Fourth-ranked US Heffingen controlled most of this M-U14 Division 4 Phase finale game and beat sixth-ranked Bascharage Hedgehogs 72-48. Heffingen stays fourth at 2-3, while Bascharage drops to 0-5 and extends its losing streak to ten games. For Heffingen, it is a second straight win after a difficult three-game losing spell earlier in the phase.
Bascharage opened better. Karlo Saric (Season PPG: 11.69) and Gregor Tomac (Season PPG: 6.44) gave the visitors a 4-0 start, and Bascharage was still in front at 8-6. From there, the game turned. Heffingen closed the first quarter with 12 unanswered points, moving from 9-8 to 21-8 and taking firm control.
The second quarter confirmed that shift. Mett Dostert (Season PPG: 15.69) and Léini Dostert (Season PPG: 8.00) kept the pace high, and Heffingen stretched the margin to 39-17 at halftime. Mett Dostert remained productive despite committing back-to-back fouls, including a technical, late in the quarter.
Bascharage had its best spell after the break. Saric scored 9 points in the third quarter, including the team's only three-pointer, and the gap was trimmed to 16 points at 43-27. Heffingen answered immediately with an 8-0 run, fueled by Léini Dostert and Mett Dostert, and restored separation at 53-27 before entering the last quarter up 55-32.
In the fourth, coach Andrej Gruskovnjak's team reached its highest lead at 69-38. Bascharage, coached by Nicolas Schaefers, still produced one last push with 10 straight points to cut it to 69-48, but Léini Dostert scored the final 3 points of the game.
Heffingen's main offensive difference came from Mett Dostert with 23 points, Léini Dostert with 20, and 12-year-old Australian Amelia Morton (Season PPG: 6.14) with 12. For Bascharage, Saric finished with 19 and Tomac with 15, combining for 34 of the team's 48 points.
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