Second-placed T71 Dudelange extended its winning run to three games with a 97-29 home win over fifth-placed BC Mess, which is now on a three-game losing streak.
The game was not immediately one-sided. BC Mess opened through Rayan Macedo Mendes (MES) and went up 4-2, but T71 quickly changed the rhythm. Louis Wennig's team answered with an 11-1 sequence to move to 13-5, then finished the first quarter with a 15-5 closing run for 28-10.
The second quarter created the real gap. T71 started it with 10 unanswered points to reach 38-10. BC Mess reacted briefly and cut that phase with baskets from Aziel Flavien Kemevuako (MES) and Hugo Deviscour (MES), but T71 kept its pressure. Sami Dzinic (T71) scored 6 points in a row in the quarter, and the home side went to the break up 56-18.
T71 continued the same way after halftime with a 12-0 run, stretching the margin to 68-18. That was the clearest decisive moment. BC Mess had its best response late in the third quarter, mainly through captain Kemevuako (MES), who scored 7 points in that stretch, but T71 still led 75-28.
The last quarter was completely controlled by T71. BC Mess scored only once, a free throw by Kemevuako, while T71 closed the game on a 22-1 quarter.
Tun Jungers (T71) led all scorers with 21 points, followed by Dzinic with 14 and Leo Lepiller (T71) with 12. T71 also had Lyo Hemmen (T71) and Jim Resl (T71) on 11 each, plus Simao Pedro Gomes Santos (T71) with 10: six players in double figures. The home side scored 92 of its 97 points on 2-point baskets, a sign of constant control near the basket.
For BC Mess, Kemevuako finished with 13 points, nearly half of his team's total. Macedo Mendes added 5 and Théo Peporte (MES) had 4.
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