BBC East Side Pirates B controlled this W-U14 Division 3 game from the opening minutes and beat AB Contern 50-30 in Wasserbillig. The home side set the tone with an 8-0 start and never trailed. After the first quarter, BEPB already had a 14-8 lead, then widened the gap with another 14-8 second period for 28-16 at halftime.
The key stretch came early in the second quarter. Emma Marie Paulina Debets (BEPB) scored 4 points in a row to move the Pirates from 14-8 to 18-8, and BEPB later produced a 7-0 run from 18-11 to 25-11. That gave Billy Ray Mc Daniel Jr's team clear control of the game.
Contern had its best reaction in the third quarter, the only period it edged, 10-9. Maxine Adalsteinsson (CON) had been the main source of offense early, while captain Matilda Weis (CON) and Anna Julie Harsch (CON) kept the visitors alive. Contern trimmed the deficit from 37-22 to 37-26 with 4 straight points at the end of the third.
Any comeback hope disappeared quickly in the fourth. BEPB answered with a 6-0 push to 43-26 and later extended the margin to a game-high 20 points at 50-30.
Debets (BEPB) finished as top scorer with 13 points. Naila McDaniel, averaging 5.67 points in the competition, added 12, and Lena Schroeder, averaging 6.60, scored 10. Emilie Ribeiro added 6. For Contern, Adalsteinsson led with 9 points, Weis had 7, and Harsch 6. Neither team made a three-pointer.
In the standings, BEPB climbed 3 places to rank 1 and now has back-to-back wins. Contern stayed 2nd despite dropping to 1-3.
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