Etzella Ettelbruck, now 10th at 1-1, were the winners of a close game against 7th-placed BBC East Side Pirates, 71-68. The home side answered well after their previous defeat, while BEP slipped to a fourth straight loss.
Coach Amadeo Dias Ep. Bordang saw ETZ take control early. After 3-3, Ettelbruck went on a 10-0 run and stretched the margin to 21-8 at the end of the first quarter. Lakin Roland (33, USA) gave ETZ strong interior production, and Anouk Reisch (25, 1.69m) added early perimeter scoring.
The game changed in the second period. Coach Jeff Steinmetz's team started the quarter with 10 unanswered points, cutting 23-8 to 23-18. BEP kept pressing behind Lea Christmann (24, DEU) and Samantha Lizardo (35), and the large early gap was almost gone at halftime, 35-33.
The third quarter stayed tense. The Pirates twice came back to level terms, first at 42-42 and again at 44-44, but ETZ never fell behind. Reisch and Selma Jung (18) answered key moments, and ETZ carried a 50-45 lead into the fourth.
Ettelbruck built another cushion at 54-45 and later 64-55. BEP still had one more push, trimming 69-64 to 69-68, capped by Christmann's late three-pointer. In the decisive sequence, Jung scored the last two points from the line to secure the win.
Top scorers were Roland with 20, Reisch with 15 and Jung with 10 for ETZ. For BEP, Christmann led all Pirates with 21, Lizardo added 15 and Noémie Hengel (32, 1.70m) contributed 14.
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