Fourth-placed T71 Dudelange, coached by Daniel Wolf, controlled most of this Phase finale game and beat sixth-placed BBC East Side Pirates 95-62. It was T71's third win in three meetings with BEP this season. The result also stopped a four-game losing streak for T71, while BEP's run of three straight wins ended.
The opening quarter was competitive only for a short time. After 8-8, T71 found another gear through Ben Kloos (Season PPG: 14.22) and Noah Baseggio (Season PPG: 13.69). Late in the period, Baseggio scored 8 points in a row and T71 moved from 24-17 to 32-17 before closing the quarter at 32-22.
BEP reacted well at the start of the second quarter. Gilles Poos' team opened with a 6-0 run to cut the gap to 32-28. That was a key moment, because T71 answered immediately with 15 unanswered points, pushing the score to 47-28. Ivan Barbic (Season PPG: 11.30), a 13-year-old Croatian player, and Pol Guedes (Season PPG: 12.06) were important in that stretch.
The third quarter broke the game open. T71 won it 33-13 and extended the margin to 80-41, with Kloos, Baseggio, Barbic and Ben Stork (Season PPG: 6.56) all contributing. The highest lead later reached 35 points at 95-60.
BEP still showed character in the fourth. Stefan Jankovic (Season PPG: 18.35) and captain Nicolas Nestgen (Season PPG: 18.00) led a 16-0 run from 80-41 to 80-57. T71 then answered with 15 straight points to settle the game.
Kloos led T71 with 25 points, matching his season high. Baseggio added 19, also matching his best mark this season, Barbic scored 14, Guedes 12 and Stork 10. For BEP, Stefan Jankovic finished with 29, equaling his season high, and Nestgen added 24. The pair combined for 53 of BEP's 62 points.
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