North Fox, now 2nd in the M-U16 Division 6 final phase and up three places, controlled Nitia Bettembourg 83-56 in Reuler. Coach Nermin Civic's team stopped a two-game losing run, while NIT extended its losing streak to four.
FOX imposed the pace very early. The home side opened on a 13-0 run, with Julien Rucken (Season PPG: 2.26) and captain Mattis Rob (Season PPG: 23.41) driving the first separation. NIT needed an early timeout at 12-0, then settled through 16-year-old French player Mathis Brochier (Season PPG: 9.92) and Halil Settar Yalcin (Season PPG: 6.27), but FOX still finished the first quarter ahead 23-13.
The second quarter created the real gap. After Bettembourg had come back to 29-19, FOX answered with a 12-0 stretch to 41-19. Rob and Yannis Ludes (Season PPG: 16.65) were on a roll in that phase. Qassim Sahraoui's side reacted with an 8-2 finish before halftime, reducing the score to 43-27.
FOX then removed most of the suspense in the third period. Rob scored 6 points in a row to start the quarter, and later Ludes added a three-pointer during a 7-0 closing run that pushed the score to 64-37. The highest lead reached 32 points at 80-48 in the fourth quarter. NIT still produced an 8-0 run to cut it to 80-56, before Ludes hit the last basket from long range.
Rob led all scorers with 38 points, only one below his season high of 39. Ludes added 28, and Rucken delivered 14. For NIT, Brochier finished with 20 points, Gabriel Berteloot (Season PPG: 6.78) had 12, and Yalcin scored 11.
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