Etzella Ettelbruck B overpowered Bascharage Hedgehogs 96-62 in the M-U16 Division 3 championship round at deichwisen/central, climbing to first place (ranking gain +2), while BAS sit fifth. The game swung after a competitive start: BAS took the first quarter 25-22 behind active scoring from Tom Kruchten and Ilija Radojevic, despite Bastian Torres opening with 7 straight points for ETZB.
The second quarter flipped the script. ETZB strung together an 18-0 run from 22-27 to 40-27, fueled by Yoann Etienne Nathan Ngan (15, ITA), Yona Posing and Charel Hilger, with Rafael Caroux chipping in. BAS' timeout couldn't halt the momentum, and ETZB led 46-35 at half.
The third quarter was decisive: ETZB won it 35-5, starting with a 12-0 burst to 58-35 and later a 16-0 stretch from 60-37 to 76-37. The hosts' highest lead reached 46 at 86-40 early in the fourth before BAS closed the gap late.
For ETZB, Torres (Season PPG: 11.91) led with 23 points, including three triples. Hilger added 20 (Season PPG: 6.65), Ngan 19 (Season PPG: 6.75), Posing 14 (Season PPG: 8.14) and Caroux 13 (Season PPG: 10.18). Coach Guillaume François Torres' side kept scoring waves rolling even as Posing worked through early foul trouble.
BAS were paced by Viktor Pecirep's 21 (Season PPG: 25.17) despite four fouls, Kruchten had 16 with two threes (Season PPG: 8.67), Radojevic 10 (Season PPG: 14.08) and Samuel Hobby 9 (Season PPG: 7.42). BAS' late push in the fourth was not enough to erase the damage from ETZB's third-quarter surge, and their skid extends to eight straight losses. Coach William Jacques Guenfissi saw his team start well but get overwhelmed by consecutive runs.
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