T71 Dudelange B took control after a balanced opening quarter and beat Bascharage Hedgehogs 120-61 in this M-U16 Division 3 Phase finale game. The home side also completed the season sweep after the earlier 102-63 win away.
Bascharage stayed in the game early. Viktor Pecirep (Season PPG: 23.06) opened the scoring, Tom Kruchten (Season PPG: 13.58) answered several times, and Ilija Radojevic, the 15-year-old Serbian forward (Season PPG: 14.53), helped BAS keep it tight at 18-16 after one quarter. T71B had already shown its depth there, with Ben Jemming (Season PPG: 5.87) scoring 10 in the first period.
The second quarter changed the game. Coach Sandro Ceresi's team scored 35 points in the period and gradually stretched the gap from 20-16 to 53-30 at halftime. Paddy Keiser (Season PPG: 8.66), Lee Weyland (Season PPG: 9.32), Jamie Papa Muller (Season PPG: 8.13) and Sergiu Lisnicenco (Season PPG: 8.30) all gave T71B steady production around the basket, while Kruchten kept fighting for BAS.
The decisive break came after halftime. T71B won the third quarter 39-11 and had several strong runs, notably 9 unanswered points from 59-34 to 68-34, then a 12-0 push from 68-36 to 80-36. That stretch removed any suspense and pushed the lead to 92-41 entering the last quarter. T71B's highest lead was 59 points.
Tim Wagner (Season PPG: 10.40) led the winners with 22 points, Jemming, Weyland and Keiser each added 18, and Lisnicenco plus Papa Muller scored 14 each. T71B finished with six players in double figures. For BAS, Kruchten scored 27, Radojevic had 18, and Marino Bavcevic, 15, from Belgium (Season PPG: 2.15), added 5.
In the new table, T71B moves up one place to 1st at 7-2, while Bascharage also gains one position and is now 4th at 2-7.
(AI generated)