BC Mess B won a close Phase finale game, 72-65 over Sparta Bertrange C, after a major second-half reversal. Sparta had taken control in the 2nd quarter and led 42-29 at halftime, their biggest margin of the night at 13 points. Coach Frédéric François Agelan's side changed the rhythm there with a 20-6 surge from 23-22 to 42-29, led above all by Ramoni Albiol Sanchez (Season PPG: 14.75), who finished with 28 points, and Lukas Maver (Season PPG: 14.27), who added 19.
The game turned completely after the break. BC Mess B opened the 3rd quarter with strong pressure inside and won that period 28-8. From 39-46, coach Deanthony Kendrick McCallum's team produced a decisive 16-2 run to move in front 55-48. Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 9.45) was the main force of that comeback: he scored 30 points, including repeated scoring bursts in the 3rd quarter, and matched his season high. Ben Schramer (Season PPG: 5.33) supported him with 20 points, also a season best, while 14-year-old Romanian David Emilian Georgescu (Season PPG: 4.22) gave 8 points.
Sparta stayed in contact in the 4th quarter and cut the gap to 61-58, then later to 68-63, but could not regain the lead. Mess B answered with timely baskets from Schramer, Musquar and Max Reiland (Season PPG: 2.00), who scored 6.
Neither team made a three-pointer; this was a game built through two-point finishing and free throws. Foul pressure was present late, with Musquar and Schramer on four fouls for Mess B, and Ozan Donmez (13, TUR) on four for Sparta. After this round, Sparta is 2nd (+1) and Mess B 3rd (+2), both on 7 classification points.
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