Amicale Steesel beat Musel Pikes 93-64 in the phase finale clash between the top two teams and moved up to rank 1, while Musel dropped to rank 2. Thorsten Freiheit's team also turned around the head-to-head after the earlier 71-47 away loss. Amicale now has five wins in a row, and Musel's own five-game winning streak ended here.
Game evolution was clear from the start. Amicale opened on a 10-0 run, with Maxime Kapgen (Season PPG: 11.73) and Erik Hruban (13, CZE) giving the home side early control. After one quarter, AMI already led 26-12. The second period widened the gap further: Raphael Boreiko (Season PPG: 15.50) scored repeatedly near the basket, Levi Lepage Post (Season PPG: 12.86) added 8 efficient points, and Harons Rafaels Faduls hit a three that pushed the margin to 37-19. At halftime, Steinsel was in front 50-25.
Musel had its best stretch in the third quarter, won 23-17. Lex Flies (Season PPG: 14.87), Cédric Meyers (Season PPG: 11.44) and Rody Minutella (Season PPG: 5.55) helped trim the deficit to 67-48. Adam Hammed (Season PPG: 7.50) stayed active despite picking up two fouls already in the first quarter and finished with 15.
Amicale answered immediately in the last quarter with a 7-0 burst from 67-48 to 74-48 and restored full control. Kapgen finished with 18 points, Boreiko 16, Charel Patz (Season PPG: 8.69) 12, and 13-year-old Aiden Riley Smith (CAN, Season PPG: 11.71) 11. For Musel, Flies led with 16, Hammed had 15 and Meyers 14. Amicale's biggest lead reached 29 points late in the game.
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