BC Mess B won 75-57 in Esch and stayed first in M-U16 Division 6:Phase 1 at 5-0, while Basket Esch C remained second at 4-1. MESB also extended its winning run to five games.
The opening was the key swing. Basket Esch C led 4-0 through Redzep Ramovic (Season PPG: 11.20) and Yanis Allou N'Da, but MESB quickly changed the rhythm. After 6-6, the visitors closed the first quarter on a 12-0 run for 18-6, with Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 11.86) already setting the pace. In the second quarter, coach Luke Davis saw his team push the margin to 24-7 and later 34-19 at the break.
Esch tried to stay in touch behind Ramovic's inside scoring and Alim Durovic (Season PPG: 9.40), who finished with 12 points. MESB answered every push in the third period, where Eli Nosbusch (Season PPG: 15.88) and Gabriel da Fonseca Rocha (MESB) helped stretch the lead to 57-35. The official sheet also marked Nosbusch with a disqualifying foul, while Durovic was charged with a flagrant foul in that quarter.
The home side produced its best spell early in the fourth, cutting the gap from 22 to 14 at 47-61. That was the closest they came to a real comeback. MESB then delivered the decisive burst: 14 straight points, from 61-47 to 75-47, reaching the game's highest lead at 28. Esch closed on a 10-0 run, which softened the final margin.
Top scorers were Musquar with 19, Nosbusch with 17, Krings with 12 and da Fonseca Rocha with 10 for MESB; Ramovic had 16, Durovic 12 and Allou N'Da 10 for LALC.
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