Gréngewald Hueschtert B took a 62-45 home win over T71 Dudelange B in the W-U14 Division 3 phase finale and moved up two places to 2nd in the table. T71B stayed 1st despite the defeat.
The game turned on GREB's control of the first half. Coach Zeynep Hüner's team started 4-0, then after T71B had cut the score to 8-5 through Ivy Marchi's three-pointer, GREB answered with 8 points in a row for 16-5. T71B closed the opening quarter with 4 unanswered points, but the bigger shift came in the second period. T71B came back to 18-14 after a Hana Skrijelj three and a Béatrice Breden basket, yet GREB replied with a 12-1 run to 30-15 at the break.
T71B, coached by Yves Winandy, showed its best response late in the third quarter. After GREB had stretched the lead to 42-23, the visitors produced a 10-4 sequence, with Elisa Portero Martinez (T71B), Nour el Hoda Hatim (Season PPG: 7.69) and Skrijelj (Season PPG: 3.46) leading that push to 46-33. That 19-point gap at 42-23 was GREB's highest lead.
Early in the fourth, T71B reduced it further to 48-38, but GREB immediately restored control with an 8-0 run to 56-38. From there the home side stayed in command.
GREB scored all 62 of its points on 2-point baskets. Liz Kremer (Season PPG: 11.00) led with 16 points, while Yara Milani Nia (Season PPG: 9.76) and captain Mara Klemmer Siebenaler (Season PPG: 3.96) added 14 each; Mara also matched her season high. Mathilda Ney (Season PPG: 3.16) had 8. For T71B, Hatim finished with 14, Portero Martinez (10, ESP) added 11 in only her 4th game of the competition, and Skrijelj reached 7, matching her season best.
For GREB, it was an immediate response after a loss and a 4th win in the last 5 games.
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