Bascol Division 2 At Lux Gare, PWC Luxembourg controlled the opening and closed strong to beat Titans 55-65. The visitors blasted out of the blocks with a 10-0 start and led 10-23 after the first quarter, then pushed the margin to 20-37 at halftime. The largest gap reached 19 early in the third (20-39).
Titans reacted after the break. A sustained 8-0 run in the third, capped by a Miguel Gonzalez (TIT) triple, trimmed it to 33-43. Corentin Guissard (TIT) then authored five straight points, and another three from him late in the period made it 41-51 entering the fourth.
Peter Mabic's team kept coming: a Liviu Constantin Rusu (TIT) three and a layup brought the hosts within 50-51 early in the last quarter, their closest point of the night. From there, PWC found the answers. Davide Pochettino (PWC) steadied the game with a free throw and back-to-back baskets, part of an 8-0 surge (with a Carlos Galan (PWC) three) that rebuilt a 52-63 cushion. Rusu's second triple cut it to eight, but Ilija Delas (PWC) sealed it at 55-65. A late technical on Pietro Falaschi (PWC) had no impact.
Top performers:
- PWC: Pochettino (17) led the offense and delivered in the decisive stretch; Delas (12) was consistent across four quarters; Galan (8) hit two key threes; playing coach Carlos Alegret Ros (6) set the tone early.
- Titans: Guissard (16) powered the comeback with two made threes; Rusu (16) added two fourth-quarter triples; Raphaël Barelli (12) provided inside scoring.
From long range, Titans made five threes to PWC's four, but PWC's early 10-0 burst and the decisive 8-0 answer in the fourth under coach Carlos Alegret Ros framed the game's evolution.
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