Basket Esch (LAL) advanced from the WLALUX Ladies Cup 1/8 finales with an 8269 win at tramsschap/central over Racing Luxembourg (RAC). Racing led 2422 after a lively first quarter, fueled by shotmaking from Estelle Sand (28, 1.82m) and Jil Schmit (29, 1.70m). Karim Elbaoune's team then flipped the game before halftime: Jovana Jaksic (33, 1.77m) and Eden Elizabeth Nibbelink (26, 1.80m) strung together interior scores, and Kyra Coulon (21, 1.78m) kept piling up points as Esch took a 3744 lead to the break. A secondquarter technical on Katia Jemming (19, 1.53m) was the lone notable incident.
After the interval, Olivia Hoffmann (28, 1.85m) carried RAC with a flurry of baskets, but Esch kept the cushion through a 1215 third quarter. The fourth opened with Coulon scoring seven points in a row (2+2+3) to 4966, and Elisa Thill (20, 1.80m) added a timely three for 5269. Wojciech Daniel Kubis's side answered with their best stretch: an 110 run sparked by Sand, Schmit and a three from Jil Mathis (24, 1.70m) brought it back to 6369. Esch immediately replied with a 100 burst Coulon hit a three and a two, Rocana Burgund (21, 1.80m) added 2+1, and Nibbelink knocked down late free throws to restore control at 6379.
Coulon led all scorers with 27. Jaksic added 16, Nibbelink 13, Thill 9 and Burgund 7, with solid minutes off the bench from Bruna Filipa Fonseca Cracel (21, 1.71m, PRT) and Jemming (6). For Racing, Hoffmann had 19, Sand 14 and Schmit 13, while captain MarieLou Haentges (RAC) and Mathis contributed in stretches. Schmit and Mathis finished on four fouls, a recurring theme for the hosts in the second half, but they remained in the game. Esch's two decisive fourthquarter answers, spearheaded by Coulon, settled a contest that had tightened to a twopossession margin.
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