Musel Pikes, now 2nd in M-U14 Division 3: Phase 1, won 67-55 at T71 Dudelange B, who stand 3rd after this opening round game. The match had two very different phases and stayed open deep into the fourth quarter.
Coach Nicolas De Marchi's side started sharply. Musel went from 0-0 to 0-11, with Lex Flies (MUS) scoring 9 points in a row in that burst, and the visitors finished the first quarter up 29-14. Their biggest lead came at 31-16 early in the second period.
T71B reacted well under coach Carlo Muller. The home side dominated the second quarter 16-6 and cut the gap to 35-30 at halftime. Elia Marco Ceresi (T71B) and Lou Gonner (T71B) were central to that response, while Simao Pedro Gomes Santos (T71B) added two free throws in the comeback. T71B kept pressing in the third quarter, won it 15-13, and moved within 48-45. Early in the last period they finally went in front at 49-48 after two straight baskets from Gonner (T71B).
That was the crucial moment, and Musel answered immediately. Flies (MUS) put his team back ahead and led a 7-0 run from 49-48 to 55-49. T71B stayed close at 53-57, but Devon Martins Lopes (T71B) fouled out in that stretch, and Musel controlled the final minutes. Flies finished with 36 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Charel Engel (MUS) added 12, with two 3-pointers, and Mathieu Jake Leick (MUS) scored 6. For T71B, Ceresi had 14, Gonner 12, Louis Simon (T71B) 7, and Jayden Patrick Andrade Tavares (T71B) 6.
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