Bascol Coupe - Eliminatoires, Oberanven/Terrain2. Team Teaching edged Arcus 70-66 after a game that swung wildly before being settled at the line in the closing seconds.
Arcus started 3-0, but Team Teaching flipped the script with a 15-0 burst to 24-8 and closed the first quarter 24-10. Arcus steadied in the second (19-18) yet trailed 42-29 at halftime, Team Teaching's early efficiency and pressure in the paint setting the tone. The game turned after the break: Arcus won the third 19-9, fueled by the hot hand of Michail Kouris (33 points; 6 threes, 7 twos, 1 FT). A 9-0 Arcus run from 33-47 to 42-47 put real pressure on the visitors, and the gap was just three entering the fourth.
The final quarter was tight. Each Arcus surge threes from Toni Martins Ferreira and Kouris, inside touches for Ioannis Pitropakis was met by timely answers. Pitropakis twice scored to bring Arcus within one possession, and Kouris's triple made it 66-67. In the decisive minute, captain Xavier Engel stayed composed and converted a string of free throws to push Team Teaching back out to 70-66 and close it.
Engel led Team Teaching with 22 points, including key late free throws and two triples, while Laurent Majerus (19) powered the first-quarter separation and kept scoring through contact. Max Schmit added 14 and Michel Kirsch 11, providing balance. For Arcus, Kouris was exceptional, repeatedly dragging his team back into it. Martins Ferreira hit four threes for 12, and Pitropakis added 9. Arcus captain Luc Kirsch chipped in 5.
Coach Engel's side built the highest lead at +16 in the first quarter; Coach Kirsch's team answered with control of the third. A pivotal note late: Martins Ferreira fouled out in the fourth, trimming Arcus's spacing at the end. In a close finish, Team Teaching were the winners.
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