BC Mess B won a tight Phase finale game in Mondorf, 58-56, and stopped a four-game losing run. The visitors moved up to 4th place, while Avanti Mondorf is 5th. After Mondorf won the first meeting of the season, Mess B has now taken the last three head-to-head games.
Game flow was decisive. Mess B started well through 12-year-old Lou Kinn Varela (Season PPG: 6.00), but Mondorf answered a 7-2 deficit with a 10-4 spell and led 12-11 after the first quarter. In the second period, Jordan Goncalves Charpentier (Season PPG: 13.31) put together 7 points in a row and helped Gilles Gerstmann's team reach its highest lead at 24-16. Mess B reacted strongly before halftime with an 11-1 run, driven by Rayan Macedo Mendes and Elija Jungers, to go in front 27-25.
The third quarter created the main gap. Mess B stretched the margin to 49-37, their biggest lead, with Varela, Macedo Mendes (Season PPG: 9.68) and Jungers (Season PPG: 6.27) carrying the offense. Mondorf stayed alive, though, and closed the period on a 10-2 run behind Daniel Richartz (Season PPG: 13.31) and 10-year-old Milan Reali (Season PPG: 5.77), cutting it to 51-47.
The last quarter remained within one possession late. Richartz brought Mondorf back to 56-57, but Théo Peporte (Season PPG: 6.07) scored the final point for Mess B, enough in a close finish.
Varela finished with 21 points, Macedo Mendes had 16, and Jungers added 12 for the winners. Mondorf got 21 from Richartz, 15 from Reali and 11 from Goncalves Charpentier. Foul trouble mattered late: Varela and Macedo Mendes fouled out for Mess B, while Reali and Goncalves Charpentier also went out with five.
(AI generated)