First-placed Amicale Steesel stayed perfect in the W-U19 Division 2 Phase finale with a 78-37 road win at Etzella Ettelbruck. Amicale is now 6-0 in this phase and extended its overall winning streak to eight games, while Etzella, now 3rd after a one-place gain in the classification, dropped to 1-5 and has lost four in a row. Amicale also completed a clear season sweep after earlier 62-52 and 92-48 wins over Etzella.
The game was only briefly balanced. Kathryn Jo Missavage (Season PPG: 27.14) opened with Amicale's first 5 points, Etzella answered through Liz Diderrich and Morgane Babinyanga to make it 5-5, but coach Paul Missavage's side then closed the first quarter on a 10-0 run for 15-5. The second period was decisive: Amicale won it 29-7 and built a 44-12 halftime lead. Missavage, Treysha Boayue (Season PPG: 16.46) and Kendra Leveling (Season PPG: 11.67) controlled that stretch, with Boayue highly effective inside.
Etzella played its best basketball after the break and scored 25 points in the third period. Lara Martins da Silva, Jil Ries, Celina Santos and captain Céline Urwald all gave offensive support, and Diderrich had already hit two first-half threes. Still, Amicale kept the pace high. The 18-year-old 1.80m Missavage finished with 28 points, including 4 made 3-pointers, Boayue added 27, and 17-year-old Belgian forward/center Leveling contributed 13. For Etzella, Léa Gomes led with 8 points but also picked up five personal fouls and fouled out in the third quarter, when Amicale pushed the gap to its game-high 43. Amicale's attack was built mainly on 2-point scoring, with 56 points coming from inside the arc.
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