Les Sangliers Wooltz took a 79-66 home win over Telstar Hesperange and built it mainly in a dominant first quarter. Coach Paul Biver's team opened on a 10-0 run and stretched the margin to 29-12 before Telstar closed the period at 29-15. That early cushion proved decisive, because the rest of the game was much tighter.
The main driver was 15-year-old Chiara Giorgio from Italy (Season PPG: 24.00), who produced 40 points and matched her season maximum. She already had 16 points in the opening quarter and kept answering every Telstar push. Lou-Andréa Foutey Fonkam (Season PPG: 18.27) added 18, while Anne Meyers (Season PPG: 6.00) brought 11 and Leni Di Cato (Season PPG: 8.73) hit Wooltz's only three-pointer.
Telstar reacted well after the break in the first half. In the second quarter, Inès Sarah Kambire (Season PPG: 24.50) and captain Ketsiah Joy Dor (Season PPG: 29.46) carried the offense and reduced the gap to 46-35 at halftime. The real pressure came in the third quarter: Telstar cut 51-36 to 51-45 with a 9-0 run, and later kept scoring through the same duo. Kambire finished with 31 points, matching her season best, Dor added 28, and together they supplied 59 of Telstar's 66 points.
Wooltz never lost control, though. Giorgio answered several key moments in the third period, Meyers helped restore the margin to 68-55 and then 75-60, and Telstar could get no closer than 75-66 in the last quarter. Wooltz climbed three places to second in the Phase finale table, while Telstar dropped to fifth and now has four straight losses.
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