Second-ranked BC Mess won 84-74 on the floor of third-ranked Musel Pikes B and completed a 2-0 season sweep in this final phase after the 86-64 win from the first meeting.
The game broke open early. Musel started with the first point, but Mess quickly imposed itself with a 13-0 run from 3-2 to 3-15. Nils Muller (Season PPG: 17.67) was central in that opening surge, and the visitors closed the first quarter up 22-12. Mess kept that margin under control in the second period and went to halftime with a 40-29 lead.
The visitors then reached their biggest advantage in the third quarter at 57-35. That looked decisive, but Musel answered with its strongest sequence of the evening, a 15-2 run to cut the score to 59-50 by the end of the period. Pit Fischer (Season PPG: 5.22) and Jason Kemmer (Season PPG: 14.74) drove that push, and Musel coach Daniel Fernandes Sousa received a technical foul during this stretch.
Early in the fourth, Musel moved to 54-61, but Mess reacted immediately with eight unanswered points to reopen a clear gap at 69-54. From there, the visitors stayed in front.
Muller finished as top scorer with 26, matching his season best. Théo Bakija (Season PPG: 16.18) added 18, including a strong fourth quarter, and Fabio Freymann (Season PPG: 13.21) also had 18. Noa Priso Dikoume, the 14-year-old French player (Season PPG: 10.27), contributed 8.
For Musel, Kemmer scored 24 and Fischer 23, combining for 47 of the team's 74 points. Both teams converted 33 two-point field goals, but Mess created separation with four made threes and six made free throws, while Musel had one made three and five made free throws. Maks Povhe, the 15-year-old Slovenian player, scored 8 before fouling out in the third quarter, and Musel also had Lou Klonski Artigao and Olivier Siebenaler finish with four fouls.
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