Musel Pikes B won 63-48 away at BC Mess B in the opening game of the M-Division 1 championship round and move to 1st place, with Mess B 2nd after one game.
The game stayed balanced only briefly. Mess B led 6-3 after two early threes from Yorick Melchior, but coach Philippe Steffen's team closed the first quarter better and went in front 16-11. The decisive break came in the second period: after Alexandre Caurla cut it to 14-18, Musel Pikes B answered with a 14-0 run to open a 32-15 margin. That sequence gave the visitors full control at halftime, 32-17.
Mess B tried to restart well after the break and got within 21-32, yet Musel answered again. Eric Steffen (34, 1.83m) kept the offense flowing, and a third-quarter stretch around Nikola Sarkovic's flagrant foul pushed the gap wider. From 23-39, the visitors produced another 10 unanswered points and later reached their highest lead at 54-23.
Steffen led all scorers with 21 points, including four 3-pointers. Guy Schmit added 14, Chris Dentzer (36, 1.78m) scored 10, and Philippe Reuter gave 8. Dentzer also had a useful run at the line in the second quarter.
For coach Damien Michels' side, Caurla (33, 1.80m) was the main offensive answer with 17 points and four 3-pointers. He drove the late reaction and scored 6 straight Mess points in the fourth quarter. Sven Biever added 7, while Melchior and captain Gilles Weimerskirch each scored 6.
Mess B won the last quarter 20-9, but the earlier damage was too large after Musel's strong middle two periods.
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