BBC House Startups beat Vodafone 60-49 in Hamm after a pronounced momentum swing across the middle quarters. The hosts opened well (21-17), then stalled in the second frame with only four points, allowing Vodafone to take a 32-25 halftime lead behind a dominant spell from Villius Adomenas. He strung together three free throws and a basket to flip the game early in the second quarter and finished the period with 11, pacing a 15-4 team run.
The tide turned after the break. House Startups clamped down to hold Vodafone to six points in the third (17-6). Milton Antonio carried the offense with a series of mid-range finishes, while Christophe Jeandey and Jean-Baptiste Graille added timely twos. An 8-0 burst late in the quarter turned a 34-38 deficit into a 42-38 lead.
Coach Milton Antonio's side then closed the door in the fourth. Marko Burcul opened with a three for 45-38, Jeandey buried back-to-back triples to make it 51-40, and Antonio kept piling on at the line and in the paint. The hosts produced a 16-2 stretch to reach their largest lead at 60-43. Alessandro Biasi answered with a late three and then knocked down four free throws in a row, but the gap was too large.
Antonio led all scorers with 26 points and set the tone in both the third-quarter surge and the fourth-quarter pull-away. Graille added 14, including key buckets around the third-quarter turnaround, and Jeandey chipped in 14 with the game-breaking threes. For Vodafone, Adomenas had 18, driving the second-quarter swing, and Biasi added 17, scoring early and closing with a string at the stripe. Captain-coach Adnan Adrovic contributed 8, including two first-quarter threes. No technical or unsportmanlike fouls were recorded.
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