Musel Pikes B opened this M-U14 Division 7 phase with a 73-31 home win over Rebound Préizerdaul and moved to 1st place, with PRE in 2nd after the first game.
The game was still competitive early. PRE answered the first baskets and stayed close at 8-7, helped by a three from Ivan Adriano Muller (PRE). MUSB then created the first real break with an 8-0 run to 16-7 and finished the first quarter in control, 22-12.
The decisive stretch came in the second period. Coach Nicolas De Marchi's team tightened the game and PRE did not score from the end of the first quarter until late in the second. That sequence became a 20-0 run across the quarter break, from 22-12 to 42-12. At halftime, MUSB were already far ahead, 42-15, after a 20-3 second quarter.
PRE reacted better after the break. They opened the third quarter with 7 straight points, cutting the score from 42-15 to 42-22 through Jo Kremer Kugener (PRE) and Stella Fantini (PRE). MUSB answered immediately with a 12-0 run to close the quarter at 54-22, which ended the comeback attempt.
In the last quarter, the highest lead reached 42 points at the final buzzer. Jonah Kieffer (11, MUSB) dominated the game with 40 points and scored 18 of his team's last 19 points. Captain Dimitri Anagnostaras (13, MUSB) added 14, and Jack De Marchi (11, MUSB) scored 9. For PRE, Jaylen Joseph Simoes Marbes (PRE) led with 8 points, Gaetano Vincenzo Morocutti (PRE) had 7, and Fantini added 5. MUSB had seven scorers, PRE had six.
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