BC Mess overpowered US Heffingen 114-62 in the phase finale and moved up three places into 1st in the table at 4-0. Heffingen stayed 6th at 0-5. It was a fourth straight win for Mess, while Heffingen's losing run stretched to six games.
Mess, coached by Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro, set the tone immediately. André Cristostomo Ribeiro (Season PPG: 8.47) and 17-year-old 1.80m guard Pedrito Kemevuako from Angola (Season PPG: 20.80) sparked an 11-0 start, and the home side controlled the first quarter at 23-13. Heffingen had a short response, and early in the second period they trimmed the gap to 23-17, but that was the closest they came afterward.
Jamie Freymann (Season PPG: 18.47) then changed the rhythm of the game with 8 Mess points in a row, pushing the lead back out. That sequence was central in the 24-10 second quarter and the 47-23 halftime margin. Mess kept building after the break: the third quarter opened with a 13-2 burst to 60-25, with Freymann, Kemevuako and Cristostomo Ribeiro taking turns scoring.
The Mess trio produced 100 of the team's 114 points: Kemevuako 41, Freymann 31 and Cristostomo Ribeiro 28. Kemevuako equalled his season high, and Cristostomo Ribeiro also reached his best mark of the season. Mess won every quarter and stretched the margin to its highest point, 52, at the end.
For Heffingen, Nils Rock (Season PPG: 13.46) led with 20 points, captain Ethan Steinmetz (Season PPG: 12.17) added 13, and Pietro Laforgia (Season PPG: 3.67) scored 10. Rock kept Heffingen active in the middle quarters, while Steinmetz added late scoring from inside and from three. Tun Elcheroth's first-quarter personal foul was followed quickly by an unsportsmanlike, a sign of the defensive pressure Mess was applying from the opening minutes.
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