BC Mess, coached by Max Meysembourg, controlled this W-U14 Division 3 Phase finale game from start to finish and beat Résidence Walferdange 58-28. It was Mess's second win over RES this season after the 49-26 result in the earlier meeting. The result moves Mess up to 3rd place with a gain of three positions, while Walferdange stays 8th.
The game turned after a short balanced opening. Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 11.50) scored Mess's first 4 points, but RES answered through 12-year-old French player Léana Faye (Season PPG: 6.91) and Manon Vanhoutte (Season PPG: 3.80) to level at 4-4. From there, Mess finished the first quarter on a 5-0 run.
The decisive stretch came before halftime. From 4-4, Mess produced a 23-4 run to reach 27-8. Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (Season PPG: 8.10) was very important in that phase, while Kaly Bara (Season PPG: 11.80) added steady scoring and helped extend the margin to 19 points at the break.
Walferdange had a better third quarter offensively. Ana Kozlik (Season PPG: 2.29) scored 4 points in a row, and Faye plus Vanhoutte kept working. Still, Mess answered each push, mainly through Bara, who scored 10 points in the third period alone.
In the last quarter, Meysembourg reopened the gap and Chloé Judy Berg (Season PPG: 5.50) finished strongly with 8 points in the period, including 6 in a row late on, pushing the lead to its highest level at 34 points, 58-24. RES closed with Faye's final 4 points.
Top scorers were Bara with 16, Meysembourg with 15 and Rodrigues Borracci with 11 for Mess. For RES, Faye had 10 and Vanhoutte 8. Walferdange is now on a long losing run, while Mess has put together back-to-back wins.
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