Titans controlled this Bascol Division 2 game from the opening minutes and defeated KPMG 70-31 at Lux Gare.
The home side set the tone immediately. Corentin Guissard scored 9 of the first 12 Titans points, and the hosts moved from 3-2 to 12-2 before closing the first quarter on a 6-0 run for an 18-6 lead. KPMG stayed alive mainly through Alexandre Weinand, but Titans already had the rhythm of the game.
KPMG had its most competitive stretch in the second quarter. Jay Roloff and Carlos Wagner helped cut the margin to 24-13, yet Titans answered well. Liviu Rusu then produced 5 points in a row, and the home team went into halftime with a solid 34-17 advantage.
The third quarter was more even. Weinand kept KPMG in the game with 8 points in the period, including a three-pointer, but Titans still kept control and extended the lead to 48-26. Their balance mattered here, with scoring support from Miguel Gonzalez Vargas, Raphaël Barelli, Mihnea Fulop, Artur Wozniak and Michael Zianveni.
The decisive push came at the start of the fourth quarter. Rusu scored the first 9 Titans points of the period, pushing the score from 48-26 to 57-27. Later, Titans added another strong burst, going from 59-29 to 70-29 with 11 unanswered points. That sequence gave them their highest lead of the game at 41 points before the final basket.
Guissard led Titans with 18 points, Rusu added 14, and Mihail Belostennjy finished with 10. Zianveni contributed 8 and Barelli 7. For KPMG, Weinand was clearly the main offensive option with 15 points, nearly half of his team's total, while Roloff scored 5 and Wagner 4. Titans also framed the game with two strong defensive quarters, allowing only 6 points in the first and 5 in the fourth.
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