BC Mess, coached by Max Meysembourg, won a close Phase finale game 40-36 at home against Black Frogs Schieren and moved up to 2nd place with a gain of four positions. It was also Mess's third straight win. Schieren stayed 5th. The season head-to-head is now split 1-1 after Schieren had won 36-27 in Phase 1.
The game turned strongly in the second quarter. After a balanced first period at 10-7, Mess produced a 10-0 run to go from 10-7 to 20-7, then reached the break at 22-9. That was the game's highest lead, +13, and it came from solid inside scoring and repeated stops.
Schieren reacted well in the third quarter. From 22-9, they answered with 9 unanswered points to cut it to 22-18 and changed the rhythm of the game. Lara Costa Matias (Season PPG: 6.33) and Maely Venancio Postel (Season PPG: 14.44) led that response, while Emily Andrade (Season PPG: 11.00) kept attacking near the basket. Mess still carried a 26-19 lead into the last quarter.
The fourth quarter was the tightest at 14-17. Mess briefly restored control at 40-32, but Schieren finished with four straight points to make the margin only four at the buzzer. In a close game, Mess were the winners because they had built enough of a cushion earlier.
For Mess, Kaly Bara (Season PPG: 11.82) scored 12, while 11-year-old Flàvia Rodrigues Borracci (Season PPG: 8.18) added 9 before fouling out in the fourth quarter after long foul trouble. Chloé Judy Berg (Season PPG: 5.82) also had 9 and Laura Meysembourg (Season PPG: 11.08) added 6. For Schieren, Costa Matias finished with 14, Venancio Postel 9 and Andrade 8.
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