Bascharage Hedgehogs overpowered Basket Esch B, 89-60, in the Phase finale round-robin. Esch started well and edged the first quarter 21-20, largely through captain Bastien Roger's early scoring inside. Midway through the second quarter Esch still controlled the rhythm (32-26, later 39-35), but the half swung in the final minute: Bascharage's captain Tom Kruchten strung together three straight free throws and then a two, and Viktor Pecirep added the next basket for a 7-0 run and a 42-39 halftime lead.
Bascharage broke the game open right after the break. Ilija Radojevic (15, Serbia) and Pecirep scored in succession in an 11-2 burst to 53-41, then Kruchten hit from deep as the visitors carried a 68-54 cushion into the fourth. After Esch's first bucket of the last period, Bascharage went on a 21-4 tear to reach the night's biggest margin (+31 at 58-89). Coach Stéphane Feller's timeout at 56-74 slowed neither the pace nor Bascharage's control.
Pecirep led all scorers with 28 (Season PPG: 25.38), Radojevic added 19, and Kruchten had 19 with seven made free throws and that pivotal second-quarter sequence. Samuel Hobby chipped in 12. For Esch, Roger posted 16 and Colin Ral Schneider 14 (including a third-quarter three), with Edwin Pereira Furtado and Leonardo Antuquia Lopes Cruz (15, Portugal) at 8 apiece. Esch's early foul accumulation (two quick personals on Dave Schmit in Q2, two on Jake Feller Birchen in Q1) didn't translate into foul-outs but blunted their momentum.
In the standings, Bascharage improve to 1-2 and climb to 4th; Basket Esch B drop to 0-3 and sit 5th.
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