BC Mess B controlled this cup tie from the first quarter and won 103-55 away at Bascharage Hedgehogs B. Coach Damien Michels' team built the game through pace and repeated scoring bursts, while Bascharage stayed competitive only in short sequences.
The first key moment came after the 4-7 score: Mess produced an 8-0 run to move to 15-4, with Fabbrie Gauthier driving that stretch. Bascharage answered through Nino Luciani's three-pointer and late baskets from Mateo Bogatu (18, 1.86m), but the visitors still closed the opening quarter clearly in front, 28-16.
The second quarter widened the gap. After Bascharage had cut nothing significant, Mess quickly reached 34-17 and then kept the pressure on. Bogatu's flagrant foul in that period added to Bascharage's difficulty, and the home side went into halftime down 27-52. Maxime Sunnen (29, 1.83m) and Gauthier were already in rhythm by then.
Any suspense disappeared just after the break. Philippe Charles Di Cato (49) opened the third quarter with 5 points in a row, pushing Mess from 52 to 57. Bascharage had some positive moments through Philippe Kemp (21, 1.96m), who scored 7 points in the third, and through Bogatu, but each response was matched. Mess entered the last quarter up 80-45.
Gauthier (Season PPG: 4.30) finished as the main offensive force with 33 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter. Sunnen added 26, Reis 13 and Di Cato 12. For Bascharage, Bogatu led with 13, Kemp had 10, Noé Bovery (20, 1.84m) scored 8, and Heyang Peng (27, CHN) added 7. The highest lead reached 48 points at the end.
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