BC Mess B won 63-51 at Mambra Mamer B in M-U14 Division 6 and took over first place after a +3 ranking gain, while Mambra Mamer B is now second despite the defeat.
The game flow was shaped by BC Mess B's first quarter. Coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's team started sharply, moved from 4-0 to 12-5, then built the biggest lead of the afternoon at 24-5. Mambra reacted well with 9 unanswered points to close the quarter at 14-24, which kept the game alive.
The second period was more balanced. Mambra trimmed the gap to 18-24 and later to 20-26, but BC Mess B answered each push and still led 35-26 at halftime. There were also sequences of back-to-back fouls for Konstantinos Nastos (MAMB) and later Adam Andrea Tartoras (MAMB), which complicated the home side's rhythm.
After the break, Mambra had one of its best stretches. Mathys Duarte Santos (MAMB) and Manraj Singh Virdee (MAMB) helped cut the score to 40-44, but BC Mess B answered again through Aziel Flavien Kemevuako (MESB) and Rayan Macedo Mendes (MESB) to keep a 51-42 cushion entering the last quarter.
The key moment came in the fourth. Mambra reduced the margin to 48-53, but BC Mess B produced an 8-1 response, with Kemevuako heavily involved, to move to 61-49 and regain full control.
Kemevuako (MESB) was the top scorer with 27 points, and Macedo Mendes (MESB) added 21; together they produced 48 of the team's 63 points. For Mambra, Virdee (MAMB) scored 15, Til Zorz (MAMB) had 11, and Nastos (MAMB) finished with 8. Zorz, Nastos and Nátán András Szekely (MAMB) all carried notable foul pressure, with Nastos and Szekely ending on four fouls.
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