Black Star Mersch, first in the phase finale standings, confirmed its control against fourth-placed Etzella Ettelbruck B with a 114-72 home win and a sixth straight success. Coach Aleksandar Petrovic's team also completed the two-game sweep of this matchup after the earlier 113-81 road win.
The opening was the only balanced moment. ETZB started 6-0 through Jason-Junior Almeida Da Cruz, Rafael Caroux and Dino Dragolovcanin, but BSM answered with 23 unanswered points to take over completely. That run shaped the game, and the hosts closed the first quarter already at 34-9. The second period kept the same rhythm: BSM scored another 34 points and went into halftime with a 68-35 lead.
Coach Guillaume François Torres got a better reaction from ETZB after the break. The visitors won the third quarter 25-19, with Caroux, Liam Ferreira Capela and Kenzo Tavares giving them more stability, but the deficit never fell below 26 points. BSM then restored full control in the last quarter and pushed the gap to a highest lead of 45 at 110-65.
Alvyn Madoki Bigas (Season PPG: 37.24), a 16-year-old Spanish scorer, led BSM with 43 points, built mainly on 19 made two-pointers. Captain Mike Göhlhausen (Season PPG: 36.94) added 35, including six three-pointers, and 16-year-old Portuguese Rolando Nienaber Mendes (Season PPG: 14.72) scored 25 with four threes. The three combined for 103 of BSM's 114 points.
For ETZB, Rafael Caroux (Season PPG: 10.58), a 15-year-old French player, finished with 20 points. Ferreira Capela (Season PPG: 3.00) added 9, while Yoann Ngan and Tavares each scored 8.
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