BC Mess edged AB Contern 54-51 in a tight W-U14 Division 3 Phase finale meeting, decided in the last minute. Coach Max MeysemBOURG's side exploded out of the blocks, leading 19-4 after 10 minutes and stretching the gap to a game-high 20 (26-6) early in the second. Mina Ziai strung together six straight points in the first quarter to help build that cushion. Contern steadied before halftime (32-18) and flipped the momentum after the break.
The third quarter belonged to Contern (14-21), with Marie Weber (Season PPG: 22.36) and Matilda Weis (Season PPG: 7.17) driving an 8-0 burst from 44-29 to 44-37. In the fourth, Coach Daniel Gonnering's team kept coming: from 50-39 down, Contern authored a 12-2 run, with Weber and captain Hannah Rolles (Season PPG: 11.17) repeatedly finding lanes, trimming it to 52-51. Kaly Bara (Season PPG: 11.33) answered with the game-winning basket for 54-51, and Mess saw it out.
Mess produced entirely inside the arc and at the line: 26 two-pointers and 2 free throws, no threes. Contern finished with 23 two-pointers and 5 free throws, also without a triple. For Mess, Bara led with 18 points and six in the fourth; Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 11.18) added 14, and Chloé Judy Berg had 10 before fouling out, a factor late as Contern surged. Ziai chipped in 8. For Contern, Weber scored 18, Rolles 14 (including two made free throws), and Weis 9; Anna Julie Harsch added 4.
This mirrors the previous tight meeting between the same teams (58-54 for Mess). With this win, Mess climb to 5th in the Phase finale table (ranking gain +3), while Contern sit 3rd. Mess also halt a two-game slide and regain momentum. Jesmera Falangani (13, COD) started energetically for Mess but battled foul trouble throughout.
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