Kordall Steelers controlled this W-Nationale 2 return game from the first quarter and beat AS Soleuvre 91-56, completing a season sweep after the 63-45 away win in the first meeting.
The opening minutes were still balanced. Soleuvre captain Daiane Tavares da Silva scored 4 points in a row for a 4-3 lead, but Kordall quickly changed the rhythm. Sarah Macri, the 38-year-old 1.75m forward, answered with back-to-back threes, and KDS moved ahead for good. The home side closed the first period 23-14, with 17-year-old Alessia Nouemsi adding 4 late points.
The decisive stretch came before halftime. After Soleuvre had stayed within 32-21, Kordall produced a 20-8 run to the break. Kim Hurt (Season PPG: 5.95) and Léna Wantz combined inside that sequence, then Julie Secco, Audrey Guyot and Secco again hit three straight triples to push the score from 43-29 to 52-29. From there, the game was no longer close.
KDS kept the pressure after the interval. Laetitia Soares, a 29-year-old French scorer (Season PPG: 15.14), opened the third quarter with two baskets, and the lead reached 25 points at 54-29. Soleuvre had its best answers through Leonor Camara da Silva (Season PPG: 9.85), who finished with 20 points, and Tavares da Silva (Season PPG: 10.59), who added 16, but Kordall still led 71-44 entering the last quarter.
The highest lead was 35 points at the end. Kordall's offense was notably balanced: Hurt 15, Macri 14, Secco 12, Guyot 12 and Soares 12. Wantz and Tammy Poupart added 8 each, while Nouemsi scored 7. Soleuvre had only two double-digit scorers and lost Tavares da Silva on fouls in the fourth quarter; Soares also fouled out for KDS late on.
Kordall, coming off two losses, answered well and moved up one place to 6th. Soleuvre remained 13th.
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