BBC East Side Pirates won a close friendly against Herrensohr, 50-42, after taking control in the third quarter.
Herrensohr started better and led 14-11 after the first period. Steffi (HRR) set the tone early with 7 of her team's first 11 points, and HRR's biggest lead reached 9 at 11-2. BEP then settled, closing the quarter on a 5-0 run.
That momentum carried into the second period. BEP scored the first 4 points for a 9-0 run across the break and moved in front 15-14, their first lead of the afternoon. The game stayed very tight after that, with several lead changes. Herrensohr answered through Nova (HRR) and Amelie (HRR), but BEP went into halftime ahead 26-25.
The decisive stretch came after the interval. HRR briefly led 27-26, then BEP produced a 9-0 run to 35-27. Noémie Entringer started it with a three, and Lea Christmann (24, DEU) followed with back-to-back threes. That sequence changed the rhythm of the game. BEP won the third quarter 16-9 and built a 42-34 advantage.
Herrensohr stayed in the game in the fourth. Nova (HRR) scored 6 points in the period and helped cut the gap to 44-40. After a BEP timeout, the home side answered calmly: Christmann scored inside, then added another basket later, and Noémie Hengel (31, 1.70m, BEL) finished the scoring for 50-42.
BEP had balanced scoring, led by Christmann with 13 points, Schmit and Hengel with 10 each, and captain Samantha Lizardo with 8. For Herrensohr, Nova finished with 13 and Steffi added 10. Foul-wise, Christmann and Jennifer Ferring both played with 4 fouls for BEP, while Aziza had 4 for HRR, which added tension in the second half.
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