BC Mess overpowered Bascharage Hedgehogs 107-50 in Bascharage, dictating the game from the opening tip. The visitors ripped a 30-0 start, launched by André Cristostomo Ribeiro with back-to-back triples, and closed the first quarter 39-4. Bascharage steadied in the second (13-17), with captain Kodjovi Armel Yohann Koutsawa (16) getting on the board and Alessandro Gonçalves da Cruz adding inside points, but the gap was already decisive at halftime (17-56).
Mess resumed their run in the third (33-13). Leis Sabotic (17, 1.88m, MNE) dominated the paint and midrange on his way to 28 points (11 two-pointers, 3 FTs, 1 triple), while Jamie Freymann (17) and Pedrito Kemevuako (17, 1.80m, AGO) added 19 each. Yann Krings (16) was calm on the line, knocking down consecutive free throws twice (Q3 and Q4), and Ribeiro finished with 16 on four triples. Mess' outside touch was a constant: 12 made threes.
Bascharage showed pride late, crafting a 13-0 run early in the fourth from Romeo Vincenzo Giampaolo (1.83m), Amin Chebbi and Koutsawa, taking the period 20-18. Koutsawa led BAS with 16 (5 two-pointers, 1 triple, 3 FTs), Giampaolo scored 8 with two threes, while Ilija Mihailovic had 6. Notable sequence: Gonçalves da Cruz committed two quick fouls to start the third, stalling BAS momentum.
The highest lead stretched to +67 at 33-100 before BAS trimmed it. With this win, coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's side climbs to first place in M-U18 Division 2 (3-1, +2 ranks). Bascharage, coached by Veljko Dragasevic, remains winless (0-4) after four straight losses.
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