Bascharage Hedgehogs, now 1st in M-U14 Division 5: Phase 1 (+1 place), defeated 5th-placed Black Frogs Schieren 60-46 and extended their winning streak to five games. Schieren are now on a three-game losing run.
Dejan Pavlovic's team created the separation in the second and third quarters. The opening period was still balanced: Schieren went ahead 6-4, but Bascharage finished the quarter on a 10-4 sequence for a 14-10 lead. The key stretch came next. From 14-10, the Hedgehogs pushed the score to 26-11, a 12-1 run spanning the end of the first quarter and the middle of the second. At halftime, BAS were in control at 30-15.
The third quarter confirmed that control. Leo Chiapolino (Season PPG: 23.80), the 12-year-old BAS captain, kept scoring inside and Bascharage moved from 33-21 to 45-23, with Chiapolino responsible for most of that burst. Tom Chiapolino added the game's only three-pointer, and the hosts entered the last quarter up 47-26.
The biggest lead came at 57-28 early in the fourth. Lucas Guardado Cristino (Season PPG: 9.60) scored six Bascharage points in a row in that phase. Schieren then responded well and finished the game on an 18-3 stretch from 57-28 to 60-46, with Nicolas Hansen (Season PPG: 6.80), Nick Huth (FRO) and Milio Ilan Rosati (FRO) leading the push.
Bascharage had the top scorer in Leo Chiapolino with 25 points. Léi Bernard (Season PPG: 22.80) added 12, Guardado Cristino had 8, and Istok Pecirep (Season PPG: 6.40) scored 4. For Schieren, Hansen and Huth each scored 12, Rosati added 9, and Olivier Mathieu (Season PPG: 12.00) finished with 8.
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