Etzella Ettelbruck protected first place in W-U16 Division 2: Phase 1 with a 64-52 home win over US Heffingen, improving to 2-0. Heffingen, despite the loss, moved up to second place at 1-1.
The official game flow shows a very unusual pattern. Etzella opened the game with a massive scoring burst and reached the highest lead at 64-0. That entire run came from captain Jil Ries (ETZ), 15, who produced all 64 points for the home side. Her line was extraordinary: 21 three-pointers and 1 free throw, with no other Etzella player scoring. She was clearly on a roll from the start and scored 64 points in a row.
Heffingen then answered with a long stretch of its own. Captain Nina Meyers (HEF), 15, scored all 52 points for the visitors, finishing with 17 three-pointers and 1 free throw. Her 52 unanswered points cut the margin down to 12 by the end and gave the game a very rare one-player-against-one-player scoring profile.
Outside of the two standout scorers, the stat sheet was marked mainly by fouls. Catarina Gomes Fernandes (ETZ), 15, had 4 fouls, while Rica Karamaga (ETZ), 15, added 3. Jana Agnes (ETZ), 13, committed two fouls in a row early. For Heffingen, Sarah Bender (HEF), 15, finished with 3 fouls, Isabella Alves Novaes (HEF), 14, had 2, and Ella Kieffer (HEF), 15, 1. Coach Dragana Zoric's team built its win on that huge first surge, while Coach José Alberto Pais Costa saw his side respond strongly after the big early deficit.
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Etzella Ettelbruck