Arantia Larochette, coached by Joao Pedro Osorio Silva, controlled this W-U16 Division 2 Phase finale return game from the opening minutes and stayed unbeaten at the top at 6-0. Gréngewald Hueschtert, under Nicolas Saquan Parrish, slipped one place to 4th.
The game was already taking shape in the first quarter. After GRE stayed close at 6-2 and then 10-5 through Fatou-Imane Ba, Arantia closed the period on a 10-0 run for 20-5. That early defensive gap never really narrowed. In the second quarter, Arantia kept stretching the margin with inside scoring and reached halftime at 37-13.
The decisive stretch came after the break. GRE briefly answered through Sophie Dupong and Ba, but from 48-20 Arantia produced 15 unanswered points to open the game completely, moving to 63-20. That sequence settled the contest well before the last quarter. The final period only increased the gap, with the highest lead reaching 60 points at 92-32.
Arantia had four players in double figures. Mara Ronkar (Season PPG: 15.69) and Sara Ferreira Afonso (Season PPG: 16.06) led with 21 points each. Clara Walter, a 15-year-old German player, added 18, while Ylvi Lepage Post (Season PPG: 6.79) scored 15 and hit the only Arantia three before Maëly Horta Mascarenhas added another from outside. Ronkar was also on a roll in the second and third quarters, scoring repeatedly as the lead accelerated.
For GRE, Dupong (Season PPG: 8.83) and 15-year-old French player Ba (Season PPG: 6.20) both scored 12. Ba kept GRE alive early with five first-quarter points, and Dupong carried much of the second-half offense. GRE also saw Leana Kupusovic pick up two fouls in quick succession in the fourth quarter.
Compared with the earlier 40-31 Arantia win in the same phase, this was a much more one-sided second meeting.
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