Third-placed Amicale Steesel B controlled this Phase finale return game from the opening minutes and won by 77 points against sixth-placed BC Mess B, who are now on a four-game losing streak. Coach Oliver Barth's team answered Edwin Samimi's early 2-0 basket with 23 unanswered points, turning the first quarter into a 23-2 breakaway. That first surge already put BC Mess B, coached by Nigel Winandy, in a very difficult position.
Amicale kept the pressure high in the second period. After Mess stayed within 33-8, the visitors produced another 15-0 run to reach 48-8 at halftime. BC Mess B found a few more solutions after the break, mainly through Théo Peporte (Season PPG: 6.46), Elija Jungers (Season PPG: 6.15) and Samimi (Season PPG: 1.60), but AMIB still won the third quarter 22-10 and led 70-20.
The last quarter followed the same pattern. Amicale opened it with 10 straight points, and later 11-year-old Atanas Atapov from Bulgaria finished the game with 10 consecutive points on his own, pushing the lead to its maximum. Atapov (Season PPG: 14.89) was the main scorer with 27 points, including 12 made 2-pointers, one 3-pointer and 2 made free throws. Jona Engel (Season PPG: 8.37) added 20, Max Reiter (Season PPG: 4.77) scored 18, and William Santos Ferreira (Season PPG: 4.86) contributed 12. All nine Amicale players scored.
For MESB, no player reached double figures, but Jungers, Samimi and Wim Weimerskirch (MESB) each had 6 points, while Peporte added 4 and also picked up two fouls in a row in the first quarter. Amicale complete a 2-0 season sweep after their earlier 75-42 win and move to three straight wins.
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