Etzella Ettelbruck took control after a competitive opening and beat Résidence Walferdange 82-51 in round 3 of M-U14 Division 2 Phase 1. Etzella, coming off a loss in its previous game, moved up three places to 2nd. Résidence stayed 6th and is now on a three-game losing run.
The start was balanced. Stefans Grandovskis (RES) gave Walferdange the first points, but 13-year-old captain Lenny Weber (ETZ) answered quickly and helped Etzella build a 13-6 lead. Résidence stayed close through Grandovskis and Joaquym Branyan Questier (RES), finishing the first quarter with a 9-6 spell to cut the gap to 21-17.
The game shifted in the second quarter. Eric Zenners' team first went to 29-21, then produced one of the key stretches of the game: two free throws from Erol Ajdinovic (ETZ) followed by back-to-back three-pointers from Weber made it an 8-0 run and a 37-21 lead. Etzella kept the tempo high and reached halftime up 44-28.
The decisive break came after the interval. Etzella opened the third quarter with a 12-2 burst, with Weber, Ajdinovic and Lenn Dos Santos (ETZ) doing the damage, and the score moved from 44-28 to 56-30. Résidence scored only 6 points in the period and trailed 60-34 going into the fourth.
Etzella never let the game tighten again. Weber and Lourenço Fonseca Nunes (ETZ) carried much of the late scoring, and the margin peaked at 34 points at 82-48.
Weber (ETZ) finished with 29 points, including five made three-pointers. Ajdinovic (ETZ) added 18 and Fonseca Nunes (ETZ) 17. For Steve Alexandre's side, Grandovskis (RES) scored 19, while Questier (RES) and Robert Nicula (RES) added 12 each.
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