M-Nationale 2 - Tour qualificatif, Schieren: Black Frogs Schieren controlled BC Mess 88-71 and swept the season series (103-95 away, now 88-71 at home).
Game evolution
- Schieren jumped out 27-13 after 10 minutes behind Eric Anderson's shot-making and Borian Tymi's early post touches.
- Mess answered in the second: Cobie Barnes strung together eight consecutive points to trim it to 27-21, but Nigel Tolentino's team replied with a 4-0 burst and, later, Gabriel Solomon's triple and free throws to restore a double-digit cushion. A bench technical (B1) on coach Stéphane Frentzel punctuated a chippy quarter. Halftime: 46-34 FRO.
- The decisive break came in the third: back-to-back threes by Alexandre Pereira Meireles capped a 16-2 run to 65-40, the night's largest margin (+25).
- Mess won the fourth 19-15, with late points from Barnes and Bernardo Matos Pinto, but the gap never dropped into single digits.
Shooting and team stats
- Schieren's perimeter was elite: 12/20 from three (60%, excellent) and 20/38 on twos (53%, good). Mess hit 10/21 from deep (48%, good) but struggled inside (14/34 twos, 41%). At the line: FRO 12/17 (71%), MES 13/20 (65%).
- FRO dominated the glass (37-24) and shared the ball (17 assists to 8), offsetting a higher turnover count (15 to 8).
Standouts
- Imports: Anderson (24 pts, 5/6 3P) and Khyree Terell Armstead (16) drove the hosts. Barnes (30 pts, 7 ast) powered Mess; the visitors' lone professional (25, USA) drew 13 fouls.
- From the homegrown core: Solomon (Season PPG: 8.54, RPG: 1.57, AssPG: 0.50) was perfect from the field and line (3/3 3P, 2/2 2P, 4/4 FT) for 15. Pereira added 10 with those momentum threes; Tymi (2.00m, 20) chipped in 10 and battled inside. For Mess, Matos Pinto scored 12 (4/6 3P), Giovanni Kemevuako 7, Mika Cambiotti 5.
Form
- Schieren are on a four-game winning streak. Mess have dropped two straight.
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