Fourth-placed Etzella Ettelbruck B won a close road game at T71 Dudelange B, 45-40, and snapped a two-game losing streak. The game turned several times.
Etzella started better and moved 6-0 ahead before Joyce Perrard (T71B) gave the home side life. After the first quarter at 10-8, Romain Beckers' team controlled the second period. From 15-10, Etzella produced an 11-0 run to reach 26-10, their biggest lead, with Jackie Beckers (ETZB) setting the tone and support coming from Jessica Nerden (ETZB) and Liz Diderrich (ETZB). T71 reduced the gap to 26-18 by halftime.
Idris Kader's team reacted strongly after the break. Laure Bignoli (T71B) scored repeatedly inside and T71 put together a 10-2 run to erase the deficit and tie the game at 28-28. That stretch changed the rhythm completely. Etzella still carried a narrow 31-30 lead into the last quarter.
The fourth quarter stayed tense. Perrard, only 16, was the main offensive engine for T71 and scored 8 consecutive points to turn a 35-30 deficit into a 38-37 lead. But the reply was immediate and decisive: Jackie Beckers scored Etzella's last 8 points, including the go-ahead free throws and the late three-pointer for 45-40. That decided the close finish.
Beckers was clearly the game winner with 22 points. Nerden added 8, while Diderrich and Lara Martins da Silva (ETZB) had 6 each. For T71, Perrard finished with 19 points and carried much of the scoring load, with Bignoli adding 6 and Soraia Mota Dias (T71B) also scoring 6 before fouling out after being in foul trouble for most of the game.
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