Musel Pikes B overpowered BC Mess B 90-62 in the M-U16 Division 6 Phase 2, climbing to 2nd place in the standings (+1) at 2-2, while Mess remains 0-4 in 5th. The game swung early: after an and-one by Lou Klonski, Musel built a 4-14 cushion on a 9-0 run. Mess then struck back with a 13-0 surge led by Ben Schramer and Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha to take the first quarter 17-16.
Coach Hichem El Basri's side reasserted control in the second quarter to lead 35-29 at halftime, with JeanMichel Huber and Mohamed Iyed Youssef Essid steady inside. The decisive stretch came in the third: Huber added 10 points in the period, Lex Flies (12) and Youssef Essid kept finishing at the rim, and a 10-2 push turned the margin into double digits. Adam Hammed (13) closed the quarter with two free throws for 69-53. Early in the fourth, Jonathan Laël Lemvoka (14) picked up two quick fouls and later fouled out, and Musel stretched the lead to a game-high +28 at the buzzer.
Musel's production was concentrated inside: Youssef Essid (Season PPG: 6.31) scored 24, Huber (Season PPG: 7.00) 21, and Flies (12) 19. Klonski (Season PPG: 5.20) added 8, the Italian guard Giorgio Gargani (Season PPG: 2.75) chipped in 8, Hammed (13) 6, Ryan Gomes (Season PPG: 1.56) 4. Notably, neither team made a three-pointer.
For Mess, Da Fonseca Rocha (Season PPG: 8.86) posted 18, matching his season best, and Schramer (Season PPG: 4.22) had 17, also a season high. Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 7.46) scored 7, Max Reiland (Season PPG: 1.64) 6, Lemvoka (14) 8, Tom Mangen (Season PPG: 0.80) 4, David Emilian Georgescu 2. Under coach Deanthony Kendrick McCallum, Mess's strong first-quarter response and third-quarter resistance couldn't offset Musel's sustained interior dominance.
Musel's win also halts a two-game skid, while Mess's sequence extends to three losses.
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