T71 Dudelange C pulled away after halftime and won 109-74 at Résidence Walferdange B in the M-U16 Division 4 phase finale. The score was still manageable at the break, but the third quarter changed the game.
After falling behind 4-0, RESB answered with an 11-3 run to go 11-7 up, led by Valerio Gulli (Season PPG: 12.90) and 14-year-old Lithuanian scorer Matas Sendzikas (Season PPG: 24.54). T71C reacted strongly with a 21-9 finish to the first quarter for a 28-20 lead. In the second period, Daris Adrovic (Season PPG: 13.82) and Sergiu Lisnicenco (Season PPG: 8.05) kept the visitors ahead, even if RESB reduced the gap to 37-42 before halftime.
RESB had another push in the third. Sendzikas, despite two first-quarter fouls, scored six points in a row and brought his team back to 56-66. That was the key moment. Marc Ewerling's team answered immediately: 15-year-old French guard Phanuel Magoum (Season PPG: 13.17) went on an eight-point burst and T71C opened the margin to 80-60 by the end of the quarter.
The fourth quarter became one-sided. Lee Weyland (Season PPG: 9.06), although he had collected four fouls in the third, scored eight straight points in the last period as T71C pushed the lead above 30 and finished at its highest margin.
Magoum led T71C with 31 points, backed by Lisnicenco and Weyland with 18 each, and Adrovic with 16. T71C generated 92 points from two-point baskets. For RESB, Sendzikas had 39 points, more than half of his team's total, and Gulli added 18. T71C ended a two-game losing run and moved up one place to 4th, while RESB remained 6th.
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Résidence Walferdange B