Bascharage Hedgehogs controlled BC Mess 74-64 in Bascharage, building an insurmountable cushion early and managing the late surge. The hosts blasted out of the blocks: after 2-2, they strung together a 24-2 stretch across the first quarter to lead 26-4 after 10 minutes, then pushed it to 42-15 at halftime for the night's highest margin (+27). Coach William Jacques Guenfissi's group did its damage inside and never really let the rhythm slip.
Key was the one-two punch of 14-year-old Serbian Ilija Radojevic (BAS) and Viktor Pecirep (BAS). Radojevic poured in 30 points, all on two-pointers (15 made), repeatedly scoring in bunches during the opening frame. Pecirep added 26 (10x2P, 1x3P, 3 FTs), mixing foul-line composure and perimeter touch. Samuel Louis Hobby (BAS) chipped in 8 and Tom Kruchten (BAS) 7.
Mess, coached by Fernand Musquar, steadied after the break and won the second half 49-32. They opened Q3 with an 8-0 run and posted 27 points in the fourth, when Maxime David Dimitri Tilly (MES) scored back-to-back baskets to kick off the period and finished with 24 (all twos). Th'o Bakija (MES) had 11 including a late three, while Fabio Freymann (MES) contributed 10 with 7 points at the stripe. French wing Noa Priso Dikoume (MES) added 6 and Matteo Hentges (MES) hit a key three.
Numbers underline Bascharage's interior dominance: 32 made two-pointers (64 points in the paint and short mid-range), complemented by two threes and four free throws. Mess answered with 24 twos, three threes and seven free throws, but the early hole proved too deep.
In the new classification, Bascharage climb one place into 1st (3-1), while Mess sit 4th (1-3) and remain on a three-game losing streak.
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