T71 Dudelange, the close-game winner, edged Basket Esch 66-61 and stayed 2nd in the W-U19 Division 1 table, while Basket Esch remained 5th and slipped to a fourth straight defeat.
The game swung several times. Basket Esch finished the first quarter better and took a 20-16 lead, then pushed the margin to 24-16 early in the second, their biggest advantage at +8. At that point, Mike Baseggio's team changed the rhythm. T71 answered with a 15-4 spell to close the half ahead 31-28. A key stretch came from Joy Have (Season PPG: 7.20), who scored 7 points in a row during that comeback.
The third quarter stayed tight. T71 moved to 37-31, but Basket Esch replied well, with Kim Ferron (Season PPG: 15.75) and Emma Wallenborn (Season PPG: 15.40) bringing the score back to 39-39. T71 still carried a small 43-41 edge into the last period.
The decisive sequence came at the start of the fourth. From 43-43, T71 produced a 13-4 run to open a 56-47 gap, their highest lead of the evening at +9. Dana Wies (Season PPG: 17.40) was central there and later added the late three-pointer for 66-59, an important basket in a one-possession game. Basket Esch kept coming, but the margin never fully disappeared.
Wies led T71 with 19 points, while Desejada Antonio Lopes (T71) added 12 and Have 10. Marie Beffort Neuman (Season PPG: 8.60) scored 8, and Laura Kieffer Richtarik (T71) gave useful support with 6.
For Basket Esch, Ferron finished with 18 points, Wallenborn had 14, and Lys Valentin (Season PPG: 2.60) posted 9, her best scoring output of this competition. Ilaria Tuzze, the captain, and Anna Camara each added 7.
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