Third-placed Sparta Bertrange took a clear 53-20 away win over fifth-placed T71 Dudelange B, but the game was balanced for much of the first half.
T71B opened well and led 4-0 through Marya Fatma Ait Mesbah (Season PPG: 2.75) and Ivana Babovic (Season PPG: 5.60). Sparta then answered with a 10-0 run to seize control of the first quarter before T71B stopped it late for 6-10. In the second period, Stéphanie Stoeva (SPA) gave Sparta early momentum with 6 points in a row, yet T71B stayed close. Baskets from Maira Cardoni, Lola Schumacher (Season PPG: 3.25) and Babovic cut the gap to 14-16 and later 16-18 at halftime.
The game changed after the break. Sparta kept T71B scoreless in the third quarter and won that period 10-0, stretching the lead to 28-16. Laurent Cames' team then accelerated again in the fourth with a 25-4 quarter. Thirteen-year-old Eshetha Thokala (Season PPG: 10.50) was the main force, scoring 14 of her 18 points in the last period, including a personal 8-point run. Stoeva added 12, Camille Blau (Season PPG: 9.00) finished with 9, and Maya Gaudnek (SPA) contributed 7.
For T71B, Babovic led with 8 points but had foul trouble, committing two fouls early and picking up her third and fourth in the third quarter. Schumacher and Ait Mesbah added 4 each. Sparta's biggest lead was the final 33-point margin, and all of their scoring came from 2-point shots and 3 made free throws, with no made three-pointers by either side.
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