AB Contern opened Phase 2 with authority in a one-sided win at BC Mess, 97-42. The visitors set the tone early: after a 4-4 start, Céline Kerschen's three made it 4-7, then Julie Braun Silva took over with 9 consecutive points to push it to 6-18. Contern closed the first quarter on a 6-0 burst for 9-26.
Mess steadied in the second period through Hannah Meysembourg (a three in Q1, steady scoring thereafter), Lara Da Costa Nóbrega and Favor Kobrissa, but Contern kept the cushion via Emily Quirke's free throws (15, IRL), inside work from Kerschen and the ever-present Braun Silva. Halftime: 25-45.
The decisive break came right after the interval. Sofia Nunes Lopes tore the game open in the third quarter, pouring in a series of baskets including 8 straight points in a 12-0 team run that stretched the gap to 26-63. Kerschen committed two quick fouls in that span yet Contern's rhythm never dipped, taking the quarter 22-3.
Mess had a brief reply to start the fourth as Da Costa Nóbrega scored back-to-back, but Braun Silva answered with a personal 7-point run and added another three later, finishing with 37 points (12 two-pointers, 3 threes, 4 free throws). Nunes Lopes added 18, Kerschen 12, Quirke 10; De Harenne and Anna Harris (15, FRA) chipped 6 each.
For Mess, Meysembourg led with 18, Da Costa Nóbrega had 10 (2/2 at the line and a 4-0 spurt to open Q4), Kobrissa 6. Eve Schumacher and Kerschen both navigated four fouls, but no one fouled out. The final margin (+55) was the game's high-water mark.
Coach Dave Schröder's side climbs to the top of the Phase 2 table (ranking gain +2) and snaps a series of defeats. BC Mess, coached by Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro, sits fourth.
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