Etzella Ettelbruck, now 8th and up one place, beat 9th-placed Telstar Hesperange 53-42 and split the season series after the earlier 44-60 defeat. Coach Amadeo Dias Ep. Bordang's team ended a three-game losing streak.
The game stayed close for a half. ETZ went 7-3 up through Marie-Christine Linden and Selma Jung, but Telstar answered and the first quarter ended 12-12. In the second period, coach Uchenna Ohpani Agada's side built a 19-15 lead with Dania Brugnoni and Ines Moreira active. Ettelbruck then found an important 6-0 run: captain Anouk Reisch hit from long range, Jung followed with another three, and the home side moved back in front 21-19. At the break, ETZ led 25-23.
The decisive phase came in the third quarter. Ettelbruck opened the half with five straight points for 30-23, then extended to 35-25 after another Reisch basket and Catharina Schonckert's three. Telstar scored only 6 points in that quarter, and ETZ controlled the rhythm from there.
The highest lead was 15 points at 53-38 late in the fourth. Ella Reding scored 4 points in a row early in the last period, while 18-year-old Céline Urwald added a timely three for 46-34. Jung (Season PPG: 6.32) led ETZ with 14 points and four made threes, Reisch (Season PPG: 8.94) added 11, and Reding (Season PPG: 5.45) finished with 7. Linden reached 4 fouls already in the third quarter.
For Telstar, Brugnoni (Season PPG: 5.84) scored 11, Moreira (Season PPG: 11.75) had 8, and Charline Lutgen (Season PPG: 10.12) plus captain Lynn Rock (Season PPG: 3.95) added 7 each. Joelina Kaboth and Brugnoni both finished with 4 fouls.
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