Black Frogs Schieren needed overtime to edge Racing Luxembourg, 72-60, after a tight 58-58 regulation. The hosts opened with a 5-0 burst (GENOUD triple, EHMANN two) and led 14-13 after 10 minutes. They kept a small cushion to halftime (30-27), with Elisa Thill effective inside and bench points from Lara Boudler and Eve Weber. Racing reacted after the break: Jil Mathis (Season PPG: 8.5) kept them in touch, and a balanced third made it 43-42 entering the fourth.
The game flipped when Mathis drilled back-to-back threes for 49-54, then Charlotte Loaso (Season PPG: 5.0, 28, FRA) pushed the margin to 50-58 Racing's largest lead, late in Q4. Under pressure, Schieren stitched together an 8-0 closing run: Weber and Lena Ehmann calmly converted from the stripe (Ehmann hit four straight), Thill added the tying two for 58-58. A U2 on Jackie Diederich in that stretch and, moments later, Olivia Hoffmann's fifth foul removed key RAC size at the worst time.
Overtime belonged to the Black Frogs. Loaso scored first (58-60), but Thill answered with six points in a row, then Ehmann and Marie Palma (Season PPG: 12.07) stretched it to a decisive 12-0 run, capped by Palma's three and late free throws. Thill finished with 23, matching her season high (Season PPG: 11.2). Ehmann added 17, largely at the line in crunch time. Palma had 11. For Racing, Loaso tallied 12, Mathis 11, and Hoffmann 10 before fouling out.
Game-winners in a close finish: Thill's power scoring and Ehmann's composure at the line in overtime. Under coach Diogo Jesus Lopes, Schieren swept the season series (also 59-56 away) and climbs to 3rd in the classification (+4). Racing, led by coach Wojciech Kubis, remains 6th.
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