BC Mess B secured a clear 76-53 away win in Schieren against Black Frogs Schieren, even if the home side stays first in the updated standings at 7-3. Mess B remains fourth at 4-6.
The game swung early. After Schieren answered the opening basket for 2-2, Mess B went on a 10-0 run to 12-2 and controlled the first quarter 16-7. Rayan Macedo Mendes (Season PPG: 9.79) was already decisive there, scoring 8 points in the period. Mathieu Beckers, 13, (Season PPG: 12.42) kept Schieren alive with all 7 of his team's first-quarter points.
Schieren had a better stretch in the second quarter, with Beckers and Milio Ilan Rosati (Season PPG: 3.21) cutting into the deficit, but Mess B always had an answer. Dimitrios Louskos, 13, (GRC, Season PPG: 6.09) scored 6 points in a row in the middle of the quarter, and the visitors went into halftime with a solid 39-25 lead.
The decisive passage came just after the break. Théo Peporte (Season PPG: 6.69) opened the third quarter with 4 straight points, Mess B won that period 23-8, and the gap grew to 62-33. That sequence broke Schieren's rhythm despite efforts from Beckers, Rosati and Olivier Mathieu (Season PPG: 3.88).
Mess B reached a game-high 30-point lead in the fourth quarter before Schieren finished on a 7-0 run. The visitors placed five players in double figures: Macedo Mendes 18, Peporte 16, Lou Kinn Varela (Season PPG: 6.38) 12, Noé Koroglanoglou (Season PPG: 5.82) 12 and Louskos 12. For coach Diogo Jesus Lopes' team, Beckers scored 22, Rosati added 13 and Mathieu had 12.
In the phase finale meetings played on court, the two teams are now level at one win each after Schieren had taken the previous game 80-75.
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