Etzella Ettelbruck B edged Mambra Mamer 66-65 in a game that stayed tight throughout, with neither side leading by more than five.
Mamer started better and closed the first quarter 18-13 after a strong finish led by Nicolas Bos (Season PPG: 11.79) and Arda Selim Isiklar (Season PPG: 11.53). ETZB answered immediately in the second period with a 6-0 run to move from 13-18 to 19-18. The lead kept changing after that: Ivan Vasiljevic and Ethan Martins restored control for Mamer, who went into halftime up 35-32.
The third quarter was the key swing. Mamer pushed to 41-37, but coach Guillaume Torres saw his team respond with an 11-2 run. Yoann Ngan, a 16-year-old Italian, was central in that stretch, and ETZB turned the game into a 51-48 lead entering the last quarter. Bos cut it late in the period with a three, keeping Mamer close.
Mamer then produced an 11-4 run in the fourth to lead 59-55, with Phivos Sortikos (Season PPG: 11.15) hitting from outside and Luka Boskovic adding inside. ETZB stayed calm. Dino Dragolovcanin (Season PPG: 7.52) tied it at 59-59, and after Mamer moved ahead 65-62, he decided the finish himself: a three-pointer for 65-65 and then the go-ahead free throw for 66-65. He scored the last 4 ETZB points in a row.
Ngan finished with 20 points, Dragolovcanin with 16 and 15-year-old French player Bastian Torres added 8. For Mamer, Bos had 17 but fouled out late, while Isiklar scored 10 and Oury added 8. The season series between these teams ends 1-1 after Mamer had won the first meeting 82-43.
(AI generated)