Mambra Mamer B controlled in Bettembourg, beating Nitia Bettembourg 91-72 in the M-U16 Division 5 Phase 2 round-robin. The visitors set the tone with a 0-8 start and took the first quarter 9-22, helped by early baskets from Phivos Sortikos and Gabriel Fihey, while Nitia's David Gonçalves Maricato picked up two quick fouls. In the second period, after a timeout by coach Alan Bedirhanoglu at 23-30, Mamer reeled off a 9-0 run to 23-39 and reached halftime up 28-47.
Nitia briefly rallied in the third with a 6-0 burst by Raphaël Norbert Schmit and Dinis Jorge Cruz Rica to 39-51, but Mamer answered through Khan Eyal N'Guessan and Fihey, then a string of finishes from Toprak Altinoklar pushed it to 48-73 after 30 minutes. The largest gap was +27 at 48-75 early in the fourth. Nitia's response came via Adrian Ion Zianveni (NIT), who produced an 8-0 solo run to 58-77, and the hosts took the last quarter 24-18, but the deficit remained substantial.
Altinoklar (15 years old, TUR) led Mamer with 22 points despite four fouls. Sortikos (Season PPG: 10.94) added 20 including a three-pointer, and Fihey (Season PPG: 5.45) delivered 19. N'Guessan (MAMB) and Mathieu Moccia (MAMB) chipped in 10 apiece. For Nitia, Raphaël Norbert Schmit (NIT) scored 22, Zianveni (NIT) had 19, while the Portuguese Dinis Jorge Cruz Rica (Season PPG: 10.10) added 16 and Ewen Leung (Season PPG: 19.33) 8.
With this result, coach Bedirhanoglu's team posts a second straight win and climbs to first place (+3, 3-2). Coach Qassim Sahraoui's Nitia remain 0-5 and last, on a long losing streak.
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