BC Mess B controlled BBC East Side Pirates B 68-52 in Mondercange, shaping the game with long, timely runs and a dominant third quarter. The hosts jumped from 2-3 down to a 17-3 lead with a 15-0 first-quarter surge, sparked largely by Gabriel Da Fonseca Rocha (Season PPG: 9.64), who piled up early twos and later added a three. BEPB answered with an 8-0 close to the period (17-11) and won the second quarter 22-19 behind Ben Pallmer (Season PPG: 4.80) and Levent Aksahin (12, TUR), trimming the gap to 36-33 at the break.
The decisive stretch came right after halftime: Mess opened the third with an 8-0 burst and stretched it into a 20-8 quarter (56-41), with Rocha repeatedly finishing inside and Mathis Alves Nunes (Season PPG: 4.54) adding steady mid-range production and a free throw. Mess pushed the advantage to a game-high +20 at 68-48 before BEPB closed slightly.
Rocha led all scorers with 33 points (15 twos, one three) and had a six-point personal run late in the first that broke the game open. Alves Nunes added 13, Rayan Macedo Mendes 8, and Lou Kinn Varela 6. For the Pirates, captain Max Merens (13) delivered 12 and matched his season high, Demir Eco (Season PPG: 7.25) tallied 10 including three fourth-quarter free throws, Pallmer Ben 10, and Ben Pol Mike Szymczak 9. Aksahin finished with 6.
Coach Nigel Winandy's side showed poise after halftime, while Kai Patrick Kremer's team briefly rallied but couldn't sustain it. BEPB's five-game winning streak ends; Mess strings a second straight win. In the standings, BEPB sits 2nd and Mess 3rd, both at 3-1 in the M-U14 Division 6 Championship Round.
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