BBC BIL took control progressively at Mondercange and won 67-45 over AS CFL, taking every quarter (18-12, 18-14, 11-9, 20-10). In the new table, BIL moves up two places to 4th, while CFL drops to 6th.
AS CFL started well and led 2-0, but BIL answered immediately with an 8-0 run, driven mainly by Louis Laudois (BIL). CFL reacted with 8 straight points of its own to come back to 10-10, with Jerome Semedo (CFL) and Paul Thinnes (CFL) active in that stretch. The end of the first quarter still belonged to BIL, especially through Luka Jovicic (BIL), who hit back-to-back three-pointers.
The second quarter was important for the game's direction. BIL went from 18-14 to 25-14 with a 7-0 run, then later closed a decisive sequence from 30-23 to 36-23. Hugo Villette (BIL) scored three baskets in a row in that phase, and BIL reached halftime ahead 36-26.
CFL tried to stay alive after the break and got the first basket of the third quarter, but BIL answered again with six unanswered points to open a 42-28 margin. Semedo kept Coach Michael Cotellesa's team in contact with another productive spell, yet BIL stayed comfortable thanks to Laudois and Jovicic.
The clearest break came at the start of the fourth quarter. Coach Arnaud Paul Groven's team opened with 8 straight points, including consecutive three-pointers from captain Revyll-Jones Ratanga (BIL), pushing the score to 55-35. CFL reduced the gap briefly, but BIL answered again and finished with the game's highest lead at 22 points.
BIL had balanced scorers: Laudois 16, Jovicic 15, Ratanga 14, Villette 10 and Dany Deaibes (BIL) 8. CFL leaned heavily on Semedo's game-high 21 points; Nabil Berguiga (CFL) added 8 and Jeff Besch (CFL) 7.
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