Vibball Luxembourg controlled BC Mess from the tip and won 77-33 in the M-U22 N2 Qualification round-robin. Coach Ildiko Vass's team opened on an 8-0 run and closed the first quarter 28-9, setting a tone they never relinquished. Mess had their best spell at the start of the third, when Bryan Hensen and Warren Cremonesi strung together five unanswered points to 52-27, but Vibball answered immediately and pushed the gap back out. The highest lead reached 45 points at 77-32 before Mess's final free throw.
Noah Marian Rudolf (Season PPG: 17.64) led Vibball with 24 points and authored a personal 7-0 burst early in the fourth (from 64-32 to 69-32). The 19-year-old Belgian combined perimeter accuracy with repeated paint finishes despite two early personals in the first quarter. Kouami Samuele Dogbonou (Season PPG: 15.82), an 18-year-old Italian, powered the third quarter with a string of inside baskets and calm foul shooting, finishing with 23. Cassian Matgen (Season PPG: 9.50) added 14, and Michel Ange Mafolo Ondekane (Season PPG: 11.82) chipped in 10.
For Mess, captain Tom Jadin (Season PPG: 6.86) scored 10, while Hensen (Season PPG: 8.20) had 9 and Cremonesi (Season PPG: 3.20) 8. Raphaël Alves Nunes (Season PPG: 5.50) hit from deep in the third. Coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's side briefly found rhythm after halftime but was held to just one point in the final quarter as Vibball tightened the screws.
Vibball takes the season series decisively after the 102-59 win in the first meeting and remains 4th in the classification (6-5). Mess sits 5th at 3-9. Form-wise, Vibball is on a three-game winning streak; Mess has dropped three in a row.
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