AB Contern B took control very early and won 79-41 on the floor of Basket Esch B in W-Division 1. With this second win in two games, Contern climbs to 1st place, a gain of four positions, while Basket Esch B stays 6th after its opening defeat.
The game changed quickly after Esch's 2-0 start. Contern answered with an 18-3 finish to the first quarter for a 18-5 lead. In the second period, Basket Esch B briefly found some points through Marcia Cristina Rocha Fernandes (17), who scored four in a row from the line to bring it back to 9-20, but that was followed by a major 15-0 Contern run to 35-9. Lisa Zoller (17, 1.78m) was on a real roll in that phase, and the visitors went into halftime clearly ahead, 37-11.
The third quarter removed the last doubt. Contern opened with 7 unanswered points for 44-11, and after a short Esch reply, the visitors kept pushing. Sara Marpino (31, ITA) and Zoller were again the main scorers, and the gap reached its maximum at 63-20 at the end of the quarter.
Basket Esch B, coached by Joy Baum, reacted with a much better last quarter and won it 21-16, but the deficit was already too large. Contern, under coach Elisabeth Engel, had four players in double figures: Zoller 22, Marpino 18, Amélie Laure Sybertz (19, 1.82m) 13 and Angela Ruppert 11. For Esch, Luca Stocklausen (24, 1.77m) led the way with 15 points, while Rocha Fernandes added 8, and Ilaria Tuzze plus Marie-Josée Vidal finished with 7 each.
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