Second-ranked Musel Pikes controlled the return game in Dreiborn and beat fifth-ranked Etzella Ettelbruck 89-62, completing a 2-0 season sweep in this phase finale. It was also Musel's fourth win in a row.
The game turned quickly after Etzella's 2-0 start on Léa Gomes free throws. Marc Hahnemann's team answered with 14 straight points to move to 14-2, with Hannah Curridor (Season PPG: 14.87) and Sophie Beffort Neuman (Season PPG: 9.50) setting the tone. Etzella stayed alive through Gomes, who scored 9 points in the opening period, and Musel led 21-13.
Musel pushed again in the second period and reached 37-18 after Julie Kayser's strong spell. Kayser (Season PPG: 5.39) scored 7 points in the quarter and later matched her season high with 12. Etzella, coached by Valentine Jung, reacted well before the break: Gomes, Céline Urwald (Season PPG: 4.00) and Morgane Babinyanga (Season PPG: 7.94) helped reduce the gap to 46-36.
Etzella even cut it to 46-40 early in the third, but that was the key moment. Musel answered with repeated scoring bursts, stretching the margin to 74-49 and later to a highest lead of 30 points at 89-59. Beffort Neuman, a 1.68m guard, was decisive in that phase and finished with 25 points, tying her season best. Curridor added 22, while Léa Muacho (Season PPG: 6.07) had 11 and Lilli Fischer (Season PPG: 9.23) 10.
For Etzella, Gomes delivered an excellent offensive game with 25 points, exactly her season maximum. Urwald added a season-high 11 despite four fouls, and Babinyanga scored 10. Musel also got useful bench moments from 16-year-old Italian Giulia Piermatti (Season PPG: 5.19), who scored 4 in the third, and Alessia Bidoli (Season PPG: 6.65), who contributed 5. Curridor had four fouls, all in the third period, but Musel kept full control of the scoreboard.
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