Black Star Mersch won 71-47 in Rodange and completed a 2-0 season sweep of Kordall Steelers after the 62-41 first meeting. The visitors moved up to 3rd place (+1, 15-2), while KDS stayed 6th at 9-10.
Kordall struck first through Audrey Nicole Guyot (Season PPG: 8.13), but BSM quickly imposed its rhythm with an 11-2 run. Jo Kettel (Season PPG: 3.86) was the key early factor, hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter, and Mersch closed the period ahead 16-10.
The game opened further in the second quarter. After KDS had reduced the gap to 13-18 on a Julie Secco three, BSM answered with two strong sequences and gradually took control. Jessie Kettel (Season PPG: 7.13) and 1.80m Sara Dumont (Season PPG: 6.15) were central in that phase, and the visitors reached halftime with a solid 34-18 lead.
KDS tried to react after the break, mainly through Sarah Macri (Season PPG: 9.08) and Alisha Staar (Season PPG: 12.27), but BSM answered each push and kept the margin comfortable. The third quarter ended at 49-30.
The home side's best spell came early in the fourth, when it produced an 8-0 run from 30-53 to 38-53, with Tammy Poupart and Léna Wantz involved. Lance Channing Legister's team then steadied the game immediately. Dumont, Jo Marie-L. Schreiner (Season PPG: 6.07) and Catherine Max (Season PPG: 13.86) rebuilt the cushion, and BSM's lead reached 26 points late on.
For KDS, Macri scored 10, Staar 9, Secco and Guyot 8 each. For BSM, Jessie Kettel finished with 17, Jo Kettel 15, Dumont 13 and Schreiner 9.
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