AB Contern B, now 1st in M-Division 1 after a one-place rise, controlled this game from the opening minutes and won 96-46 at BC Mess B, who remain 9th. The visitors also extended their current run to eight straight wins, while Mess B dropped a second game in a row.
The game was decided very early. After Mess reduced it to 2-4, Contern produced a 12-0 run for 16-2. Later, with the score at 6-19, the visitors closed the first quarter with 14 unanswered points and already led 33-6. Coach David Torres' side never let the pace fall, going to 49-20 at halftime and 71-34 after three quarters. The biggest gap reached 51 points late in the fourth period.
Patrick Walravens (Season PPG: 12.41) was on a clear roll for Contern. He scored 6 points in the first minutes, then kept stretching the lead and finished with 31. Jeffrey Nicolas Jamal Schumacher (23, 1.93m) gave strong interior production with 19, René Wolzfeld (Season PPG: 11.87) added 18, and Yann Besch (Season PPG: 16.13) had 13. Contern had scoring from seven different players and constant pressure all night.
For Mess B, Maxime Sunnen (Season PPG: 22.40) carried the offense with 23 points and was the only player able to answer regularly in the first half. Pedrito Kemevuako (17, 1.80m, AGO) added 12 and sparked the team's best stretch in the third quarter with back-to-back three-pointers. François Villain (Season PPG: 8.17) scored 7.
The season series between the teams ended one-sided: 75-24 and 96-46 for Contern B.
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