First-placed Gréngewald Hueschtert confirmed its status against third-placed Black Star Mersch with a 61-45 road win in Mersch, and completed a season sweep after the earlier 65-60 success.
Game evolution mattered here. GRE started better, with Barbora Buzasi (Season PPG: 18.72) and Leisha Burridge (Season PPG: 15.06) setting the tone for a 17-9 first quarter. The visitors went as far as 17-4 before BSM settled through Dana Lisa Richartz and Catherine Max (Season PPG: 13.25).
Black Star's best phase came in the second quarter. Jessie Kettel (Season PPG: 7.78) hit four 3-pointers in the game, Lynn Schreiner (Season PPG: 12.41) added 8 points, and BSM came back from 24-20 down to 24-24, then took its only lead at 31-30. GRE still reached halftime in front, 32-31, after another Buzasi basket.
The decisive moment came immediately after the break. From 32-31, GRE produced a 10-0 run through Burridge, Maé Manti (Season PPG: 11.32) and Buzasi to open a 42-31 gap. BSM never got closer than nine again. Late in the third, Goedert scored 3 points in a row for the home team, but GRE answered each push.
Buzasi, the 17-year-old 1.85m center from Czechia, finished with a game-high 21 points. Burridge added 15 and Manti 15, including 4 straight points in the fourth quarter as GRE stretched the margin to its highest level at 61-43. For BSM, Kettel led with 14, while Richartz and Lynn Schreiner had 8 each. Foul trouble also weighed on the hosts, with captain Nina Goedert fouling out, while Dorkas Von Arx fouled out late for GRE. Gréngewald extended a very long winning run.
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