BC Mess B overpowered US Heffingen 83-68 in Mondercan. The hosts sprinted to 7-0 behind early production from Eli Nosbusch (MESB), but Heffingen briefly flipped it 10-9 on back-to-back threes by Deivys Almeida Monteiro (Season PPG: 9.64). Two late free throws from Tom Mangen (Season PPG: 1.00) closed the first at 15-14.
The game broke open in the second quarter: Mess strung together a 19-2 surge to 34-16, fueled by 14-year-old Romanian David Emilian Georgescu (Season PPG: 3.85), Nosbusch and Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha (Season PPG: 9.50), for a 42-23 halftime cushion. Heffingen's Diego Vaz Pereira (HEF) picked up three fouls in the opening period and later fouled out in the third, a blow as the visitors mounted their response.
Heffingen did spark a 15-2 run late in the third through Mett Dostert (Season PPG: 9.00) and Almeida, trimming the gap to 50-40 before Mess steadied to 55-44 at the buzzer. In the fourth, Coach McCallum's side reasserted control in the paint; Nosbusch piled up quick baskets and Georgescu kept finding lanes as the lead stretched to a high of 20 (75-55). Coach Gruskovnjak's team stayed alive from deep seven made threes overall but could not get enough stops.
Nosbusch led all scorers with 28 (12 two-pointers, 4 FTs), Georgescu added 18 (all twos), Da Fonseca Rocha 14, Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 7.50) 9 and Jona Jungers (Season PPG: 2.50) 8. Heffingen's Dostert hit 22 (3 threes, 5 FTs), Almeida 16 (three triples), Tim Yeong-Jun Kass (Season PPG: 3.80) 10 and Jan Vyroubal (Season PPG: 4.55) 10.
Telling stat: Mess scored all 83 without a single three-pointer 37 two-point field goals plus 9 free throws while Heffingen relied on seven threes. In the Phase finale standings, Mess sits 5th (1-1) and returns to winning ways after a three-game skid, Heffingen holds 2nd (1-2).
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