First-ranked Nitia Bettembourg imposed itself clearly at Walferdange, beating third-ranked Résidence 94-44 and completing a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 82-73 win. Nitia extended its winning streak to eight games, while Résidence is now on a run of five straight losses.
The game was shaped very early. After a 6-1 start, Nitia produced a 12-0 burst from 13-9 to 25-9 in the first quarter, with Adrian Ion Zianveni and Yohannes Thomas Michael driving that sequence. The visitors closed the period at 31-13, already in full control. Résidence reacted better in the second quarter and limited the damage to a 17-19 frame. Captain Stefans Grandovskis (Season PPG: 9.61), a 13-year-old Latvian, kept his team alive with inside scoring, and Raphaël Ernest Newton (Season PPG: 1.33) gave useful support.
Coach Jérôme Defer's team then broke the game open after the break. Nitia opened the third quarter with a 13-2 push to reach 63-32, then added another strong finish for a 75-38 lead. Early in the fourth, Zianveni scored 7 points in a row, and Nitia later went on a 14-0 run to stretch the margin from 80-38 to 94-38. The final gap, 50 points, was the highest lead of the evening.
Nitia had several major offensive leaders. Captain Ewen Man-Fei Leung (Season PPG: 33.31), 14-year-old French player, scored 26 points, all from two-point range. Zianveni (Season PPG: 21.50) added 24, including 3 free throws and a three-pointer, while Michael (Season PPG: 14.20) finished with 19. Diogo Barbosa Conte (Season PPG: 9.58) contributed 11.
For Résidence, Grandovskis led with 16 points. Muhammad Shawaiz Shakil (RES) added 8 in only his second game of the competition. A key issue for the home side was the foul trouble of Gael Dos Santos Antonio (Season PPG: 16.00), who picked up two fouls in the first quarter, reached four overall, and was held scoreless.
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