Second-ranked Gréngewald Hueschtert controlled this W-U16 Division 1 game away to fourth-ranked Arantia Larochette and won 72-42, with the key separation coming before halftime.
The opening quarter stayed competitive. Diallo scored the first GRE basket, Elsen and Sara Ferreira Afonso answered for ARA, and the home side briefly moved ahead. Mores then went on a small roll with 5 Arantia points in a row, but Greenhalgh and captain Eve Van der Schilden closed the period with GRE in front, 15-13.
The decisive swing came in the second quarter. Coach Bojan Eric's team opened the period on an 8-0 run to go from 15-13 to 23-13. Arantia answered through Elsen, Brunetti and Wurth to get within 19-25, but GRE finished the half with an 11-0 burst and turned the game into a 40-19 lead. That sequence gave the visitors full control.
GRE kept the pressure after the break. Van der Schilden and Greenhalgh pushed the margin to 45-19 early in the third quarter, and Arantia never reduced the gap below 20 again. The visitors reached their highest lead at 66-33 in the fourth.
Greenhalgh (Season PPG: 19.40) led all scorers with 23 points, including the game's only three-pointer. Van der Schilden (Season PPG: 21.00) added 16, Schmit (Season PPG: 16.00) had 14, and Diallo (Season PPG: 12.00) finished with 13. The 14-year-old Greenhalgh and 14-year-old Van der Schilden were central in GRE's long scoring runs.
For coach Joao Pedro Osorio Silva, Mores (Season PPG: 13.80) and Sara Ferreira Afonso (Season PPG: 13.00) each scored 12, while Elsen (Season PPG: 11.60) added 10. Arantia stayed in fourth place after the loss, with GRE remaining second.
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