T71 Dudelange B won a close Phase finale game 65-59 against Arantia Larochette at grimler/terrain2, and the home side did it with a sharp late swing. Carlo Muller's team is now 2nd after a gain of two places, while Arantia remains 5th. T71B has also stretched its run to three straight wins, while ARA has dropped a sixth in a row. T71B also finished the season series 2-0 against Arantia.
The game flow was strongly in Arantia's favour for a long stretch. ARA led 15-13 after the first quarter, then controlled the second period to reach 39-25 at halftime. The visitors kept the initiative in the third and built the game's highest lead at 47-27, with Rui Carlos Silva (Season PPG: 16.16) and captain Finn Brosius (Season PPG: 10.89) setting the tone. Silva finished with 16 points, Brosius added 12, and Noa Franssens (Season PPG: 25.91) scored 11.
T71B stayed alive in the third behind Lorenzo Magoum (Season PPG: 13.40) and Lucas Mutambayi Tshibambi (Season PPG: 6.95), cutting the gap to 55-41 before the last quarter. Then the game turned completely. T71B won the fourth period 24-4. From 48-57, the home team produced a 9-0 run to tie at 57-57, with Mutambayi Tshibambi carrying much of that surge. After Arantia briefly went back in front at 58-57, T71B answered with an 8-0 push to 65-58 and took control of the finish.
Mutambayi Tshibambi, 13, led all scorers with 21 points, matching his season high. Nikola Bugarski (Season PPG: 7.18), the 12-year-old Serbian guard, added 14 including the tying three for 57-57, and Magoum contributed 13. Arantia had four players in double figures or close to it, but their offense produced only four points in the final quarter.
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