US Heffingen B, first in the standings after this round, beat BC Mess B 76-61 after a game that changed strongly after halftime.
MESB started better and led 5-0, then answered each Heffingen push in the first quarter to stay in front 20-18. Early in the second period, HEFB produced a 7-0 burst to move from 18-20 to 25-20, with Joel Thesen (HEFB) and Gustavo Alves Novaes (HEFB) driving the run. Mess reacted well. After trailing 29-27, the visitors put together 8 unanswered points to go up 35-29, and they held a 39-36 lead at the break.
The decisive phase came in the third quarter. Heffingen opened with 5 straight points to regain the lead, and after 41-41 they went on a 10-0 run to create real separation at 51-41. That stretch was built around Pit Reiter (HEFB), who scored 7 points in a row during the quarter, and Manuel Scholtus (HEFB), whose two threes punished Mess's defense. HEFB won the quarter 23-9 and turned a three-point deficit into a 59-48 advantage.
MESB briefly cut it to 59-52 in the fourth, but HEFB answered immediately with a 6-0 sequence. Reiter (HEFB) then added 5 consecutive points for 70-54, and the home side reached its highest lead at 76-56 before Mess scored the last 5 points.
Thesen (HEFB) led all scorers with 29 points, including 12 made free throws. Reiter (HEFB) added 20 with four made threes. Scholtus (HEFB) and Danilo Hess (18, 1.90m) both scored 10. For MESB, Giovanni Kemevuako (MESB) had 21, Yann Krings (17, 1.80m) 16, and Sven Biever (MESB) 14. Heffingen's edge at the line was major, with 18 made free throws against only 3 for Mess.
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