Black Frogs Schieren turned a competitive game into a clear 64-39 home win over T71 Dudelange C and climbed one place to 2nd in the W-U16 Division 4 Phase finale table. T71C is now 3rd. Schieren also confirmed the trend of this matchup: after losing the first meeting of the season, FRO has now won the last three against T71C.
The first quarter stayed close. T71C briefly led 6-3, but Schieren closed the period on a 9-2 run to go in front 12-8. The second quarter remained balanced for long stretches. FRO built an 18-9 lead, then T71C responded through Laura Raccogli (Season PPG: 7.32), Joyce Perrard (Season PPG: 8.17) and Claudia Portero Martinez, the 15-year-old Spanish player, cutting the gap to 25-21 before halftime ended at 29-23.
Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes then saw his side open the third quarter with an 8-0 push for 37-23. T71C answered well with 8 straight points of its own and got back to 37-31, keeping the game open at 40-33 after three quarters. The decisive stretch came in the last period: after T71C scored first for 40-35, Black Frogs produced a 12-0 run and took full control. The lead reached 25 points, the highest of the evening, while T71C was held to only 6 points in the fourth quarter.
Captain Débora Teresa Dos Santos Kitumba (Season PPG: 20.00), a 16-year-old Portuguese player, led FRO with 26 points, including 12 made two-point baskets. Emily Andrade (Season PPG: 7.17) added 13 and matched her season best. Maely Venancio Postel (Season PPG: 7.13) scored 8, Lara Costa Matias (Season PPG: 3.00) 7, and Arja Rroji (Season PPG: 3.33) 6. For T71C, Raccogli and Perrard had 9 points each, and Portero Martinez finished with 7. Schieren's offensive profile was clear: 58 of its 64 points came from two-point field goals.
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