In this U18 friendly, Trier Gladiators controlled the game very early and built the margin through pace, depth and scoring balance. BBC East Side Pirates stayed in the contest more effectively after the break, but the first three quarters had already created too large a gap.
The opening quarter decided the tone. TRG went from 0-0 to 7-0, then answered BEP's first basket with a 17-0 run to reach 24-2 before Tim Mathieu (BEP) scored the last basket of the period for 4-24. That early sequence gave Coach Jonas De Brujne's side full control.
BEP found better offensive moments in the second quarter, mainly through Sam Schaeffer (BEP), a 16-year-old forward, who scored 5 quick points to help lift the home side from 4-26 to 9-26. Leo Carreira de Oliveira (BEP) and Tristan Noël Fievez (BEP) also gave support, but TRG kept answering. Vasilis Paspaltzis (TRG), Moritz Kirch (TRG) and Henrik Schroeder (TRG) punished those stretches, and the visitors still reached halftime with a strong 53-23 lead.
The third quarter removed remaining suspense. BEP briefly produced a 6-0 spell from 23-57 to 29-57 through Mathieu (BEP) and Schaeffer (BEP), but TRG replied with outside shooting and interior finishing. Schroeder (TRG) hit back-to-back threes, Jakob Mueller (TRG) added another from deep, and Nikola Petrovic (TRG) kept scoring inside. The lead peaked at 84-42 after three quarters.
The last quarter was better from Coach Gérard Boby's team. BEP opened with a 10-0 run, with Sean Harmelin Dostert (BEP) scoring 6 of those points, while Matteo Weydert (BEP) and Mathieu (BEP) added baskets. BEP won the quarter 20-12, but TRG still had enough margin.
Top scorers were Schaeffer with 21 and Mathieu with 13 for BEP, while Fievez added 9. For TRG, Schroeder scored 15, Petrovic 14 and Henrik Brosette 11. TRG also had strong support from Yilmaz and Paspaltzis with 9 each. The visitors' offensive spread stood out: 10 made three-pointers and eight players with at least 7 points.
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