AB Contern opened Phase 1 of M-U18 Division 3 with a clear 111-39 away win against BC Mess and took 1st place after the first game, with Mess in 2nd.
The game was shaped very early. Contern started on a 17-0 run and already had full control before BC Mess found its first field goal. Mathis Neuens (15) scored first, then Tao Tock (14), Alexandre Lopes Meysembourg (15) and Emil Dostert (15, 1.92m) kept the pressure high. Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha (13) stopped the run with a three, but the first quarter still ended 37-7.
The visitors stayed on a roll in the second period, opening it with five more points in a row for 42-7 and stretching the halftime lead to 62-15. Under coach Alain Wies, Contern combined pace, depth and constant scoring from several players. In the third quarter, BC Mess had some better moments through Eli Nosbusch (14) and Lio Nosbusch (16), but each response was matched quickly. After Mess reduced it to 21-68, Contern answered to 21-77 and later closed the quarter at 95-29.
Contern had four players at 16 points or more: Lopes Meysembourg with 20, Max Muller (13) with 16, Damian Ioannis Xirouchakis (17, 1.76m) with 16, and Dostert with 16. Neuens added 13 and Tock 9 in a very balanced attack.
For BC Mess, Eli Nosbusch led with 13 points despite four fouls. Da Fonseca Rocha added 8, including two three-pointers, and Lio Nosbusch scored 7. Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's team kept working and produced a 7-0 spell late in the game, from 29-102 to 36-102, before the final margin settled at 72 points.
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