Black Star Mersch won a close W-Nationale 2 game against BC Mess, 57-47, and moved up two places to 7th while staying unbeaten at 2-0. Mess remained 2nd at 2-2.
Lance Channing Legister's team found its first real gap late in the opening quarter. After falling behind 10-11, BSM answered with a 10-2 burst to go 20-13 up before Hannah Pauly cut it to 20-16. Mersch stayed in front in the second period, with Nina Goedert (34, 1.74m) and Jessie Kettel (25) keeping the offense moving. The home side reached a 35-27 advantage and carried a 37-30 lead into halftime.
The game changed after the break. Anne Breuskin (36, 1.78m) scored 3 points in a row for 40-30, then Mess produced its best stretch. Led by Caroline Pantaleoni (28) and Noémie Schammo (26), the visitors turned a 10-point deficit into a 44-41 lead with a 14-1 run. Pantaleoni was central in that phase and Mess won the third quarter 14-4.
BSM answered immediately in the fourth. Breuskin, Ines Moreira (27) and especially Goedert and Lynn Schreiner (35, 1.60m) fueled an 11-0 run from 41-44 to 52-44, the decisive sequence of the night. Mess reduced the gap to 54-47, but BSM did not allow more.
Goedert led all scorers with 20 points, including 9 in the last quarter. Schreiner added 16 with three 3-pointers, and Kettel scored 8. For Mess, Pantaleoni finished with 15, Schammo had 8, and Jil Heck added 7. Foul trouble also mattered late, with Moreira for BSM and Heck and Pauly for Mess fouling out.
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