BBC East Side Pirates took a 67-49 road win at Soleuvre and moved up one place to 3rd in W-Nationale 2, while AS Soleuvre stayed 13th. BEP are now on a 10-game winning streak; Soleuvre have lost seven in a row.
The game stayed alive for three quarters. Soleuvre started well through Larissa Kralj (21, 1.67m), who scored repeatedly inside and helped her team edge ahead 27-25 late in the opening period. BEP still closed that first stretch in front, 31-29, largely because Lea Christmann (Season PPG: 12.00) caught fire from long range and reached 11 first-quarter points.
After the restart, Soleuvre stayed close. Kimberley Mencler and Aline Rocha brought the home side level at 31-31 and later 33-33, and Kralj pushed Soleuvre back in front at 35-33. BEP answered with a more stable closing sequence in the third quarter, finishing on a 11-5 spell to lead 44-40, with Lynn Frank (Season PPG: 12.17) controlling that phase.
The decisive moment came in the fourth quarter. From 42-44, Stéphane Said's team produced a 18-7 finish, and later closed on a 6-0 run for the game's biggest lead, 18 points. Nina Schmit (Season PPG: 9.10) hit three triples in the last period, while Christmann and Frank kept punishing Soleuvre's defense.
BEP had three 20-point scorers: Schmit 20, Frank 20 and Christmann 20. Frank also added a perfect 4/4 at the line. For Soleuvre, Kralj led with 16 points in only her 3rd game of the competition, Leonor Camara da Silva (Season PPG: 9.32) scored 12, and Rocha added 11. Soleuvre remained competitive until the last quarter, but foul pressure on Rocha and Daiane Tavares da Silva, both with four fouls, reduced their margin for error late.
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