BC Mess, 11th before tip-off and coming off three straight defeats, controlled this W-Nationale 2 game away to 13th-placed AS Soleuvre and won 82-31, moving up one place in the table. After the 100-40 first meeting, this was again a very one-sided matchup.
The opening minutes were the only balanced phase. Soleuvre, with coach Pedro Jorge Escada Carvalho, started sharply and went 7-0 up. Mess then changed the rhythm completely: from 0-7 down, the visitors closed the first quarter on a 20-4 run for an 20-11 lead. That swing decided the tone of the evening.
The second quarter widened the gap further. Mess opened with four straight points and kept Soleuvre under heavy pressure, winning the period 17-4 to reach halftime at 37-15. At that stage Soleuvre had scored only four points in the quarter and never got back into contact.
Mess stayed in control after the break. Noémie Schammo (Season PPG: 8.43) and Caroline Pantaleoni (Season PPG: 12.33) kept the scoring moving, while Hannah Pauly (Season PPG: 11.06) punished every defensive lapse from long range. Her seven 3-pointers were the standout shooting line of the game, and she scored 21 points. Mess led 57-23 after three quarters, then finished with a 25-8 last period and a highest lead of 51.
Pauly led a balanced Mess attack, ahead of Schammo with 17 and Pantaleoni with 16; Lynn Thilges (Season PPG: 14.27) added 14. Schammo eventually fouled out after scoring in every phase of the game. Soleuvre had little perimeter production, with no made 3-pointer. Daiane Tavares da Silva (Season PPG: 10.74) and Larissa Kralj (21, 1.67m) each scored 10 and combined for 20 of Soleuvre's 31 points.
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