BBC East Side Pirates beat BC Mess 76-52 and climbed two places to first in W-U14 Division 2: Phase 1. BC Mess slipped one spot to third.
The opening phase belonged to Max Meysembourg's team. Mess started with a 10-0 run and went up 13-5, with Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 16.00) and Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (MES) setting the pace. BEP then changed the game before the first break: after trailing by 10, Billy Ray Mc Daniel Jr's side closed the quarter with a 15-3 burst to lead 15-13. Julie Yvonne Léontine Ronck (BEP), 13 years old, was the main spark in that swing.
The Pirates kept that momentum early in the second quarter and stretched the score to 27-15. Mess answered well and nearly reset the game, cutting the gap to 29-27 through Rodrigues Borracci (MES), Alessia Pinciotti (MES) and Kaly Bara (MES). BEP still reached halftime in front, 33-27.
The decisive separation came in the third period. Ronck and Emma Kasel (BEP) pushed the home side into double digits, and the quarter ended 52-37. In the fourth, Lena Schroeder (Season PPG: 7.33) added important scoring, Kasel stayed productive, and the lead peaked at 25 points at 76-51.
Ronck finished with 27 points, Kasel added 21 and Schroeder 11. For Mess, Meysembourg scored 15, Rodrigues Borracci 14 and Pinciotti 8. Mess also had to deal with Chloé Judy Berg's foul trouble after two quick first-quarter fouls and her fifth foul in the last period.
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