BBC Police controlled this Bascol Division 1 game at home and beat BBC BCEE 82-69 after taking three of the four quarters. The key stretch came around the break. Police led only 18-14 after the first period and the gap was still manageable at halftime, 45-36, with BCEE staying in touch through Pitt Koster (CEE).
The third quarter changed the rhythm. Police won it 23-13 and pushed the margin to 68-49, their highest lead of the night. Jeff Bofferding (PLC) and Tom Steffen (PLC) were decisive there: Bofferding scored 11 points in the quarter, while Steffen added 8, and Police repeatedly answered every BCEE basket with quick inside scoring.
BCEE tried to reopen the game in the fourth. Koster scored 8 straight points for his team at the start of the period, cutting the deficit from 19 to 11 at 68-57. After Henri Macedo Goncalves hit a three for Police, Kevin Moura Santos answered with 5 points in a row to steady the home side at 76-64. BCEE never got closer than that final phase.
Police had balanced scoring under coach Gilles Jankowski: Steffen finished with 20, Bofferding 18, Eric Bissener 16, Moura Santos 10 and Lionel Delhaye 9, with strong support scoring throughout the rotation. BCEE relied heavily on Koster, who produced 38 points with 10 two-pointers and 6 threes. Julie Belva added 10 and Robert Brinck 10, but Police's collective scoring depth and their third-quarter surge made the difference.
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