BC Mess won 72-47 at Basket Esch B in a game that was level only for one quarter. The first 10 minutes ended 15-15, with Luca Stocklausen (Season PPG: 9.38) carrying Esch B early. She scored 11 points in the opening period and finished the quarter with 6 straight points after Hannah Pauly and Noémie Schammo had helped Mess edge in front.
The game changed in the second quarter. After Laure Valentin (Season PPG: 9.00) tied it at 19-19 with a three, Mess answered with an 8-0 run and then kept Esch B to only 10 points in the period. Lynn Thilges (Season PPG: 13.05) controlled that stretch well, and BC Mess went into halftime up 32-25.
The decisive break came in the third quarter. Esch B briefly stayed within single digits at 29-38, but Mess raised the pressure and won the period 24-12. Schammo (Season PPG: 11.00) was very steady around the basket, Pauly (Season PPG: 10.57) added efficient scoring, and Chiara Reuland (Season PPG: 3.74) gave important support. By the end of the quarter, the gap was already 56-37.
Mess never let the game come back in the fourth and pushed the lead to 27 points at 72-45, their biggest margin. Stocklausen ended with 20 for Esch B and Valentin added 10, while Margot Lorrain (35, FRA) contributed 4 but had early foul trouble. For BC Mess, Schammo scored 18, Pauly 17, Thilges 13 and Reuland 11.
In the table, Mess remain 10th and Esch B 11th. For coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's team, this was a second straight win after a longer losing sequence.
(AI generated)