Titans (TIT) beat BBC BIL (BIL) 58-48 at Lux Gare, turning the game after halftime with defense and timely perimeter shooting. A defensive opening quarter ended 8-6 for TIT, then BIL seized control in the second with a 0-10 run from 14-12 to 14-22. Clifton Cano (BIL) picked up three fouls in that period, and the hosts answered through captain Corentin Guissard (TIT), who scored the team's next 10 points to pull TIT back to 26-26 before the break (26-28 at halftime).
The third quarter flipped the script. After 38-38, Titans strung together an 8-0 run Mihnea Fulop (TIT) calmly sank two free throws, Michael Zianveni (TIT) added a two, Guissard scored again and Fulop finished in transition for a 46-38 lead after three (20-10 in the quarter). In that phase, Dany Deaibes (BIL) committed two fouls in a row, and Raphaël Barelli (TIT) had a key mini-burst with back-to-back twos (36-34, 38-34).
BIL pushed once more early in the fourth Luka Jovicic (BIL) hit a three to make it 48-44 before TIT answered immediately with a Guissard triple (51-44). Liviu Constantin Rusu (TIT) added two baskets, and Fulop closed in traffic for the night's largest margin at 58-46; the final read 58-48.
Guissard (TIT) led all scorers with 23 points, including five threes and two late free throws. Rusu (TIT) added 12 with two triples; Fulop (TIT) chipped in 7 (3 made free throws). Barelli (TIT) scored 6, and Miguel Gonzalez Vargas (TIT) opened the second half with a three. For BIL, Deaibes posted 14 (1 three, 1 free throw), captain RevyllJones Ratanga had 13 (one three), Kees Frijters 8 (all twos), and Jovicic 7 with a fourth-quarter triple.
The perimeter gap was decisive: Titans made 9 threes to BIL's 3. Coach Peter Mabic's group controlled the second half 32-20, while Coach Ratanga's side could not reclaim momentum after the third-quarter swing.
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