Basket Esch C controlled this M-U16 Division 6 game from the opening minutes and won 68-52 at Rebound Préizerdaul. The result lifted Esch two places into 2nd at 2-0, while Préizerdaul stayed 6th at 0-2.
Roger Do Rosario's team broke the game open immediately. After a 0-6 start, Esch pushed on to 2-14 and closed the first quarter with a heavy 26-7 lead. Semin Demirovic (LALC) set the tone early, and Esch already had several scorers involved before the break.
Préizerdaul were better in the second quarter, but the gap still grew to 40-19 by halftime. Charlie Socha Scheulen (LALC) and Rudy Mendes Silva (LALC) added useful points in that phase, while Guilherme Filipe Marques Casqueira (PRE) kept the home side going.
The best spell from Jérôme Lefevre's side came in the third quarter. After Esch had stretched the margin to 25 points at 44-19 and again at 50-25, Préizerdaul answered with a 12-0 run to cut it to 50-37. Marques Casqueira (PRE), Jason Hottua (PRE) and Jamien Tom Simoes Marbes (PRE) led that push. Esch reacted well when Redzep Ramovic (LALC) hit the only three-pointer of the game for 53-37.
That basket restored control, and the visitors managed the fourth quarter without allowing the comeback to become a one-possession game. Demirovic (LALC) finished as top scorer with 16 points, Ramovic (LALC) had 12, Allou N'Da (LALC) 9 and Duarte Gonvalves Ponciano (LALC) 8. For Préizerdaul, Marques Casqueira (PRE) produced 19 points, Hottua (PRE) scored 11 and Simoes Marbes (PRE) also had 11. Djim Scheitler Loueiro (PRE) fouled out after carrying foul trouble deep into the game.
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