BBC East Side Pirates edged Düsseldorf 29-25 in a close U14 tournament game in Berbourg, with the game flow swinging several times before the home side finished better.
BEP started well through Lily Schneider and Liz Diederich (14), moving 4-1 ahead, but Düsseldorf quickly answered behind captain Anna B (DUS). She scored six points in a row for her team and turned the score from 4-1 into a 7-6 Düsseldorf lead. Emma Kasel and Lena Lentz kept BEP in touch, and after an early exchange the Pirates were back level at 7-7 and then 9-7.
The middle stretch stayed very tight. Düsseldorf briefly went back in front at 10-9, but BEP answered with a more collective attack. Nelly Ney, Aurélie Biver (13) and Diederich all had important baskets as the lead moved between one and three points. BEP never created real separation, but they repeatedly found responses whenever Düsseldorf came back. Their best margin was four points late at 24-20? Wait official flow shows 24-22 was the clearest late cushion, so the margin remained narrow throughout.
Düsseldorf's main weapon was clearly Anna B, who finished with 13 points, more than half of her team's total. She also delivered the game's biggest individual late moment, scoring six straight Düsseldorf points, capped by a three-pointer for a 25-24 away lead.
That was the crucial phase. Maud Wagener (13) answered immediately for BEP with three consecutive points of her own, first a two-point basket and then a free throw, pushing the Pirates back in front 27-25. Emmi Schroeder (14) added the final basket for 29-25.
BEP won with better balance: Diederich scored 7, Biver 6, Ney 4, while Wagener's late 3-point burst made the difference. Düsseldorf stayed alive through Anna B's scoring run, with support from Anna D (DUS) on 3 points. Fouls also came in short clusters for BEP, with Lena Lentz and Emma Kasel each committing back-to-back personal fouls during the first half of the game.
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