Basket Esch B edged Kordall Steelers 60-58 after overtime in Esch/ho3, flipping the script on the first meeting (73-50 for KDS). The game swung repeatedly: Esch opened with a 16-3 surge to take Q1, but Kordall answered with a strong second period (11-25) behind perimeter makes to lead 30-27 at halftime. The third quarter brought the biggest KDS push: from 33-33, a 9-0 run to 33-42, sparked by Audrey Nicole Guyot (Season PPG: 8.62) who strung together six straight points. Esch closed the period 43-42 after Margot Lorrain (LALB) hit five in a row (2+3).
The final quarter was a tug of war. Cathy Hoffmann (Season PPG: 6.00) put Esch ahead 50-49 with a three, but Guyot forced overtime at 52-52. In the extra period, Bruna Filipa Fonseca Cracel (21, 1.71m, PRT) carried Esch with six of the team's eight OT points and dropped the decisive basket in the closing moments. She finished with 23. Luca Stocklausen (Season PPG: 8.80) added 11, including two triples, and Cynthia Dohn (Season PPG: 6.91) scored 10 with key free throws.
For Kordall, Guyot's 15 and late-game composure kept them in it. Sarah Macri (37, 1.75m, FRA) tallied 14 with three triples, while player-coach Julie Secco (Season PPG: 3.58) contributed 12, also from deep. Mathilde Amann hit a timely three (4), and Kim Hurt added 5; Alessia Nouemsi (KDS) chipped in 4.
Esch's largest lead was 11 in the first quarter; Kordall's peak was 9 in the third. Notable runs included Esch's 16-3 start and Kordall's 9-0 burst to seize control before Esch wrestled it back. The winners snapped a three-game skid and climb to 10th (+1), while KDS sit 7th. Coach Raouf Hatira's side closed with poise in OT, where successive scores and stops decided a tight finish.
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