M-U14 Division 3: Phase 2, Bettembourg/terrain 1 Nitia Bettembourg overpowered T71 Dudelange B, 92-45, behind a relentless first-half surge and a crushing third quarter. After T71 briefly led 4-2 through captain Jim Resl (10 pts, Season PPG: 7.86), Nitia flipped the game with a 23-4 close to the first quarter (8-25). Coach Jérôme Defer's team kept its pace in the second period, with Ewen Man-Fei Leung and Adrian Ion Zianveni piling up points to reach halftime at 24-48.
The decisive stretch came right after the break: Nitia won the third quarter 28-4, stretching the gap to +48 (28-76), their highest lead. Leung, a 13-year-old guard from France, repeatedly scored back-to-back baskets, while Zianveni mixed finishes inside with a first-quarter triple. T71, guided by coach Carlo Muller, responded with pride in the last ten minutes (17-16), but the outcome was long settled.
Leung exploded for 36 points (Season PPG: 37.43), and Zianveni added 35 (Season PPG: 21.43), combining for 71 of Nitia's 92. Yohannes Thomas Michael (Season PPG: 17.00) chipped in, with steady support from Luca Marnach de Angelis and Esteban Bayegi. For T71, Resl led the way, Lou Gonner (9 pts, Season PPG: 6.00) scored in key spurts, and Lorenzo Ethanaël Magoum (6 pts, Season PPG: 11.67), Sami Dzinic (6) and Lucas Mutambayi Tshibambi (6) added contributions.
Nitia stay top of the Championship round at 4-0 and extend their overall winning streak to eight games. T71B sit fifth (0-3). Notable sequences included Nitia's first-quarter 23-4 run and multiple instances of Leung scoring in succession, particularly across the first and third quarters.
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