Vibball Luxembourg overpowered BC Mess B 139-17 in M-U16 Division 6 (Phase 2) in Mondercan., climbing to 1st place (+3) at 2-0 with a 244-52 aggregate through two games. Mess B slips to 4th (-2) at 0-2. Vibball also dominated the prior head-to-head this season (131-18), and the form held.
The game's tone was set by a 10-0 Vibball start, with Isaac Foz Moutinho scoring the first four points, followed by Gustaw Karwacki, Benjamin Mafolo Ondekane and Adrian Achim. After an early timeout, Vibball closed the first quarter on a 26-2 burst to lead 38-4. Mess found a brief reply via a baseline finish from Hector Piette and later a three from Eli Nosbusch, but Vibball kept rolling; Foz Moutinho added back-to-back baskets before halftime for a 65-7 lead.
The third quarter brought a 40-point avalanche. Mafolo Ondekane (14, ESP) hit a three, then strung together points at the line and at the rim, and the margin ballooned to 105-11 by the end of the period. Early in the fourth the lead crossed triple digits, with steady contributions from Tom Hopp Pier, Luca Lacalamita, Dimitri Vassjutinski and Gonçalo Moreira Martins off the rotation. Mess had late answers through free throws by Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha and baskets from Fabio Freymann and Nosbusch.
Vibball's balance stood out: Mafolo Ondekane 32 (Season PPG: 34.0), Foz Moutinho 22 (Season PPG: 20.5), Mustafa Yakta Inal 18 (Season PPG: 7.4), Karwacki 13 (Season PPG: 16.6), Achim 14 (Season PPG: 9.0), Adamski 12 (Season PPG: 13.5). The visitors converted 66 two-point field goals and added a single three. For Mess, Nosbusch (13) led with 9, Da Fonseca Rocha (Season PPG: 7.33) added 4, and Freymann (Season PPG: 13.86) and Piette (15, BEL) scored 2 each.
Coach Ildiko Vass's team extends its win streak to six. Coach Deanthony Kendrick McCallum's side drops a second straight.
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