Musel Pikes moved up to 1st place after a third straight win and controlled this game for long stretches against 3rd-placed T71 Dudelange. T71 started with the first basket for 0-2, but Daniel Fernandes Sousa's team quickly settled. Emma Gloden (MUS) helped turn the score to 5-2 and a 6-0 run later pushed Musel from 5-4 to 11-4. The home side closed the first quarter firmly ahead, 23-9.
The decisive break came in the second period. Musel opened it with a 6-0 burst to 29-9, and later extended that into a 9-0 sequence up to 36-9. Julidé Klara Lambe (MUS), 13, and Gloden (MUS), 13, were the main engines in that phase, giving Musel a 48-22 halftime lead.
Yves Marchi's team showed more resistance after the break. Dunja Dos Santos Dramicanin (T71) and Eva Dilara Gambarini (T71) kept T71 scoring, but Musel answered nearly every push. Lambe had one of the key individual stretches of the game, scoring 10 consecutive Musel points in the third quarter as the lead stayed above 30. The highest lead was 34 points at 86-52.
Lambe finished with 36 points, all on 2-point field goals. Gloden added 29 points, including two 3-pointers, while carrying four personal fouls across the game. Nella Mischo (MUS), 12, contributed 11 points. For T71, captain Dos Santos Dramicanin (T71) scored 18 points and Gambarini (T71) added 13. Lana Gudendorff (T71) and Lilli Muller (T71) each had 6. The fourth quarter ended 14-14, but the game had already been shaped before halftime.
(AI generated)