AB Contern beat Les Sangliers Wooltz 79-63 in the W-ENOVOS LEAGUE Tour qualificatif (round 5), overturning a three-point deficit after three quarters with a dominant 24-5 finish. Contern edged the first period 20-18, but Wooltz, coached by Franoise Vanek, took control into halftime (37-39) and extended the lead to 55-58 after three.
The third quarter belonged to the visitors for a stretch: a 14-0 run turned 49-43 into 49-57, sparked by Lisy Hetting (Season PPG: 17.6) and Tessy Hetting (39, 1.84m). Contern, under coach Fabienne Fuger, flipped the script immediately in the fourth. From 55-60, the hosts unleashed an 18-0 burst to 73-60, holding Wooltz scoreless for several minutes and conceding only five points in the entire period. The largest lead reached 16.
Contern's non-local duo drove the result. Stefanie Grace Kulesza (22, 1.83m, USA) scored 28 with 11 two-pointers, 3 free throws and 1 triple, while Caileigh Ann Walsh (22, 1.91m, USA) added 21 (4/7/1). Among the local core, Esmeralda Skrijelj (30, 1.78m) hit 4 triples en route to 17. Ana Petrova (43, 1.71m, BGR) had 10 before fouling out late in the fourth.
For Wooltz, local leaders Lisy Hetting (15; 4 FTs, 4 twos, 1 three) and Amra Hasanovic (Season PPG: 12.8) with 11 (three triples) carried stretches, while import Cerie Alissa Mosgrove (37, 1.86m, USA) added 15, notably 9 points at the line. An early unsportsmanlike foul on Hasanovic in Q1 added to a physical start but did not decide the game.
Contern made 9 threes (Skrijelj 4) to Wooltz's 7, with both sides sinking 14 free throws. AB Contern climb to third in the table (+2) at 2-2, while Les Sangliers, now 1-4, suffer a fourth straight defeat.
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