Basket Esch B opened Phase 1 of M-U16 Division 4 with a 71-49 home win over Telstar Hesperange and moved into 1st place, while Telstar sits 2nd after the first round of games.
The game turned in clear phases. Esch started sharply and went from 0-0 to 4-0, then closed the first quarter with a 9-0 push from 12-8 to 21-8. Telstar reacted well in the second period. Coach Uchenna Agada's team cut deeply into the margin and produced a strong sequence in which Esch managed only one point while Telstar piled up 13, bringing the score from 24-8 to 25-21. By halftime, Basket Esch B was still only five points ahead at 31-26, so the game remained open.
The decisive stretch came after the break. Coach Stéphane Feller's side dominated the third quarter 23-4. Abriel Adam (LALB) and Arthur Léo Pierre Colle (LALB) gave Esch early momentum, and later the home side finished the period on a 10-0 run from 44-30 to 54-30. That was the crucial moment of the afternoon, and Esch's highest lead reached 26 points at 56-30 early in the fourth. Telstar won some exchanges late, but the gap never became threatening again.
Esch had balanced scoring. Berin Hajdarpasic (LALB), only 13, led with 13 points, including two 3-pointers. Lorenzo Vetro (LALB) added 11, Abriel Adam (LALB) had 9, and Colle finished with 7. Timéo Noah Wietnik (LALB), Colin Real Schneider (LALB) and Wu Darren Lee N'Goran (LALB) each contributed 5.
For Telstar, Mathis Adehm (TEL) and Stanislaw Jan Kwasniewski (TEL) scored 13 each, while Tao Raphaël Ozier-Lafontaine (TEL) added 12 and kept producing in the fourth quarter. Axel Hosten (TEL) collected two fouls in a row during the third period, and Telstar also had a flagrant foul in that same quarter, at a time when Esch was already taking firm control.
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