Etzella Ettelbruck B controlled their M-U16 Division 4 Phase 2 opener from the tip, beating BC Mess 91-55 at Deichwisen/Central. The hosts struck first with a 5-0 start and closed the opening quarter 25-9, including a 7-0 burst capped by a Yona Posing triple. Mess steadied in the second period, winning it 17-14 behind captain Roan Musquar and a three from Théo Bakija (Season PPG: 12.83), trimming the deficit to 39-26 at halftime.
Any suspense ended after the break. Etzella delivered a 26-13 third quarter as captain Bastian Torres (15, FRA; Season PPG: 11.3) and Posing kept piling on Torres strung together back-to-back scores late in the period to push the gap into the 20s. The hosts stayed ruthless in the fourth, with Rafael Caroux scoring on consecutive possessions to make it 79-50 before Etzella sealed their largest lead at the buzzer (+36).
Etzella's balance was decisive: six players in double figures Posing 19 (Season PPG: 10.67), Caroux 17 (Season PPG: 8.5), Torres 15, Dino Dragolovcanin 13 (Season PPG: 7.25), Charel Hilger 12 (Season PPG: 4.78) and Jason-Junior Almeida da Cruz 10 (Season PPG: 6.0). Mahomed Ismailov (14, UKR) added a late bucket. For Mess, Maxime Tilly (MES) led with 16, Musquar had 12 (Season PPG: 7.0), while Bakija contributed 8. Matteo Hentges (Season PPG: 4.4) and Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha (Season PPG: 8.0) chipped in six each.
Coach Guillaume François Torres' group extends their strong form to six straight wins across their last outings and sits first in the new phase. Mess, now third in the table, remains on a five-game skid. Discipline was largely under control on both sides; no one flirted with foul-out.
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