First-ranked US Heffingen B won clearly at eighth-ranked BC Mess B, 85-48, and completed a season sweep after the earlier 75-49 meeting.
MESB started the game well and led 12-9, with Alexandre Caurla (Season PPG: 16.94) and Maxime Sunnen (Season PPG: 21.17) giving the home side early scoring from the perimeter. HEFB then changed the rhythm late in the first quarter. Joel Thesen (Season PPG: 24.79), the 37-year-old 1.85m guard, was central in that stretch as the visitors closed the period in front, 25-17.
The key moment came in the second quarter. After HEFB pushed the margin to 30-17, MESB answered with a strong 16-1 run to move ahead 33-31. Sunnen and Caurla carried that sequence. Heffingen B reacted immediately and finished the half on a 14-2 run for a 45-35 lead. During that phase, François Villain committed three fouls in the same quarter, and Mess B lost some stability.
The third quarter decided the game. From 45-35, HEFB opened with 12 unanswered points and stretched the score to 57-35. MESB never came back into contact after that, and the visitors won the second half 40-13. The biggest lead reached 37 points.
Thesen led all scorers with 17 points. Max Schmit (Season PPG: 16.00) added 13, while Yannick Besenius (Season PPG: 4.83), Jean-Pierre Kunnert (Season PPG: 1.13) and Lee Bourgeois also gave HEFB strong support. For MESB, Caurla and Sunnen both finished with 15 points.
In the new classification, HEFB climbed one place to first at 17-3, while MESB also moved up one position to eighth at 7-13.
(AI generated)