Avanti Mondorf controlled BC Mess B from start to finish, 57-33 in Mondorf, behind balanced scoring and a decisive final-quarter surge. The hosts opened 17-8 and closed the first period on a 10-2 run. By halftime, coach Nebojsa Nikolic's team had stretched it to 33-18 with steady inside scoring; neither side hit a three all game.
Mess B responded after the break, edging the third quarter 9-8 to trail 41-27. Dimitrios Louskos (12, GRC) led their charge, with Elija Jungers (MESB) adding eight. Early in the fourth it was 45-29 when the visitors' captain Lou Kinn Varela (MESB) picked up his fifth foul; from that moment, Mondorf delivered a 12-0 run to 57-29, the night's highest lead (+28), before two late baskets by Jungers set the final margin.
Mondorf's production was widespread: captain Jordan Goncalves Charpentier (MON) and Lara Muslji (MON) had 12 each; Daniel Richartz (MON) added 11, and Milan Reali (10, FRA) scored 10, including two early buckets in the fourth. Richartz strung together three field goals in the third to steady the hosts when Mess briefly threatened. Rafaela Veiga Costa (MON) chipped in six.
For Mess B, Louskos' 12 points were complemented by Jungers' 8 and No Koroglanoglou (MESB) with 5. Varela scored 4 but fouled out early in the last quarter, a turning point as Mondorf tightened their grip. Mess made five free throws to Mondorf's three, but the home side's 27 made two-pointers told the story in the paint.
In the standings, Avanti Mondorf move to 3rd (2-1), while BC Mess B sit 5th at 0-3 under coach Nigel Winandy, now on a three-game losing streak.
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