4th-placed Basket Esch completed a 3-0 season sweep of 7th-placed Les Sangliers Wooltz with a 90-76 home win. Vincent Gevrey's team set the tone with an 8-0 start, led 25-16 after the first quarter and built the key gap before halftime. Esch kept finding scores through Jovana Jaksic and Tatsiana Likhtarovich, and after Lara Graglia's technical foul the hosts stayed in control on the way to 53-34 at the break. The biggest lead reached 22 points at 69-47 in the third quarter.
Esch's shooting was a major difference: an excellent 13/14 on free throws (93%), plus good 22/40 from two (55%) and 11/23 from three (48%). Jaksic (Season PPG: 20.19, RPG: 6.94, AssPG: 2.12) led with 23 points. Likhtarovich (Season PPG: 17.71, RPG: 4.94, AssPG: 5.06) added 18 points and 10 assists. Kyra Coulon (Season PPG: 9.89, RPG: 2.26, AssPG: 1.05) scored 17 on 5/7 twos and 2/2 threes, while Eden Nibbelink (Season PPG: 14.00, RPG: 9.50, AssPG: 1.72) finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Wooltz reacted better after halftime and produced an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter to trim 82-68 to 82-76, but Esch answered the last push. Emma Marie Broermann (Season PPG: 10.18, RPG: 11.50, AssPG: 1.17) was excellent with 22 points, 16 rebounds and the best MVP ranking of the game. Nora Hermes (SAN) gave 15 points on 4/5 from two and 2/3 from three, Lisy Hetting (Season PPG: 14.73, RPG: 6.36, AssPG: 1.82) added 11, and Cerie Mosgrove (Season PPG: 13.23, RPG: 8.33, AssPG: 2.00) scored 9. Wooltz shot only 9/21 at the line and stays 7th, with a 10th straight defeat, while Esch remains 4th.
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