Third-ranked Mambra Mamer controlled this Phase finale return game against sixth-ranked Basket Esch B and won 90-58, after a game that was only balanced in the opening quarter. Mamer had already beaten Esch B 110-72 in the first meeting and completed a clear two-game season sweep.
The start was competitive. Basket Esch B moved in front 14-10 behind Jake Feller Birchen (Season PPG: 9.60) and Amir Hamza (Season PPG: 6.17), but Mamer finished the first quarter on a 10-3 run to turn the score to 20-17. Nicolas Bos (Season PPG: 11.79) was already active early and gave the home side stability.
The second quarter decided the game. Mamer opened with a 12-2 push for 32-19, then after Esch B had reduced the gap to 39-27, Coach Arnaud Stirn's team produced a 14-0 run to 53-27. Valentin Oury (Season PPG: 15.88) scored 6 points in a row during that phase, and Bos kept the pressure on with 8 second-quarter points. At halftime, the gap was already 24 points at 53-29.
The third quarter was more even at 16-15. Amilcar André Rodrigues Moreira (Season PPG: 9.18) tried to keep Esch B in the game, with support from Leonardo Antuquia Lopes Cruz (Season PPG: 6.14), but Mamer answered each small run and stayed above +20 throughout the half. The fourth quarter then stretched the lead to its maximum of 32.
Bos led Mamer with 20 points, Oury added 17, Ethan Martins (Season PPG: 15.26) had 14, and Ivan Vasiljevic (Season PPG: 8.79) scored 11. Fourteen-year-old Matei Teodor Stanga also gave useful minutes with 4 points. For Esch B, Rodrigues Moreira scored 14, Feller Birchen 13, and Hamza 7. Mamer's edge came mainly inside: 38 made 2-pointers against 20 for Esch B.
(AI generated)