Nitia Bettembourg took a close 50-46 home win over Amicale Steesel in the W-U14 Division 2 phase finale and moved up to 3rd place (+1, 3-2), while Amicale stayed 5th at 1-4 and stretched its losing run to three games.
The game flow was strongly in Amicale's favour for a long time. After the opening 2-2, Steesel produced a 10-0 run to reach 12-2, with 12-year-old Eva Silva Dinis (Portugal, Season PPG: 3.50) and Birgul Derya Tasoluk (France, Season PPG: 7.83) setting the tone. Bettembourg answered through captain Chiara Annie Jeanne Terazzi, but Amicale still led 22-17 after one quarter.
The visitors stayed in control in the second period and pushed the margin to 32-23, their joint highest lead of the game. Silva Dinis finished that phase very well, and Mia Würth plus Marlene Beauloye gave Amicale extra scoring support.
Bettembourg started to chip away in the third quarter. Terazzi, 14, kept her team alive, Tonia Rodesch added key baskets, and Nadine Kabbah scored inside as the gap was reduced to 46-39 entering the last period.
The decisive stretch came next: Bettembourg closed the game on a 13-0 run across the end of the third and the whole fourth quarter. Terazzi scored 7 points in a row at the start of the last quarter, turning 39-46 into 46-46 by herself. Lara Wies then gave NIT the lead at 48-46, and Sasha Pyee sealed the final score. Amicale did not score in the fourth quarter.
Terazzi was the clear difference-maker with 23 points, including 10 two-pointers and 1 three-pointer, matching her season high. For Amicale, Tasoluk had 12 points, Silva Dinis 11, while Würth and Beauloye added 8 each.
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