AS Soleuvre controlled the middle stretch and beat Basket Esch B 55-42 in zolwer/scheierhaf, overturning the first matchup's 13-54 blowout. After an 8-8 first quarter, coach Pedro Escada Carvalho's team opened the second with an 8-0 run (to 16-8) built on Aline Rocha's drives and free throws, and went to halftime up 22-14.
The third quarter decided it. Soleuvre strung together a 14-5 burst from 22-14 to 36-19, with captain Daiane Tavares da Silva (Season PPG: 11.07) repeatedly finishing in transition and Leonor Camara da Silva (Season PPG: 8.60) punishing the lane. Esch B, guided by coach Raouf Hatira, briefly trimmed it to 10, but Soleuvre closed the period 41-28. The hosts reached their largest lead at +16 (49-33) early in the fourth and never let the gap fall into single digits.
Tavares da Silva led all scorers with 18 points, while Sarah Da Rocha Martins (Season PPG: 3.71) added 14, a notable step up from her average. Rocha (19, CPV) chipped in 9 and steady free throws at key moments. Camara da Silva finished with 10.
For Esch B, Luca Stocklausen (Season PPG: 8.56) hit early triples and totaled 13 points. Lisa Schaeffer added 10, including three free throws to start the fourth that momentarily cut it to 41-30, and Marie-Josée Vidal had 8. A late three by Cathy Hoffmann brought Esch within 49-38 before Soleuvre answered with another mini-run.
Discipline also mattered: Cynthia Dohn committed two quick fouls late in the third, blunting Esch's momentum, while Soleuvre's leaders managed their own foul counts without fouling out. Defensively, Soleuvre held Esch B to 42 points and snapped a long sequence of defeats; they remain 13th, with Esch B 10th in the classification.
(AI generated)