Telstar Hesperange answered their first loss to BC Mess this season with a 63-42 road win, in a game that stayed tight for 20 minutes before swinging clearly after halftime. In the standings, Telstar climb one place to 8th, while Mess remain 11th.
BC Mess opened well and led 15-14 after the first quarter. The home side still stayed very close in the second period, even getting back in front at 28-27, but Telstar went to the break with a narrow 30-28 lead. Noémie Schammo (Season PPG: 10.16) carried much of the Mess offense with 17 points, while captain Lynn Thilges (Season PPG: 13.10) added 9 and Mara Thein (Season PPG: 4.26) scored 7.
The decisive sequence came early in the third quarter. After Mess moved ahead 31-30, Telstar produced a 14-0 run to 44-31. Lynn Rock (31, 1.76m; Season PPG: 4.04) hit back-to-back three-pointers in that stretch, and Ines Moreira (Season PPG: 11.55) kept the pressure on. From there, coach Ivan Yeromin's team controlled the game and won the second half 33-14.
Moreira finished with 14 points, Charline Lutgen (Season PPG: 9.89) added 10, and Iris Roca Mandri (26, ESP; Season PPG: 8.06) scored 9. Rock and Dania Brugnoni (Season PPG: 6.05) both had 8, giving Telstar solid balance.
Mess briefly reduced the gap to 11 in the fourth quarter, but Telstar answered with a 7-0 burst for 55-37, then closed with 6 straight points. The visitors' biggest lead was 21. For Mess, foul trouble also mattered in the second half: Caroline Pantaleoni (Season PPG: 11.10) was held scoreless and reached four fouls, while Thilges and Thein also finished on four.
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