AS Soleuvre B controlled BC Mess B 79-52 in zolwer/scheierhaf with a steady build and one decisive surge. Mess opened better (2-6, then 4-9), but Soleuvre replied through Pit Simon (14) and Tim Heiderscheid to seize their first lead at 12-11 and close Q1 at 23-18. The game broke open in the second quarter: Coach Pedro Jorge Escada Carvalho's team strung together a 10-0 run from 25-20 to 35-20, then finished the half 44-26 after a timely three by Léo Loesch.
Mess briefly threatened after the break with a 6-0 start to Q3 (44-32), only for Soleuvre to answer with a commanding 21-4 response to end the period 65-36. The hosts reached their highest lead at +30 (79-49) late in Q4. Coach Deanthony Kendrick McCallum used time-outs in Q2 and Q3 to stem momentum, but Soleuvre's balance and consistency held.
Soleuvre's top line came from Simon (18, including a third-quarter triple), backed by Sacha André Cabanel (FRA) and Sam Omes with 10 each, plus 8 apiece from Louis Ferrai, Noah Paulus and Heiderscheid; Loesch added 7. Ferrai committed three fouls in the fourth, yet stayed impactful. For Mess, captain Fabio Freymann (13) poured in 27 with two threes and a late scoring flurry; Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha (12) added 13, while David Emilian Georgescu (ROU) had 4 but ran into foul trouble, including two P2 fouls in quick succession.
In the new classification, Mess sit 2nd (+2) at 1-2, Soleuvre 4th (+1) at 1-1. Mess have alternated results (loss, win, loss).
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