Team Teaching controlled the middle quarters to win 91-80 away to Eur. Investment Bank A. EIBA started brighter and led 24-22 after the first, but the game flipped early in the second when TEA strung together a 10-0 run to turn 26-22 into 26-32. That surge, followed by a closing 5-0 spurt, sent TEA to halftime up 42-36. They stretched it to 62-51 after three on the back of a 6-0 mid-quarter burst, and managed the gap in a high-scoring final period (29-29). The largest lead reached +19 at 82-63 after backtoback threes by Xavier Engel.
TEA's attack was led by Luc Kirpach (32), relentless inside and from deep, and Engel (26), who hit four triples and pieced together a four-point sequence in the third. Jean De Marchi added 17, steadying the offense with timely drives and free throws. TEA's perimeter and line production proved decisive: 10 made threes and 13 free throws, outpacing EIBA's 4 threes and 8 free throws.
EIBA leaned on the frontcourt. Drini Manjani poured in 27 (12 two-pointers and a three), including a personal 5-0 mini-run around a first-quarter timeout. Emanuele Santi added 19 with constant mid-range pressure, and Giorgios Kontoes had 17, scoring repeatedly from the line during the late push. Miguel Llevenes (11) chipped in key first-half shots.
EIBA actually outscored TEA on two-pointers (30 makes to 24), but the visitors' arc advantage and foul-line edge decided the balance. A late technical on Kontoes came as EIBA tried to cut the deficit, yet TEA kept answering Engel's late threes and Kirpach's steady scoring sealing it under coach Xavier Engel. EIBA coach Nicolae Predescu briefly checked in during the fourth.
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