BBC East Side Pirates overpowered BC Mess 95-53 in MU16 Division 3 (Phase 1), breaking the game open with a dominant third quarter. The Pirates set the tone immediately: captain Sam Schaeffer (15) poured in the first seven points of the night (two layups and a triple) for a 07 start, and BEP led 1426 after 10 minutes. Mess steadied in the second behind Théo Bakija (13), who kept the hosts in touch; halftime read 3344.
After the break, BEP accelerated. Mess' Noa Priso Dikoume (13, FRA) opened the half with six points in a row for the hosts, but the Pirates replied with a 90 burst to 3759 and later a 120 run to 4173, effectively settling the contest. In the fourth, backtoback scores from Schaeffer helped push the gap to the night's biggest at 49 (4493) before closing 5395.
Top performers BEP: Schaeffer 23, Finn Diederich 19, Matteo Weydert 12, Tomas Schneiders 9, Kendley Rosa Pina 12, Sean Harmelin Dostert 9, Mil Boby 7. Mess: Bakija 23, Priso Dikoume 13, Matteo Hentges 7, Rafael Da Fonseca Rocha 7, Jona Jungers 3. Bakija shouldered the Mess offense despite collecting four fouls; Da Fonseca Rocha also finished on four after committing several in succession across the first half.
Under coach Gérard Boby, the Pirates are 20 and sit first in the classification, now on a twogame winning run. Coach Fernand Musquar's Mess drop to 11 but remain second. The game evolution +12 after Q1, +11 at half, +32 after Q3 underlined BEP's control and depth once the tempo rose.
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