Second-ranked Gréngewald Hueschtert completed a third win over AB Contern this season, beating the third-ranked side 74-61 in Oberanven after a game that turned in the second and third quarters.
Contern started well. Lisa Zoller (Season PPG: 9.53) and the Alliaume sisters helped Fabienne Fuger's team take the first quarter 18-15. Lou Alliaume also picked up three fouls in the opening period, an early complication for the visitors. Gréngewald still stayed close through Dorkas Von Arx (Season PPG: 15.44) and Barbora Buzasi.
The first major swing came at the start of the second quarter. Andrea Haris' team produced 9 unanswered points, moving from 15-18 to 24-18. Contern answered and got back to 30-30, but Gréngewald closed the half with a 6-0 run for a 36-30 lead.
The decisive sequence arrived after the break. When Zoé Moes cut the margin to 36-32, 17-year-old center Barbora Buzasi (1.85m, CZE; Season PPG: 20.00) drove the home side forward. Gréngewald built an 11-0 burst from 43-36 to 54-36, their highest lead of the night, and from there controlled the rhythm.
Buzasi finished with 27 points. Maé Manti (Season PPG: 10.00), Charlotte Charles (Season PPG: 3.50) and Von Arx each added 14, with Charles giving extra spacing through four 3-pointers. For Contern, Zoller scored 15, Moes (Season PPG: 13.94) had 13, and captain Joyce Alliaume (Season PPG: 10.47) added 11. Contern reduced the gap to 10 at 61-51 in the fourth, but never got within a single-possession game. Gréngewald stays second at 7-2, while Contern remains third at 4-5.
(AI generated)