Bascol Coupe - Eliminatoires, Oberanven/Terrain 2. Team Teaching overpowered Eur. Investment Bank 94-48, breaking a tight first half open with a dominant second act.
The opening quarter was balanced. EIB struck first (0-2, then 2-4), but an early unsportsmanlike foul on Srdan Petkovic (U2) shifted momentum as Xavier Engel answered at the line and from deep. Teaching edged ahead 22-18 after 10 minutes. In the second quarter Pit Meintz hit from long range for 27-20, and Andreas Berkhoff committed three personals in a row, allowing Engel to string together a run of free throws that stretched the gap. EIB stayed within reach through Miguel Llevenes and Drini Manjani from the perimeter, 37-30 at halftime.
The game flipped after the break. Engel opened with a triple, and after EIB's last field goal for 48-37, Teaching unleashed a 25-0 run spanning late third into early fourth (from 48-37 to 73-37). Engel and Laurent Majerus piled in baskets, and Meintz added a three to start the final period. The third finished 64-37; the final margin (46) stood as the biggest lead.
Engel was unstoppable with 48 points (5 threes, 10 twos, 13 free throws), scoring in bursts and steering the decisive run. Majerus added 16 and Daniel Weyrich 13, while player-coach Meintz chipped in 13 with four triples. For EIB, Llevenes led with 16 despite foul trouble (four personals), and Manjani had 13 with multiple threes. Rezvan-Alexandru Purice scored 5. Beyond Petkovic's early U2, EIB's rhythm was further hurt by that mid-second-quarter foul sequence on Berkhoff.
Coach Pit Meintz's side controlled the tempo after halftime and closed the tie emphatically, quarter by quarter: 22-18, 15-12, 27-7, 30-11.
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