Etzella Ettelbruck took control early and beat Amicale Steesel 74-25 in this W-U14 Division 2 final-phase return game. The result moved Etzella up to 1st place in the classification, while Amicale stayed 5th. It was also a sixth straight win for Etzella, whereas Amicale are now on a four-game losing streak.
Amicale scored first through Liz Adam (Season PPG: 5.22), but after 2-2 Etzella changed the rhythm quickly. The home side produced 14 unanswered points to turn that early balance into a 16-4 first-quarter lead. Coach Zoric's team continued to build the gap in the second period. Emma Klein (Season PPG: 18.81) opened the quarter with 6 straight points, and Jill Maes (Season PPG: 16.77) helped push the score to 37-11 at halftime.
The game was decided just after the break. Etzella started the third quarter with a 12-0 run, moving from 37-11 to 49-11. Later in the same period, Maes went on her own scoring roll with 8 consecutive points. Amicale had some answers from Birgul Tasoluk, a 12-year-old French player, and from Adam and Leandra Pires de Sousa (Season PPG: 5.75), but the gap stayed very large. The highest lead reached 53 points late in the fourth quarter.
Klein finished as top scorer with 28 points, Maes added 21, and Leni Kreins (Season PPG: 15.21) scored 11. For Amicale, Tasoluk had 7 points, Adam 6, and Pires de Sousa 4. Etzella had already won the first meeting between these teams 87-38, and this second matchup followed a similar pattern.
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