Gréngewald Hueschtert won a close return game 58-51 over Les Sangliers Wooltz in Oberanven, levelling the season series at 1-1 after the earlier 54-51 SAN win. In the standings, GRE moved up one place to 4th, while SAN stayed 2nd.
The game changed sharply by phases. GRE started 4-0 through Yadanar Mamou Greenhalgh (Season PPG: 17.73), but SAN answered with an 8-0 run and led 13-9 after one quarter. The decisive stretch came in the second period: coach Eric's team turned 9-13 into 15-13, then built further separation behind Sophie Dupong (Season PPG: 9.31), who hit back-to-back threes, and Fatou-Imane Ba (Season PPG: 6.82). GRE won the quarter 23-7 and reached halftime up 32-20.
GRE extended the margin to its highest point at 41-22 in the third quarter. Ba, a 15-year-old from France, was productive in that phase, while Greenhalgh kept the home side in control. SAN did react strongly, mainly through 15-year-old Italian guard Chiara Giorgio (Season PPG: 24.82), who sparked a 9-2 reply to cut it to 43-31.
The fourth quarter stayed alive because Giorgio kept scoring. She opened it with 6 straight SAN points, reducing the gap to 43-37, but GRE answered with a 6-0 burst, including consecutive baskets from Eve Van der Schilden (Season PPG: 12.33), and later went up 58-43. SAN still closed on an 8-0 run, with Anne Meyers (Season PPG: 5.54) scoring the last 4 points, but GRE had created enough cushion.
Top scorers were Greenhalgh with 18, Dupong with 15 and Ba with 13 for GRE. Van der Schilden added 5 before fouling out. For SAN, Giorgio delivered 31 of the team's 51 points in a major individual effort, with Lara Gino Corron adding 7. GRE also bounced back immediately after a loss, while SAN's three-game winning streak ended here.
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