BC Mess B won 51-38 in Mondorf and climbed to 2nd place, one spot higher than before. Coach David Deviscour's team now has four straight wins, while Avanti Mondorf stays 4th and saw its three-game winning streak stop.
The first break of the game came late in the opening quarter. After Mondorf had edged in front 8-7, BC Mess B finished the period on a 9-0 run for a 16-8 lead. Rayan Macedo Mendes (Season PPG: 16.25) was already in full rhythm and scored 14 points in the first quarter alone.
Mondorf reacted well in the second period. Arthur Donati (MON), Jordan Goncalves Charpentier (Season PPG: 16.20) and Daniel Richartz (Season PPG: 16.60) combined for an 8-0 run from 8-16 to 16-16. BC Mess B then answered calmly, with Macedo Mendes and Hugo Deviscour (Season PPG: 6.25) restoring control and taking a 27-22 advantage into halftime.
The third quarter was important for the visitors. They opened it with 4 straight points for 31-22. Mondorf twice cut the gap to 3, first at 28-31 and later at 30-33, largely through Goncalves Charpentier, but Deviscour and Macedo Mendes pushed the score back out to 38-30.
In the fourth, Mondorf stayed within reach at 34-40 and again at 38-45 after Donati's work inside. BC Mess B then produced the final decisive stretch, closing on a 6-0 run to their highest lead of the game, 13 points.
Top scorers were Macedo Mendes with 30 and Deviscour with 15 for BC Mess B. For Mondorf, Goncalves Charpentier scored 16, Donati added 12, and Richartz had 8. Neither team made a three-pointer; the game was decided through two-point scoring and Mess B's extra made free throws.
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