Fifth-placed Telstar Hesperange beat second-placed Les Sangliers Wooltz 78-65 in the Phase finale and finally answered after two earlier losses in this season series.
Ivan Yeromin's team had to work through an uneven game flow. Wooltz started 6-4 ahead, but Telstar quickly changed the rhythm with a 9-0 run to 15-6 and closed the first quarter 17-12. The home side then pushed harder in the second period: a 4-0 start made it 21-12, and another strong stretch carried the gap to 31-15. At halftime, Telstar was in control at 41-26.
The biggest margin came early in the third quarter at 43-26. Paul Biver's side reacted well there. Lou-Andréa Foutey Fonkam, Chiara Giorgio and Leni Di Cato led the reply as Wooltz won the third quarter 18-15 and came back to 56-44. The pressure continued in the fourth: from 59-46, Wooltz produced a 14-4 spell to get within 63-60.
That was the crucial moment. Victoire Joséphine Kimoni hit back-to-back baskets for 67-60, and Telstar then leaned again on Inès Sarah Kambire, who scored 9 points in the last stretch.
Kambire, 14, from France, delivered 35 points for Telstar, matching her season maximum and staying far above her Season PPG of 24.71. Captain Ketsiah Joy Dor (Season PPG: 28.11) added 24, while Rose Rosena Sanon Louarn (Season PPG: 5.24) gave 9.
For Wooltz, Foutey Fonkam (Season PPG: 18.07) scored 24, 15-year-old Italian Chiara Giorgio (Season PPG: 24.43) had 18, and Di Cato (Season PPG: 8.27) added 12.
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