Musel Pikes controlled Amicale Steesel 71-47 in Dreiborn, shaping the game with a dominant third quarter and steady inside scoring. After a 19-9 start, Musel saw their 10-point lead trimmed to 29-24 at halftime as Amicale pieced together a 13-4 stretch in Q2 led by Maxime Kapgen. The restart was decisive: Musel opened the third with a 14-4 run to 43-28 and took the period 23-8, behind Jack Kemmer (Season PPG: 15.44) and Cédric Meyers (Season PPG: 11.45), who combined for 17 points in the quarter.
Amicale surged with an 11-0 start to the fourth (from 54-32 to 54-43), but coach Hichem El Basri's group answered with a 17-4 close to finish at the night's largest margin (+24). Kemmer led Musel with 22 while managing foul trouble (four personals), supported by Lex Flies (Season PPG: 14.30) with 18 and Meyers with 13. Tun Fixemer Faramelli added 9, including Musel's lone three.
For Amicale, Kapgen (Season PPG: 12.70) scored 12, with Phil Linckels (Season PPG: 10.08) and Harons Rafaels Faduls (Season PPG: 8.45) adding 9 each; Linckels hit their only three. Aiden Riley Smith (13, CAN) contributed 4. Both teams made eight free throws, but Musel's edge came inside: 30 made two-pointers to Amicale's 18.
Under coach Danièle Stoffel-Adam, Amicale's early fourth-quarter push briefly reopened the contest before Musel reasserted control. The result moves Musel to first place in the Phase Finale (1-1, ranking gain +3), with Amicale third (1-1, -1). Musel also halted a two-game slide, while Amicale could not build on their previous win.
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