Basket Esch overwhelmed T71 Dudelange B, 74-24, in the W-U14 Division 2 Phase 2 round at esch/ho4, moving to 3-1 and climbing to 2nd place. It is Esch's third straight win, while T71B remain 0-4 in 5th.
Game evolution favored the hosts from the start. After T71B trailed just 8-5, Esch closed the first quarter on an 8-0 burst two baskets from Diana Costa de Sousa (13, Portugal) followed by two from Emma Muratovic to lead 16-5. In the second, Yara Tavares Dias strung together 5 straight points (two free throws and a three) for 28-5. T71B replied through Anne Sophie Feiereisen Carvalho, who scored all of their 6 points in the period, but Esch finished the half on a 6-0 run for 36-11. The third quarter saw early strikes from Costa de Sousa and Jana Lucius before Mia Schnell connected from deep for T71B, yet Esch kept control at 51-16. The fourth opened with a decisive 14-0 Esch run driven by Muratovic and Tavares Dias, stretching it to 65-16; the hosts' largest lead was the final margin (+50).
Muratovic (Season PPG: 13.44) powered Esch with 24 points, all on twos (12 FGs). Tavares Dias (Season PPG: 7.11) added 15, and Costa de Sousa (Season PPG: 14.67) 12. Supporting were Lucius (Season PPG: 9.56) with 6, Mia Weber (Season PPG: 2.00) with 4 and Zoé Cabral da Conceicao (LAL) with 4. For T71B, scoring was shared: Nour el Hoda Hatim (Season PPG: 6.29) 6, Leni Jil Streicher (Season PPG: 3.40) 6, Feiereisen Carvalho (Season PPG: 2.00) 6, and Schnell (Season PPG: 4.17) 6, including a third-quarter three. Schnell also committed two personal fouls in quick succession in the first period, and Belma Dzogovic (Season PPG: 1.00) accumulated three fouls by the third.
Coach Pierrette Birchen's Esch side managed rotations efficiently and controlled every quarter. Coach Yves Winandy's T71B found a brief spark in Q2, but Esch's runs 8-0 to close Q1 and 14-0 to open Q4 defined the contest.
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