Royal IV Brussels - A · 22 min★★★★★
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Jad Riahi finished with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in just 22 minutes as Royal IV Brussels held off CEP Fleurus 90–81 at the Palais du Midi. The efficiency was evident: 5 of 10 from the field, 5 of 9 from three, and 8 of 9 at the free-throw line, with a clean sheet on turnovers.
The nine-point margin does not fully capture how much Riahi's accuracy kept Royal IV Brussels ahead in a Group A contest that CEP Fleurus made competitive through the final stretch. In a division built on depth and consistency, a night where one player moves that efficiently—shooting over 50% overall and better than 55% from range—tends to decide close games.
Royal IV Brussels next faces their next Group A assignment.
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Royal IV Brussels held off a second-half comeback to edge CEP Fleurus 90–81 in Group A play, a hard-fought win that required a decisive fourth-quarter surge to bury a team that had clawed back from 15 down.
The hosts came out sharp. Royal IV Brussels raced to 25–13 after one quarter, then stretched the lead to 15 points early in the second (30–15 with 8:36 to play in that frame). CEP Fleurus, though, chipped away. A 21-point second quarter brought them within 40–34 at the half, and they kept climbing through the third. By late in the third, Fleurus had taken the lead entirely—up 61–55 with just over a minute left in the quarter.
Royal IV Brussels had no room for hesitation. An 8-0 run midway through the fourth flipped the script back to 63–61, and the hosts never surrendered again, outscoring Fleurus 29–20 in the final frame to secure a five-point cushion.
Jad Riahi steered the home side. He finished with 23 points on efficient shooting (5/10 twos, 5/9 threes) to go with five rebounds, five assists, and a steal. Kenan Mbolhi Senga added 12 points on 6/8 from the field. For Fleurus, Nathan Flonet's 19 points on 7/12 shooting kept them competitive throughout.
Royal IV Brussels host Royal Nivelles Basketball on Saturday, 3 October. Fleurus travel to RBC Namur Belgrade the next day.
Anthony Lambot has been CEP Fleurus' engine this season, averaging 16.4 points per game, and he'll find Royal IV Brussels' defense waiting at Palais du Midi. Christopher De Medina anchors the Brussels attack at 12.8 PPG — a different offensive rhythm, but one built to match intensity in a Top Division Men 2 fixture that tips off in roughly five hours.
These two clubs have a legitimate matchup here. Lambot's scoring punch is the kind of threat that forces a disciplined defensive game, while De Medina's consistency has kept Brussels competitive. The balance of who controls pace and spacing will likely decide how wide the margin runs.
Get in front of a screen for this one — the Belgian domestic game doesn't offer many better windows into how scoring backcourts operate under pressure.
Royal IV Brussels - A · 27 min★★★★★
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Milan De Clercq carved through Royal IV Brussels' defense with surgical precision, finishing 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting—including 3-for-5 from three—in just 20 minutes as Gent-Oost Eagles secured a 10-point home win, 85–75, in Group A play.
The efficiency was striking: De Clercq didn't miss from the line (2-for-2) and committed only two turnovers in his half-court stint. He did the scoring work without needing to dominate the glass or playmaking (1 rebound, 1 assist), letting his shooting accuracy carry the load when Gent-Oost needed to build separation.
Royal IV Brussels stayed within striking distance for stretches but couldn't match the Eagles' offensive spacing and precision. De Clercq's three-point stroke—a threat Brussels had to respect—opened driving lanes and kept the offense flowing in a controlled performance rather than a track meet.
Next up: Gent-Oost Eagles continue their Group A campaign.
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🏀 Final: Gent-Oost Eagles 85–75 Royal IV Brussels.
Top: Milan De Clercq 17 PTS.
Royal IV Brussels - A · 34 min★★★★★
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Raphael Morini ran the offense with precision as Royal IV Brussels closed out their group-stage campaign with a 16-point road win over Val-Dieu Spirou Basket B, 89–73. The playmaker finished with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists across 34 minutes, adding 4 steals to a well-rounded performance — though his shot selection was uneven at 4-of-10 from the field (2-of-6 from three).
The margin tells the real story: Royal IV Brussels established control early and never yielded it, building enough cushion that Val-Dieu Spirou Basket B could not stage a meaningful comeback. Morini's ability to keep the ball moving and force turnovers on the perimeter kept the hosts off-balance throughout.
With their group stage now complete, Royal IV Brussels' tournament run ends here.
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Royal IV Brussels pulled clear in the third quarter and never looked back, outscoring Val-Dieu Spirou Basket B 32–19 in that frame to turn a two-point halftime lead into an 11-point cushion. Brussels dominated the middle of the game; Val-Dieu, who had kept pace through the opening half (42–40 at the break), could not sustain it.
The fourth quarter was no comeback story. Val-Dieu managed only 12 points to Brussels' 17, the gap widening to 16 by the final buzzer. It was a controlled performance from Brussels, not a desperate fight.
Kenan Mbolhi Senga led Brussels with 20 points and 8 rebounds on efficient 8/12 shooting, while Noah Zappulla added 15 points and 4 assists and Emmanuel Fundi Bin Musemena chipped in 12 on a near-perfect 6/7 from the field. For Val-Dieu, Ilan Mbessang's 13 points and Léon Franckx's 12 came too isolated; Benjamin Muamba's 10 (on 4/5 shooting) offered flashes, but no one else stepped in to carry the load.
This was Val-Dieu's group-stage campaign in full: competitive early, outpaced by the sharper side when it mattered. Brussels moved on; Val-Dieu's Beker van België run ended here.
St.-Truidense - A · 28 min★★★★★
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Yannick Ravert shot the lights out for St.-Truidense, finishing with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals in 28 minutes on an efficient 7-for-9 from the field. The decisive margin was just one point — St.-Truidense held on to beat Royal IV Brussels 69–68 away in the Beker van België group stage, and Ravert's near-perfect night at the rim was the difference.
He did not attempt a three-pointer and did not record a block, but he did not need to. In a game decided by inches, his 77.8% shooting efficiency and 2-for-2 accuracy from the free-throw line kept St.-Truidense upright when Royal IV Brussels pressed hard down the stretch. Two turnovers and three fouls showed he was not untouchable — he stayed grounded in the flow of the match — but his touch inside carried the load.
Group-stage play in the cup continues to sort itself out. St.-Truidense's next fixture will test whether this kind of precision holds up under the pressure of tighter schedules ahead.
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One point. That's what separated Royal IV Brussels from a Beker van België Group Stage win on Sunday, St.-Truidense stealing a finish that went to the final minutes.
Royal IV Brussels started sharp — 17–9 after the first quarter — but couldn't sustain it. St.-Truidense clawed back to within a possession by half-time (34–25), then outscored their hosts 19–14 in the third to take the lead at 48–44. The fourth quarter became a chess match: Royal IV Brussels pushed back with 20 points in the quarter, but St.-Truidense's 25 proved just enough. The hosts fell 68–69.
Yannick Ravert led St.-Truidense with 16 PTS on 7/9 shooting, clinical efficiency when it mattered. Lenn Leenen added 15 PTS on 4/6 threes, and Abel Baptista chipped in 13 PTS. For Royal IV Brussels, Noah Zappulla distributed well (5 AST) while scoring 11 PTS on 3/6 threes, and Noé Botuli matched him with 11 PTS off the bench — but the perimeter shooting wasn't enough to close the gap in a game decided by inches.
Royal IV Brussels face Spirou Basket Charleroi B next Sunday.
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