BBC East Side Pirates won 72-48 in Mersch, with the game shaped by two major runs. The opening quarter stayed competitive. BEP went from 0-0 to 10-1, but Black Star answered well through Ylan Madoki Bigas and Nuno Moreira Rodrigues to stay close at 13-17.
The decisive passage came at the start of the second quarter. The Pirates opened that period with a 14-0 run, stretching the score from 17-13 to 31-13 and creating real separation. Coach Gilles Poos then saw his team keep that margin, reaching halftime ahead 42-30. Black Star had a better spell late in the quarter, with Madoki Bigas scoring six points in a row for BSM, but the visitors still controlled the rhythm.
BEP had balanced scoring. Felix Saeul (Season PPG: 3.52) led with 16 points, while Philippe Meyers (Season PPG: 4.10) and Ben Pallmer (Season PPG: 6.90) each had 15. Yuqiang Wang, a 13-year-old Chinese player (Season PPG: 8.00), added 14 and was important around the basket, including three straight scores in the third quarter.
For Black Star, captain Ylan Madoki Bigas, a 14-year-old Belgian player (Season PPG: 22.79), finished with 18 points. Nuno Moreira Rodrigues, 13, from Portugal (Season PPG: 4.44), added 14, and Maxime Toussaint (Season PPG: 5.42) scored 7. BSM stayed in the game during the third quarter, which was nearly even at 11-12, but Madoki Bigas was already on four fouls by the end of that period.
The fourth quarter settled it. After BSM had cut the gap to 46-60, BEP produced a 12-0 run to reach their biggest lead at 72-46. In the standings, the Pirates climb two places to 2nd and extend their winning streak to three games. Black Star remain 6th and suffer an eighth straight defeat.
(AI generated)