Basket Esch, 5th in the standings, edged 6th-placed BC Mess 65-63 and stopped a four-game losing streak. In a close game, the winners were carried late by Mahir Adrovic and Samuel Vidal Martins.
BC Mess started better and took the game's highest lead at 16-4 in the first quarter. Théo Peporte (MES) was the main early force, while Lou Kinn Varela (MES) added quick scoring. Basket Esch reacted strongly in the second period with a 23-10 stretch. Mahir Adrovic (Season PPG: 17.20) changed the pace, Samuel Vidal Martins (LAL) scored from several spots, and Léon During (Season PPG: 6.14) gave useful bench production as Esch flipped the game from 8-16 to 31-26 at halftime.
The third quarter stayed very balanced. Mess briefly moved ahead at 34-33 and 36-35, but Esch answered each time through Adrovic and Vidal Martins. Early in the fourth, coach Raouf Riahi's team seemed to create separation at 58-49. BC Mess, coached by David Deviscour, answered with a 9-0 run to tie the game at 60-60. Rayan Macedo Mendes (Season PPG: 14.29), Peporte (MES) and Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (MES) were at the heart of that push.
The decisive sequence came after that tie. Vidal Martins scored for 62-60, then Adrovic hit a big three to make it 65-61. Mess still came back to 65-63, but no further score followed.
Adrovic finished with 27 points and Vidal Martins added 23, combining for 50 of Esch's 65 points. For Mess, Peporte had 21, Macedo Mendes 12, while Varela and Rodrigues Borracci scored 9 each. BC Mess have now lost five in a row.
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