BC Mess took an important 82-73 home win over T71 Dudelange in the final phase and completed a 3-0 season sweep against this opponent after the earlier 60-55 and 96-67 results. Fernand Musquar's team moved up two places into 1st, while T71 stayed 4th. Mess also extended its current run to five straight wins, whereas T71 is now on a four-game losing streak.
The game was balanced early at 19-19 after the first quarter. T71 had strong production from Pol Guedes and Noah Baseggio, but Mess answered through Nils Muller. The break came in the second quarter: from 21-21, Mess created separation with Muller, Fabio Freymann and Noa Priso Dikoume, taking a 44-33 lead into halftime.
T71 kept pushing after the break. Guedes repeatedly brought Daniel Wolf's side back on the scoreboard, and Baseggio added important baskets, but Mess answered nearly every run. A key stretch came from 57-48 to 68-50, with Muller and 13-year-old French captain Noa Priso Dikoume driving the tempo. That gave Mess a 70-57 edge after three quarters.
In the fourth, T71 reduced it to 70-58, but Mess reacted again. Freymann scored 6 points in a row during a decisive push to 80-63, the home side's highest lead at 17. T71 still finished with a 10-2 closing run to limit the final margin.
Muller (Season PPG: 19.61) led all scorers with 31 points, including 11 two-point field goals. Freymann (Season PPG: 20.39) added 19, and Priso Dikoume (Season PPG: 15.06) also had 19. For T71, Guedes (Season PPG: 12.06) produced 21, Baseggio (Season PPG: 13.33) scored 17, and 13-year-old Croatian Ivan Barbic (Season PPG: 11.16) contributed 8.
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