BC Mess, now 2nd in M-Nationale 2: Relégation (+1), reacted well after two straight losses and dominated 6th-ranked Rebound Préizerdaul, who are now on a four-game losing streak.
The start was still balanced. PRE led 2-0 and 4-3, but Fabbri Bruno Zinédine Gauthier (Season PPG: 8.21) answered with two early threes and Mess gradually took control. Stéphane Frentzel's team closed the first quarter ahead 27-14.
The key break came early in the second period. Préizerdaul, helped by Benoît Kraus (29) and Jamal Wilson (32, 2.00m), cut the gap to 28-18, but Mess replied with a 12-0 run to 40-18. That sequence changed the tone of the game. PRE found some offense again through Wilson, Aaron Legg (21) and Devin Junior Alves Neves (25, PRT), yet Mess still reached halftime with a clear 49-28 lead.
The third quarter settled everything. Deanthony Kendrick McCallum (Season PPG: 26.04), a 27-year-old American guard/forward, was on a roll and finished with 43 points, matching his season high. In one remarkable stretch, he scored 14 Mess points in a row, pushing the game completely out of reach. After Mathis Weyrich's unsportsmanlike foul at 61-36, Jamie Freymann (Season PPG: 4.33) converted the free throws and Mess kept accelerating.
Mess won every quarter and crushed the last period 32-3. After PRE's final point at 90-46, the home side closed the game with 23 unanswered points. Bernardo Matos Pinto (Season PPG: 8.61) added 19 points with four three-pointers, while Freymann scored 14. For PRE, Wilson led with 14 points, Legg had 10 and Weyrich 9.
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