BBC East Side Pirates took clear revenge for the 73-70 loss in the first meeting and beat AS Soleuvre B 78-36 in Berbourg. In the updated table of M-U14 Division 5: Phase finale, SOLB is second after losing one place, while BEP stays third.
The game turned early. BEP opened on an 8-0 run, with captain Edgar Charles Matti Ney (Season PPG: 3.68) scoring 6 of those first 8 points. Soleuvre settled through captain Louis-Moris Melsen (Season PPG: 6.46) and Ugo Rodier Fulat, but the home side still controlled the first quarter at 18-10.
The decisive break came in the second period. BEP pushed from 18-10 to 26-10, then added a 9-0 burst to 35-12. Tim Konstantin Focht (Season PPG: 7.38) was central in that stretch, and Gilles Poos' team reached halftime with a 37-15 lead.
After the break, Soleuvre scored first, but the Pirates answered with the key sequence of the game: a 14-0 run from 37-17 to 51-17. Focht scored 10 consecutive points inside that surge. BEP led 59-23 after three quarters and had full control.
Soleuvre's best moment came late in the fourth, when Melsen and Sam Omes (Season PPG: 13.38) fueled an 8-0 run from 69-26 to 69-34. The Pirates then closed on a 9-2 stretch for the final 42-point margin, their biggest lead.
Focht finished with 21 points despite 4 fouls, Ben Pallmer (Season PPG: 7.73) added 16, and Ney had 12. BEP scored 76 of its 78 points on two-point baskets. For SOLB, Melsen produced 17 points, while 13-year-old Amadou Diallo from Guinea added 6 and Omes scored 6, including Soleuvre's only three-pointer.
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