Second-placed BC Mess controlled this M-Nationale 2 game from the opening minutes and beat 11th-placed Black Frogs Schieren 103-56. Mess opened on an 11-2 stretch, with the 25-year-old 2.03m USA forward Luke Davis (Season PPG: 21.50, RPG: 22.17, AssPG: 2.00) scoring 6 of those early points, and the home side already had the tempo of the game. Schieren answered through Benjamin Kezie (Season PPG: 12.88, RPG: 5.00, AssPG: 1.71), but the first quarter still finished 22-11.
Mess increased the gap in the second period. Davis kept producing inside and at the line, while Keishon Lamont Porter (Season PPG: 24.88, RPG: 6.50, AssPG: 2.50) and Gabriel Da Veiga Rodrigues (Season PPG: 5.13, RPG: 2.00, AssPG: 2.83) added key scoring. At halftime, Mess were up 43-27.
Schieren had a short positive phase when Zino Beslija (Season PPG: 11.63, RPG: 9.71, AssPG: 0.43) helped cut the margin to 54-36, but that was the crucial moment. Mess immediately replied with a 15-2 run to close the third quarter at 69-38. Mika Cambiotti (Season PPG: 6.63, RPG: 4.17, AssPG: 2.33) and Porter were important in that sequence.
The fourth quarter became one-way traffic, and Mess pushed the lead to 47, their highest margin. Davis delivered a dominant double-double with 35 points and 28 rebounds, plus an MVP rating of 49; his 88.2% at the line was good shooting. Porter added 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists and 2 blocks, with good shooting from 2-point range (57.1%) and 3-point range (37.5%). Cambiotti scored 13 efficiently.
For Schieren, Beslija had 14 points and shot an excellent 2/2 from three. Kezie scored 11, but he committed four fouls in a row from the third into the fourth quarter before fouling out. Zaourou Elyass (Season PPG: 16.67, RPG: 2.83, AssPG: 0.83) finished with 10 points. Team-wise, Mess were solid at the line at 82%, while Schieren dropped an eighth straight game.
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