Black Star Mersch edged Mambra Mamer 94-89 in a close M-U16 Division 3: Phase finale matchup in Mersch. The game opened with a 7-0 personal burst from Mike Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 36.82) to 7-2, yet Mamer answered and even led by four (19-23). BSM closed the first period up 29-27; halftime was level at 50-50 after multiple lead changes.
Aleksandar Petrovic's side made its move in the third. A 25-19 quarter pushed BSM to the night's largest lead at 67-59, built on Göhlhausen's relentless scoring and steady trips to the line. Valentin Oury (Season PPG: 17.56) briefly flipped momentum with six straight points to cut it to 67-65, but BSM preserved a 75-69 cushion entering the fourth.
Arnaud Stirn's team rallied again: Ethan Martins (Season PPG: 14.58) scored back-to-back baskets to tie 77-77, and the game stayed within a single possession deep into the final minutes. From 88-87, Göhlhausen authored the decisive sequence with a personal 6-2 closing run (free throw, layup, free throw, layup) to secure the win.
Göhlhausen finished with 47 points (13x2, 4x3, 9x1) and captain Rolando Charle Nienaber Mendes (15, PRT; Season PPG: 15.17) added 39 (16x2, 7x1). Together they supplied 86 of BSM's 94 points, with Romario De Oliveira Pais (Season PPG: 5.73) adding 8. For Mamer, Oury had 27, Martins 21, Nicolas Bos (15, BEL; Season PPG: 8.00) 14, Arda Selim Isiklar (Season PPG: 11.76) 12 and Nathan Ryan Coombes (Season PPG: 8.25) 10.
Team scoring balance told the story: Mamer made more two-pointers (37 to 32), but BSM's 12-point edge at the stripe (18 made free throws to 6) and a slight 3-point edge (4 to 3) proved decisive.
It's BSM's second head-to-head win over Mamer this season (98-88 in Phase 1) and extends their streak to three straight wins. In the standings, Black Star sit 2nd at 2-0 (ranking gain +1), while Mamer fall to 0-2 in 5th.
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