BC Mess B controlled Basket Esch B 80-69 in Mondercange after a game that swung dramatically before the interval. Esch burst out 0-4 and, powered by perimeter makes from Edi Sabotic and Marko Latinovic, opened a 27-18 lead, their biggest gap at plus 9. Mess kept contact and then flipped the script in the second quarter. Trailing 41-46, the hosts unleashed a 10-0 run to 51-46, with Pedrito Kemevuako (17, 1.80m, AGO) hitting the tying three and then adding four straight points. The surge stretched to 23-3 up to 64-49, with Yves Gillet scoring back-to-back baskets and captain-coach Gilles Weimerskirch nailing a timely three. Mess' largest lead reached 72-56 before closing at plus 11.
Top Mess performers, domestic core: Pedrito Kemevuako 16, Weimerskirch (Season PPG: 5.83) 14, Giovanni Kemevuako (21, 1.93m) 13, Alexandre Caurla (32, 1.80m) 12, Franois Villain (40) 12. Other contributor: Gillet (31) 8, whose two quick mid-quarter scores helped keep momentum rolling. Coach Gilles Weimerskirch balanced floor time and shot distribution well as Mess stacked stops into scores during the decisive stretch.
For Esch, domestic core: Sabotic (20, 1.80m, MNE) led with 20, Antoine Kohn added 13, Jules Frdric Neuen 11 and Ruben Vidal 11. Other contributors: player-coach Latinovic (Season PPG: 11.80) 8 and Quentin Iorio (20, FRA) 6, both from deep. Esch's early shooting had them on a roll, but Mess' mid-quarter pressure and conversion at the stripe and from beyond the arc reversed the momentum.
In the classification, BC Mess B climb to 1st (2-2, ranking gain +8), while Basket Esch B sit 4th (2-2, ranking loss -2). Both teams continue their alternating results pattern this season.
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