BC Mess B edged AS Soleuvre B 68-63 in this close final-phase return game. The result lifts MESB to 1st place in the group, with a gain of two positions, while SOLB stays 5th. It also reversed the season trend between these teams after Soleuvre had won the first two meetings.
Soleuvre opened well and led 7-2, with early points from Sriram Satagopam and Louis Ferrai. Mess answered immediately with a 10-0 run to go in front 12-7, and that first swing shaped the opening quarter, finished at 21-16. Eli Nosbusch (Season PPG: 18.13) was central in that phase.
At halftime, MESB had built a 37-33 edge, then extended the margin in the third quarter. The home side reached its highest lead at 49-39, with Ben Schramer, Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 10.21) and 14-year-old Romanian David Emilian Georgescu adding strong support around Nosbusch.
The key moment came between late third quarter and early fourth. From 51-43, Soleuvre produced 10 straight points to move ahead 53-51, with Samuel Carvalho Ribeiro driving the comeback. Mess reacted well under pressure: the home team replied with six unanswered points for 57-53 and later stretched the score to 68-59. Soleuvre kept pushing and reduced the gap to five, but BC Mess B stayed in front to take the win.
Nosbusch finished with 25 points, Schramer 15, Musquar 14 and Georgescu 10 for MESB. For SOLB, Samuel Carvalho Ribeiro (Season PPG: 7.07) scored 23, Ferrai 14 and Satagopam 9. MESB is now on a four-game winning run.
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