BC Mess opened the M-U14 Division 1 Phase 2 with a 77-69 road win at Zolwer/Scheierhaff, jumping to first place (1-0) ahead of AS Soleuvre (0-1). Coach Fernand Musquar's team built the victory with a dominant second quarter and then managed a late Soleuvre surge.
After a balanced first stanza (17-14 MES), Mess broke the game in Q2 with a decisive 28-7 period, fueled by Nils Muller (28) and Noa Priso Dikoume (21, 13, FRA), plus timely inside finishes from Fabio Freymann (15). The key stretch was a 22-5 run that carried Mess to halftime up 45-21, the night's largest margin (+24). Aziel Flavien Kemevuako (5.6 Season PPG, 10, AGO) added a momentum three during that burst.
Coach Roland Biever's Soleuvre responded after the break, taking the third quarter 23-12 behind Lou Lahure (25; Season PPG: 27.5) and Timéo Weber (19; Season PPG: 16.5), with support from Maximilien Edouard Tran Van Mang (SOL) and Louis Ferrai (10; Season PPG: 4.5). The hosts kept chipping away in the fourth: Lahure rattled in back-to-back threes for a personal 6-0 run to pull within 61-67. Mess steadied through Muller's mid-range answers and Freymann's late points, and an unsportsmanlike foul on Alexandre Carvalho Ribeiro gave Mess extra free throws to keep the cushion intact down the stretch.
Top performers
- Mess: Muller (Season PPG: 17.5) led all scorers with 28, Priso Dikoume added 21 including a fourth-quarter three, Freymann (Season PPG: 17.17) had 15.
- Soleuvre: Lahure poured in 25 with three triples, Weber 19, Tran Van Mang (SOL) 12, Ferrai 10.
Soleuvre's push was hampered by foul trouble (Lahure, Weber and Ferrai on four; Leo Loesch eventually fouled out), while Mess's core trio combined for 64 of the 77 points. Mess extends its positive series to five straight wins; Soleuvre's five-game winning streak comes to an end.
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