BC Mess overpowered Racing Luxembourg 89-35 at Tramsschapp/Central in the W-U16 Division 3 Phase finale, controlling the game from start to finish. Mess opened 6-0 before Racing briefly rallied with a 9-1 burst to pull to 10-14 on baskets from Kotryna Pakstyte and Liv Engman. Mess still closed the first quarter ahead 20-12.
The second quarter decided it: a 0-12 run by Mess, with Hannah Meysembourg, Maéna Barandao-Bakele (14, FRA) and Eve Schumacher relentlessly attacking, broke the contest open. The period ended 28-5 in Mess's favor for a 48-17 halftime lead. Racing's foul trouble compounded matters Viktoriia Lukianenko committed three fouls in the opening quarter and later fouled out, and captain Emma Peccati (15, LVA) was also disqualified on five late in the fourth.
Mess never let up after the break. Meysembourg strung together back-to-back baskets on two occasions in the third, and Favor Patience Kobrissa (15, FRA) added a powerful inside stretch to push the margin beyond 40 (Racing called timeout at 21-71). In the fourth, a Meysembourg triple was waved off, but Mess kept scoring to finish with the night's highest lead, +54 at the horn.
Top performers: for Mess, Meysembourg led with 28 points (Season PPG: 20.5), Barandao-Bakele added 20 (Season PPG: 11.6), Schumacher 18 (Season PPG: 5.0) and Kobrissa 17 (Season PPG: 12.22). For Racing, Peccati scored 8 (Season PPG: 12.5) before fouling out, Pakstyte had 7 (Season PPG: 3.0), with Veere Ootes netting 5 and Sadhbh Pin 4.
Coach Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro's team climbs to first place (2-0, ranking gain +1) and is now on a two-game winning streak after a long run of defeats earlier in the season. Coach Wojciech Daniel Kubis's Racing sits 5th.
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