Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled BC Mess B 83-67 in a game defined by a blazing start and a third-quarter swing authored by Miguel Angelo Domingos Sanches. Coach Love's side exploded out of the blocks with a 15-0 run and closed the first quarter 26-11, fuelled by three early triples from Giovanni Palermo Cardoso. Mess steadied in the second: Fran ois Villain lived at the line and, in the final minute before halftime, Villain and Philippe Charles Di Cato hit back-to-back threes to trim it to 41-36.
After the break, Coach Weimerskirch's men briefly turned the tide. Damien Michels and Alexandre Caurla pushed Mess ahead 45-47. The response was immediate and decisive: Domingos Sanches (20, 1.80m, PRT) drilled three consecutive threes to flip it to 54-49, then added more buckets to help Etzella re-establish a double-digit cushion at 65-55 after three. He stacked points across the night with quarter lines of 9-11-18-6, finishing with 44, including 5 threes, 12 twos and 5 free throws. Etzella's 17-year-old swingman Sam Schaaf added 13, and Palermo Cardoso chipped in 13.
In the fourth, Caurla kept Mess within reach with a string of twos on his way to 22, while Villain closed at 17 with a late three. Yet Etzella had answers: Lenny Lopes Morais buried a timely three and the hosts pushed to the night's largest lead at +20 (83-63) before settling at 83-67. Notable sequences included Etzella's 15-0 start and Domingos Sanches scoring three straight possessions from deep in the third. Early in the half, Gilles Weimerskirch picked up two quick personals; Hakim Baba accumulated three fouls in the second period.
In the table, Etzella rises to 5th (2-1, +6), while Mess slips to 9th (1-2, -4). Etzella's recent form reads win, loss, win; Mess alternates loss, win, loss.
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Etzella Ettelbruck B 
BC Mess B 
