Basket Esch B won 54-29 at T71 Dudelange B in W-Division 1 and ended its two-game losing run, while T71B suffered a fourth straight defeat. The result moved Raouf Hatira's team up two places to 5th; T71B slipped to 7th.
The game was competitive for a half. T71B led 2-0 and later 9-6 behind early baskets from Laure Bignoli (16) and Nina Overmann (25), but Basket Esch B closed the first quarter better and went in front 14-11. In the second period, Marcia Cristina Rocha Fernandes (17) pushed the margin to 16-11, yet Overmann kept Idris Kader's side in touch with 6 consecutive points and tied it at 19-19. Inês Vidal (LALB) answered before the break for a narrow 21-19 lead.
The decisive turn came after halftime. Basket Esch B opened the third quarter with an 8-0 run, sparked by Lisa Engel's three and Cathy Hoffmann's 3-point play sequence, and T71B scored only 2 points in the period. From 21-33, the visitors struck again with 7 unanswered points early in the fourth, with Luca Stocklausen (24, 1.77m) scoring inside and from deep to make it 40-21.
Rocha Fernandes finished as top scorer with 13, doing major damage at the line in the second half. Hoffmann (28, 1.70m) added 10, Stocklausen had 10 with two 3-pointers, and Vidal supplied 9. For T71B, Overmann led with 12 and was the main offensive option, while Bignoli added 7 and Soraia Mota Dias (18) scored 4. Basket Esch B's highest lead was 25 points at the final buzzer.
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