BC Mess B took a close 53-46 home win over Arantia Larochette B and climbed two places to 1st in M-U14 Division 6: Phase 1. MESB has now won two in a row, while ARAB has lost its last two.
Coach David Deviscour's side shaped the game early. After trailing 4-6, Mess responded with a 10-0 run to close the first quarter 18-10. In that stretch, Rayan Macedo Mendes (12) scored 8 points in a row and gave the home side real momentum. MESB stayed on top in the second period and pushed the gap to 34-21 at halftime, their highest lead at 13 points.
Arantia reacted well after the break under coach Nicolas Schaefers. Taron Weis (11) and Mingxuan Li (11) drove the comeback as the visitors cut the score from 34-21 to 38-35. ARAB kept that pressure until 43-39 at the end of the third quarter. Diego Malheiro Dantas and Maxime Toussaint (12) also helped the chase, but Diego picked up three fouls in a row in the third, an important moment while Larochette was gaining ground.
The game stayed tight in the last quarter. ARAB remained within reach at 47-43 and 49-44, but Mess answered through Hugo Deviscour (12), Valentin Duarte Tomas (12), Liam Schandeler (11) and Macedo Mendes (12). Neither team made a three-pointer.
Macedo Mendes led MESB with 22 points, supported by Deviscour with 12 and Schandeler with 7. For ARAB, Weis finished with 16 points, while Li and Toussaint added 9 each.
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