BNP Parisbas won a tight Bascol Division 3 game in Beggen, beating Eurobasket B 49-43 after controlling most of the second half.
Eurobasket B started better and moved 7-0 ahead, with Bruno Supicic (EURB) and Manuel Pedraza Bueno (EURB) giving early rhythm. BNP answered well. Vivien Sanna (BNP) scored 8 first-quarter points as his team closed the opening period on a 10-2 run to lead 10-9.
The second quarter stayed compact. Eurobasket briefly went back in front at 11-10, but BNP reacted again through Sanna and Samuel Mathurin Tchantio Kombiwo (BNP). BNP won the quarter 10-8 and reached halftime with a 20-17 edge.
Eurobasket B produced one of the key momentum swings just after the break. Roberto Schiano (EURB), Valentin Mitov (EURB) and Luca Martinelli (EURB) combined for a 7-0 burst, turning 17-20 into 24-20. BNP then answered with its best collective sequence. Sanna, Maxime Detourbe (BNP) and Mohamed Zarraa (BNP) drove a strong response that pushed BNP back in front 32-28 by the end of the third.
In the last quarter, BNP created the biggest margin of the game at 43-33. Yves Antoine Ekamby (BNP) was important in that stretch with 5 points in a row, and Tchantio added interior scoring. Eurobasket still stayed alive: Mitov hit from outside and Rimgaudas Greicius (EURB) kept attacking as EURB reduced the gap to 47-43. In a close finish, BNP had the last word, and Sanna sealed it with the final basket.
Sanna was the game's top scorer with 22 points. Tchantio added 9, Ekamby 7 and Detourbe 6 for BNP. For Eurobasket B, Mitov led with 16, Greicius had 10, and Pedraza Bueno added 6. Baptiste Bessiere (EURB) picked up three fouls in a row late, which reflected BNP's pressure in the closing minutes.
(AI generated)