BC Mess B controlled the key stretches and beat Basket Esch C 66-52 in the Phase finale. Coach Deanthony Kendrick McCallum's team set the tone immediately with a 10-0 start and a 20-6 first quarter, with Jona Jungers (Season PPG: 4.70) scoring 8 early points and the home defense keeping Esch scoreless for long sequences.
Basket Esch C reacted well in the second period. Niksa Oroz (Season PPG: 18.56), the 14-year-old Croatian guard, was the main engine of that comeback and helped his team win the quarter 17-12. BC Mess B still led 32-23 at halftime, but the game had become more balanced.
The decisive moment came in the third quarter. After Esch had cut the gap to 37-29, BC Mess B answered with a 12-1 run to move to 49-30. Roan Musquar (Season PPG: 8.48) was on a real roll there, scoring 12 of those 13 points and finishing with a game-high 21, matching his season best. He was well supported by Eli Nosbusch (Season PPG: 16.33) with 12 points, Jungers with 12, and Ben Schramer (Season PPG: 4.29) with 11.
Esch opened the last quarter with 8 straight points, from 49-30 to 49-38, through Enzo Neves Casemiro (Season PPG: 6.50), Paul Augustine Mendy Cardenas (Season PPG: 5.44) and Redzep Ramovic. But BC Mess B answered again and rebuilt a double-digit margin, reaching the game's highest lead at 66-50. For Esch, Oroz scored 18 and Mendy Cardenas, the 15-year-old Spaniard, added 16. Ramovic fouled out in the fourth quarter.
After the round, Basket Esch C stayed first in the classification, while BC Mess B remained fifth. BC Mess B also completed a 2-0 season sweep against Basket Esch C after the earlier 71-52 win in Phase 1.
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