BC Mess controlled its W-U14 Division 4 Phase 2 trip to Walfer/HO1, winning 49-26 over Résidence Walferdange and moving to the top of the classification (2-0). The game tilted early: after 2-6, Mess assembled an 8-0 burst built on back-to-back twos from Jesmera FALANGANI (MES) and two straight makes by Kaly Bara (Season PPG: 9.6). The visitors closed the first quarter up 19-4 and extended to 33-8 by halftime. Under coach Max Meysembourg, Mess kept pressure through the third (45-12), reaching the night's largest margin at +33.
Résidence reacted under coach Filip Dukic in the fourth, winning the period 14-4. Lilia Amélie Monfils (RES) sparked the push with 8 points in the quarter, including consecutive baskets to cut into the gap, and captain Mira Schroeder (Season PPG: 5.33) added a pair of twos. A 7-0 sequence (Monfils-Schroeder-Monfils) brought the scoreboard to 23-47 before Mess closed it out. No player fouled out, though two quick personal fouls in a row were noted in the last period for both Kaly Bara and Manon Vanhoutte (Season PPG: 4.2). There were no three-pointers made; Mess edged the free-throw tally 3-2.
Mess shared the scoring: Kaly Bara (12), FALANGANI (12), Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (Season PPG: 7.67) 8, Chloé Judy Berg (Season PPG: 3.8) 6, and captain Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 10.33) 5. For Résidence, Monfils (8) and Schroeder (8) led, supported by Léana Absa Faye (Season PPG: 6.5) with 3, Vanhoutte 3, Luejy Jane Delgado Sousa (Season PPG: 2.0) 2, and Mara Reuter (Season PPG: 2.8) 2.
In the standings after two rounds, Mess climbs to 1st, while Résidence sits 3rd (0-2).
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