Musel Pikes dominated their W-LALUX Ladies Cup 1/8 final in Hesperange, defeating Telstar 94-52 with a wire-to-wire performance built on perimeter accuracy and steady scoring runs. Marc Hahnemann's team set the tone early: Alexandra Weber poured in three triples in the first half and added repeated trips to the line, while Mackenzie Caroline Farmer (25, 1.88m, CAN) controlled the paint and stretched the floor. Musel led 27-15 after the first quarter and blew the game open before halftime, 53-25, with a 6-0 spurt in the second quarter (from 20-34 to 20-40) and a closing 7-1 stretch.
After the break, Pikes opened with a 5-0 punch and kept piling on. Farmer scored six of Musel's first nine points in the third period, and the visitors reached a 75-36 margin by the end of Q3. The biggest gap climbed to 42 late in the fourth. Telstar had a brief 5-0 response to start the final quarter, but Musel answered with a 7-0 run (from 41-75 to 41-82) and never let the tempo drop.
Weber led all scorers with 24, fueled by six three-pointers and four made free throws. Farmer added 22 (seven two-pointers, two threes, two free throws). The youth stepped up too: Nanda Kleuls (17, 1.73m) contributed 17 with a balanced inside-out game, while Lesley Leches chipped in 8. Sophie Beffort Neuman had 7 and hit a key third-quarter three that kept momentum flowing.
For Telstar, coach Ivan Yeromin relied on Iris Roca Mandri (26, ESP), who finished with 15 (seven two-pointers and a free throw). Joelina Kaboth scored 7, including a second-quarter three, and added two late field goals; she was assessed an unsportsmanlike foul in the second quarter. Charline Lutgen also had 7, with Dania Brugnoni (4), Joy Roden (3) and Julie Simon (3) contributing.
Musel controlled the game evolution through repeated scoring bursts and balanced production across the rotation, comfortably moving on in the Cup.
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Telstar Hesperange 
Musel Pikes 
