Black Star Mersch B controlled this W-Division 1 first-round game from the first quarter and won 75-44 away against Etzella Ettelbruck B. The score was tied at 6-6, but the visitors then changed the game with a 20-6 run to close the opening period 26-12. Coach Alix Feiereisen's team kept the pressure on at the start of the second quarter with 7 straight points for 33-12, and after Etzella reduced it to 16-33, Mersch answered again with an 11-0 stretch to build a 44-16 advantage. At halftime, the gap was already 29 points.
The third quarter did not change the pattern. Coach Romain Beckers' side had some responses through Jackie Beckers (ETZB) and Ella Reding (ETZB), but BSMB stayed in control and extended the margin to 65-31 after 30 minutes. The visitors reached a highest lead of 38 in the fourth quarter before Etzella finished the game with a better last period, 13-10.
Dana Lisa Richartz (BSMB) led all scorers with 22 points and four made 3-pointers. Kina Thill (BSMB) added 14 points, including two more shots from long range. Jill Van der Weken (BSMB) scored 10, Julie Fioretti (Season PPG: 4.80) also had 10, and 31-year-old German Anna Mayer (Season PPG: 2.00) added bench scoring. BSMB made the difference from outside with 6 made 3-pointers, while ETZB had none, and every BSMB player scored.
For Etzella, Reding (ETZB) finished with 16 points and scored 9 of her team's last 11 points. Jackie Beckers (ETZB) added 10. In the standings, BSMB stays 4th and moves to 2-3, now with two wins in a row after a three-game losing run, while ETZB remains 5th at 1-3.
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