BBC East Side Pirates B overpowered Black Frogs Schieren B in Schieren, 59-21, controlling every quarter and moving to the top of WDivision 1: 2e Tour (1st, +1; 6-1). It's six wins in the last seven for coach Michèle Dustert's team, while coach Sandra Ferrari's side remains winless in this round (0-8) and on a long losing streak.
Game evolution. After Lonia D'Onghia (Season PPG: 6.43) opened with a three for 3-2, the Pirates replied with an 11-0 run to close the first (5-13). The second quarter began with another decisive surge: 12 straight points for the visitors, highlighted by four consecutive free throws from Vanessa Rausch (37) and inside finishes from Carole Laplume and Julia Reuland, for a 10-31 halftime lead. Schieren briefly found rhythm in the third through Jasmine Rigutto (43) and Chiara Dichter, but Noémie Entringer's three and steady midrange work from Reuland kept the gap wide (19-44). The fourth quarter brought a defensive stranglehold from the Pirates and an 8-0 closing run to the final horn. Aida Latic (26, MNE) fouled out in the last period, thinning Schieren's rotation.
Standouts. Laplume led the Pirates with 18 points (Season PPG: 19.00; 1.83m, Center), supported by Rausch's 15 and Reuland's 10 (21, 1.63m). Entringer added 7 and Jenny Ferring 6. For Schieren, Joy Hellers (Season PPG: 4.14) and Maria Maraglino (Season PPG: 2.00) paced the hosts with 4 apiece; D'Onghia's early triple and buckets from Dichter, Ferrari and Filipa Ribeiro Correia completed the scoring.
Headtohead this season remains oneway traffic: the Pirates have won all four meetings (64-50, 86-53, 73-31, 59-21). The final margin (38) was the highest lead.
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