Black Star Mersch B controlled the game well at home and beat T71 Dudelange B 60-37, ending a three-game losing streak. In the standings, BSMB stay 3rd and T71B remain 6th, with Dudelange now on a three-game slide.
The game flow was clear from the start. BSMB moved to 5-0 and then 8-2, with Julie Fioretti (30) and Mélanie Ladroye (36) setting the tone. T71B stayed in touch through Soraia Mota Dias (18) and Nina Overmann (25), but Mersch still closed the first quarter ahead 16-8.
The second quarter was the best attacking stretch of the game. BSMB pushed the margin to 24-12, then after T71B had cut it to 30-23, the home side answered before halftime and went into the break at 35-23. Ladroye finished with a game-high 15 points, while captain Véronique Schmit (32) added 10 and was important at the foul line.
T71B's best moment came in the third quarter. After trailing 41-23, they produced seven straight points, with Julie Poncin (21), Overmann and Joyce Perrard (16) combining to bring it back to 41-30. That was the key warning for BSMB, but Schmit stopped the run and Mersch led 43-30 after three.
The decisive stretch came early in the fourth. T71B reduced the gap to 43-32, but BSMB answered with a 13-2 run to break the game open at 56-34. That sequence gave them their highest lead control and removed the suspense.
For BSMB, Jill van der Weken (34) scored 9, Fioretti 8, Noémie Schockmel (28) 6, and Anna Mayer (31, DEU) added 4. For T71B, Overmann and Perrard scored 10 each, Poncin had 5, and Mota Dias 4. Perrard also gave Dudelange spacing with two three-pointers.
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