Second-ranked Black Frogs Schieren controlled the key stretches and beat third-ranked BBC East Side Pirates 70-59, completing a season sweep after their 63-53 away win in the first meeting. FRO extended its winning streak to nine games, while BEP's eight-game run ended.
The start belonged slightly to the Pirates. Samantha Lizardo, Jennifer Ferring and 24-year-old German Lea Christmann (Season PPG: 12.92) gave BEP a 18-16 first-quarter edge, and the visitors' best margin was 16-11. Schieren then changed the game in the second period. After 29-29, Diogo Jesus Lopes' side finished the half on an 8-0 run: 23-year-old French guard Marie Palma (Season PPG: 12.82) hit back-to-back threes, and Elisa Thill (Season PPG: 16.54) closed the sequence for a 37-29 lead at the break.
The third quarter stayed balanced at 14-14. Christmann kept BEP in contact and brought the score to 46-43 late in the period, but Thill answered quickly and scored 8 points in the last part of the quarter as FRO held a 51-43 advantage.
The decisive moment came early in the fourth. From 51-43, Schieren produced a 14-2 stretch to 65-45, the biggest lead of the evening. Eve Weber scored 7 points in a row in that phase, first from long range and then with two straight two-point baskets. Stephane Roger Said used all three second-half timeouts as BEP tried to stop the momentum, and the Pirates did cut the gap from 20 to 11, but never got back within single digits.
Thill led FRO with 20, Palma added 18 with four triples, Melissa Genoud scored 13 and Weber 10. For BEP, Christmann finished with 17, Ferring had 12 and Lizardo 8.
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