Résidence Walferdange won a close opener against BBC East Side Pirates B, 35-33, and moved to 1st place in W-U14 Division 3: Phase 1, with BEPB 2nd after one game each.
The game changed shape several times. Walferdange, coached by Filip Dukic, made the better start and led 14-6 after the first quarter. They kept control in the second period and reached the break with an 11-point advantage, 20-9, which was their highest lead of the game.
BEPB, under coach Aziz Ndiaye, produced the key reaction in the third quarter. After trailing 9-20, they outscored RES 20-6 in the period and flipped the game to 29-26. Emilie Ribeiro (BEPB) drove that swing with 9 third-quarter points, while Lena Schroeder (BEPB) also gave steady scoring support. During that stretch, BEPB put together an 8-0 run from 21-26 to 29-26 to take over.
The fourth quarter swung back to Walferdange. RES opened the period with a 6-0 burst to recover the lead at 32-29, and from there the margin stayed tight. Ana Soheila Simone Kozlik (RES) and Mira Schroeder (RES) supplied important late points, before Claire Diederich (BEPB) cut it back to 35-33 in the final phase.
Ribeiro (BEPB) finished as her team's top scorer with 13 points, ahead of Lena Schroeder with 10. Diederich added 4. For Walferdange, Mira Schroeder led all RES scorers with 12 points, Manon Suzanne Elli Vanhoutte (RES) had 6, and Lilia Amélie Monfils (RES), Léana Absa Faye (RES) and Kozlik all helped the balance.
Neither team made a three-point shot; the game was built almost entirely on two-point scoring and a few free throws. Ribeiro, Mira Schroeder and Kozlik all finished with 4 fouls, which added tension to the closing minutes.
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