gain +5, 1-0), while Mambra Mamer sit 2nd (0-1, +3). T71's form stays strong after two consecutive wins in their recent sequence.
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