Eur. Investment Bank A controlled the second half to beat BBC Police 77-59 in Bascol Division 1. After a balanced 23-23 first quarter, EIBA edged ahead 40-35 at the break, then saw their lead trimmed to 52-49 after three. The game broke open in the final period with a 25-10 surge, driven by Drini Manjani (EIBA).
BBC Police started sharper behind Norman Kloss (PLC), who scored the visitors' first five points and later reached 22. Lionel Delhaye (PLC) added 13, including an early triple, while Philippe Sagramola (PLC) gave perimeter answers in the second half. Despite an unsportsmanlike foul on Delhaye in Q2 and a technical on Jeff Bofferding (PLC), Police stayed in it, trailing by just three entering the fourth. Bofferding (10) later fouled out in the third quarter, a blow to their rotation.
From there, Manjani took over. He poured in 41 points and, early in Q4, scored EIBA's next eight points by himself, then buried a three to push the margin to double digits. He scored repeatedly inside and in transition, outdueling Kloss down the stretch. Support came from Lan Horvat Kovac (EIBA) with 11 and timely mid-range makes, plus Andreas Berkhoff (EIBA) with two key fourth-quarter baskets. Giorgios Kontoes (EIBA) chipped in 10, most in the first half to steady the hosts.
Coach Nicolae Predescu's group weathered foul trouble Emanuele Santi (EIBA), Srdan Petkovic (EIBA) and Fotios Kalantzis (EIBA) all fouled out yet closed with authority. Coach Norman Aust's team led by as many as five in the first quarter but couldn't contain EIBA's fourth-quarter run. EIBA's highest lead reached 18 at the buzzer, flipping a one-possession game after three into a comfortable home win.
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