M-U16 Division 5, Phase finale in Reckange saw Vibball Luxembourg overwhelm BC Mess 121-37. Coach VASS Ildiko's team seized control from the tip: an 8-0 start, with the first six points coming in a row from Benjamin Mafulo Ondekane, set the tone. Despite two quick fouls on captain Isaac Foz Moutinho, Vibball kept pressing as Jeremi Adamski and Gustaw Karwacki piled on. The first quarter closed 33-9.
Mess tried to steady through Nils Muller's three-pointer and inside finishes from Maxime Tilly, but Vibball stacked runs on both sides of halftime. In Q2, Tom Hopp Pier added at the stripe and from the field, Foz Moutinho hit from outside, and Mafulo Ondekane drilled a three to push the gap to 60-19 at the break. In Q3, Fabio Freymann briefly sparked Mess with five straight (3+2), yet Adamski and Mafulo Ondekane answered immediately, and Vibball led 88-30 after three. Vibball crossed 100 early in Q4 through Dimitri Vassjutinski; a late unsportsmanlike foul on Foz Moutinho did not alter the flow. The largest lead reached +86 at 121-35 before Muller scored at the horn.
Top performers:
- Vibball: Benjamin Mafulo Ondekane (Season PPG: 34.78) dominated with 42 points; Jeremi Adamski (Season PPG: 14.40) added 21; Gustaw Karwacki (Season PPG: 18.22) 18; captain Isaac Foz Moutinho (Season PPG: 21.60) 17. Fifteen-year-old Mafulo Ondekane (ESP) scored the game's opening six and kept scoring in bursts all night.
- Mess: Nils Muller (Season PPG: 18.00) led the hosts, with support from Fabio Freymann (Season PPG: 13.60) and Maxime Tilly (Season PPG: 10.00).
Vibball extend their winning run to 10 straight and sit first in the Phase finale (2-0, ranking gain +4). Mess move to 1-1 and are fourth. Coach Fernand Musquar's timeouts couldn't stem Vibball's repeated surges, highlighted by an 8-0 mid-first-quarter burst and unrelenting scoring depth through all four quarters.
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