Telstar Hesperange took firm control early and won 122-44 away at BC Mess in M-U18 Division 3 Phase 1. The visitors, now 1st in the table after a gain of two places at 3-1, broke the game open in the first quarter. BC Mess briefly led 5-4, but Telstar then produced 22 unanswered points to move to 26-5 and finished the period ahead 34-12.
Coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro used first-half time-outs to slow the rhythm, yet Telstar kept extending the gap. The second quarter ended 26-6 for the visitors, and the game was already at 60-18 at halftime. After the break, Telstar started again on a roll with a 12-0 burst to reach 72-18, pushing the lead beyond 50. The third quarter made it 93-27, and the biggest lead came late before the final margin settled at 78 points.
Grégoire Leclercq (TEL) was the main offensive force with 40 points and scored repeatedly around the basket throughout the game. He had strong support from Gabriel Marques Dos Ramos (TEL) with 18 points, Ceylian Lortilloir (TEL) with 17, Tomás Giordana Pi (TEL) with 11 and Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov (TEL) with 9. Lizandro Tavares-Ducrotois (TEL) also added 2 points.
For BC Mess, Roan Musquar (MES) led with 11 points. Lio Nosbusch (MES), Fabio Freymann (MES), Raphaël Alves Nunes (MES) and 14-year-old Noa Priso Dikoume (MES) each scored 7, while captain Mauro Gammaitoni (MES) added 4. Mess stayed 6th and remains winless at 0-4, but its best offensive stretch came in the fourth quarter, when it scored 17 points.
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