At BC Mess, Gréngewald Hueschtert took a 62-53 road win in a game that remained undecided until the last minutes. The visitors are now alone in 1st place after a fifth straight win, while Mess stay 4th and have lost two in a row.
Mess started well and led 17-16 after the first quarter. Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 15.14) opened the scoring, and Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (Season PPG: 14.00) produced 5 consecutive points in the period. GRE still answered late in the quarter with a 6-0 stretch before Theresa Erasmy (MES) closed the gap again.
The second quarter gave the game its first clear shift. Marla Ailin Buchsteiner (Season PPG: 10.80) scored steadily, and Gréngewald moved from 18-17 to 21-18, then later from 25-23 to 31-23 with another 6-0 run. Nayah Grego, the 13-year-old captain (Season PPG: 18.00), was central in that phase, and GRE led 31-25 at halftime.
Mess stayed in touch in the third through Kaly Bara (Season PPG: 16.33) and Meysembourg, but GRE still won the quarter 16-14 and reached 47-37, their biggest lead to that point. The crucial swing came in the fourth. Coach Meysembourg's team rallied from 41-49 to 49-49 with 8 unanswered points, 6 of them from Bara, before Erasmy tied it.
Coach HÜNER stopped play with a timeout, and GRE responded immediately. Grego scored 6 points in a row, and the visitors closed on a 13-4 run. Grego finished with 18, Buchsteiner 16, Yara Milani Nia (Season PPG: 13.60) 13, and Lis Legil Walesch (Season PPG: 6.60) 7. For Mess, Bara had 18, Meysembourg 12, Rodrigues Borracci 12, and Erasmy (MES) added 6.
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