AS Soleuvre, coming off two straight losses, controlled this M-U14 Division 1 Phase 1 game from the opening tip and beat BC Mess 89-25. The visitors moved up to 3rd place (+1, 2-2), while Mess fell to 6th (-1, 0-4) after a fourth consecutive loss.
The game was decided very early. Liam Alexander Jovanovic (SOL) scored the first four points, and Soleuvre produced two clear first-quarter runs, first from 2-6 to 2-16 and later from 2-16 to 2-26. After one quarter, the gap was already 28-5. Coach Michel Dias Gonavles' side stayed in control in the second period and pushed the margin to 42-7 at halftime. The third quarter removed any remaining doubt, with Soleuvre going on another strong sequence from 44-7 to 55-7.
Soleuvre's offense was built almost entirely inside: 42 made two-point baskets, plus one three-pointer and two free throws. Louis Ferrai (SOL) was the main finisher with 26 points, all from two-point range. Jovanovic added 16, Romeo Angeloni (SOL) scored 17, and captain Alexandre Carvalho Ribeiro (SOL) had 7, including the team's only three-pointer. Milo Léo Ferrai (SOL) added 9.
For Mess, captain Aziel Flavien Kemevuako (Season PPG: 17.80) again carried the scoring load with 15 points. Noé Koroglanoglou (MES) contributed 5, and Rayan Macedo Mendes (Season PPG: 14.67) finished with 4. Mess's best offensive stretch came in the fourth quarter, when they scored 13 points after being held to 12 over the first three periods.
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