Basket Esch overpowered BC Mess 94-62 in M-U18 Division 1 (Phase 2) at esch/ho3, snapping their three-game skid and climbing to 4th (+1) at 1-3, while Mess stays 6th at 0-4 after a fourth straight defeat.
Mess opened 0-3 and 2-5, but Dejan Pavlovic's side settled quickly. At 17-17, Emmanuel Jesus Frederico strung together three straight baskets for a 9-0 close to the period, and Esch pushed the gap to 30-19 early in the second before taking a 51-35 cushion into halftime. After the break, Esch broke the game open with a 16-4 burst to 67-39, fueled by perimeter shots from Hugo Loureiro Duarte and Noah Kouamedjouo. Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's Mess responded with a 10-0 run helped by an unsportsmanlike on Kyan Braunshausen and free throws from Pedrito Kemevuako but Esch steadied and finished with a largest lead of +32.
Top performers for Esch: 17-year-old forward/center Emmanuel Jesus Frederico (2.00 m; Season PPG: 13.63) led with 21, Loureiro Duarte (Season PPG: 3.56) hit three triples for 15, Kouamedjouo added 13 (Season PPG: 9.11), and Melvin Pereira Furtado (Season PPG: 7.67) also reached double figures. Captain Benjamin Müller (Season PPG: 14.00) chipped in and organized the half-court.
For Mess, the offense ran through Kemevuako (Season PPG: 19.00) and Jamie Freymann (Season PPG: 16.44), with Yann Krings adding support from deep. Mess generated points at the line during a foul-heavy third quarter, but Esch's balanced scoring and timely runs decided the game.
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